Re: [ydl-gen] Java on PS3-YDL 6.2

2010-01-25 Thread Pat Wall
Pat Wall wrote: Hi Stephen To follow up from my other post, I have tried a number of Java applets on my iBook using Firefox 3.6b5 and the latest IBM Java on my iBook. Except for the error message with the java.com version test all others have worked correctly as far as I can tell. Try

Re: [ydl-gen] Java on PS3

2010-01-25 Thread Pat Wall
Derick Centeno wrote: On Fri, 15 Jan 2010 16:16:34 + Pat Wallpjw...@mac.com wrote: Hi Pat, I appreciate your clarification. ... Hi Derick That's very interesting. I just couldn't get the plugin to register by cp'ing, other than that, no adverse effects. Must be

Re: [ydl-gen] Java on PS3

2010-01-16 Thread Stephen Harker
On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 03:02:13PM +, Pat Wall wrote: On Fri, 15 Jan 2010 14:49:19 + Pat Wall pjw...@mac.com wrote: Firefox crashing may be related to the Sun's JRE plugin only. According to the IBM sdkandruntimeguide.lnx.htm: I am on leave and not reading this list frequently (I

Re: [ydl-gen] Java on PS3

2010-01-15 Thread Derick Centeno
On Fri, 15 Jan 2010 15:02:13 + Pat Wall pjw...@mac.com wrote: On Fri, 15 Jan 2010 14:49:19 + Pat Wall pjw...@mac.com wrote: On Fri, 15 Jan 2010 00:45:24 -0500 Derick Centeno dcent...@ydl.net wrote: ... You must symbolically link the plug-in, rather than copy it, so that

Re: [ydl-gen] Java on PS3

2010-01-15 Thread Pat Wall
Hi Pat, I appreciate your clarification. However, I've not experienced any crashes or difficulties Firefox within YDL 6.2 resulting from the method I posted. Indeed, despite the advice recommending a symbolic or soft link I was able to play on my old favorite game site which is very

Re: [ydl-gen] Java on PS3

2010-01-14 Thread Derick Centeno
As usual Robert, the easy way to get what you want is the least obvious. First, take the time to learn how to modify the standard application called yum which YDL uses for updates, installations, etc. The detailed instructions are here: http://www.yellowdog-board.com/viewtopic.php?f=19t=3017

Re: [ydl-gen] Java on PS3-YDL 6.2

2010-01-09 Thread Derick Centeno
On Sun, 2010-01-10 at 09:38 +1100, Stephen Harker wrote: On Sat, Jan 09, 2010 at 02:33:04PM -0500, Derick Centeno wrote: So if you are building any applications from source you need to make sure that you also build from source all related rpms, but before all that you also need to remove

Re: [ydl-gen] Java on PS3-YDL 6.2

2010-01-08 Thread Stephen Harker
On Thu, Jan 07, 2010 at 10:42:26PM +, Pat Wall wrote: Hi Robert Fixstars have posted a howto on ydl.net for getting IBM's Java working with Firefox - see http://www.ydl.net/support/solutions/ydl_general/firefox-java.shtml for the Howto with the runtime environment available here

[ydl-gen] Java on PS3-YDL 6.2

2010-01-07 Thread Robert Black
Firefox on YDL 6.2 on the PS3 has no Java, so many web pages I like to view that have animations do not work. Is there a version of Java that can be installed? Also, are there alternate web browsers available, or is Firefox the one-and-only? Robert A. Black Research Meteorologist

Re: [ydl-gen] Java on PS3-YDL 6.2

2010-01-07 Thread tomasz brymora
Subject: [ydl-gen] Java on PS3-YDL 6.2 To: yellowdog-general@lists.fixstars.com Date: Thursday, January 7, 2010, 10:58 AM Firefox on YDL 6.2 on the PS3 has no Java, so many web pages I like to view that have animations do not work. Is there a version of Java that can be installed? Also

Re: [ydl-gen] Java on PS3-YDL 6.2

2010-01-07 Thread Pat Wall
Forgot to mention that Opera is also available for YDL and can be downloaded here http://ftp.heanet.ie/pub/opera/linux/1010/final/en/ppc/shared/opera-10.10.gcc4.shared.qt3.ppc.rpm Pat Pat Wall wrote: Hi Robert Fixstars have posted a howto on ydl.net for getting IBM's Java working with

Re: [ydl-gen] Java on PS3-YDL 6.2

2010-01-07 Thread Pat Wall
Hi Robert Fixstars have posted a howto on ydl.net for getting IBM's Java working with Firefox - see http://www.ydl.net/support/solutions/ydl_general/firefox-java.shtml for the Howto with the runtime environment available here http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/jdk/linux/download.html.