Ken Schneider pecked at the keyboard and wrote: > 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. >
Duh! won't work for 64 bit install. You need to run 32 bit java and Firefox for java to work in your browser. Why??? Ask Sun as they only supply a 32bit binary plugin. -- Ken Schneider SuSe since Version 5.2, June 1998 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
