Stan Goodman pecked at the keyboard and wrote: > Having got my v10.3 reinstalled after a reinstall gone awry, The result seems > to be in quite satisfactory condition, with nearly all software functions that > I need and want up and running. An exception is that I have not succeeded in > getting a Java plugin installed into Firefox. > > Running <java -version> shows that the default JRE is v1.5.0_13-b05. > (Subdirectories of v1.4.2 and v1.6something are also present). In the v1.5 > directory I see nothing suggesting anything useful for installing a plugin. > > YaST > Software Management shows that there are uninstalled packages for > plugins for each of the the three Java releases. An attempt to d/l and install > any of them gets a lengthy error message, the gist of which seems to be either > (a) that there is no installer capable of installing them in my system > (x86_64), or (b) that I could install a 32bit package but that I must be > warned > that this would involve a change of architecture. This is not helpful. > > I am confused, because YaST knows that the this is a 64bit system and that the > JRE is a 64bit package, and it is also showing me 64bit packages. What exactly > is its problem? > > And how can I get an appropriate Java plugin into Firefox? > try the following:
update-alternatives --auto javaplugin I seem to recall having to run it after one of the updates. -- Ken Schneider SuSe since Version 5.2, June 1998 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
