Indeed, that is because the IBM Java release lacks the java plugin that is used by all the browsers you named.
The blackdown port of Java does contain such a plugin for Mozilla compatible browsers, but their last PPC version was 1.3.x. Most sites for which I require java require a more recent java system to work. So on PPC, I'm also stuck for now... Geert Jan On Tuesday 24 May 2005 17:47, Hex Star wrote: > it doesn't work in any of the browsers in my experience however, it > seems to be missing a essential part of the JRE the normal JRE has for > browser functionality (tried with Konquerer and Opera and Mozilla, all > of which were pointed to the Java location or had the included plugin > for the browser loaded, however Java applets failed to load, but would > load manually outside of browsers in KDE environment) > > On 5/24/05, emiliano carlesi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > i have installed the jvm from ibm and work fine (i do some test and is > > very fast !). the package is IBMJava2-142-ppc32-SDK-1.4.2-1.0.ppc.rpm > > > > ciao > > > > emiliano > > > > > recieved this message today finally from Sun Microsystems and thought > > > you guys might find it interesting > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > > From: Sun Microsystems <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Date: May 23, 2005 11:52 PM > > > Subject: Re: (Incident Review ID: 403998) GETJAVA: comment: JRE for > > > YellowDog Linux community > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > --- Note: you can send us updates about your Incident --- > > > --- by replying to this mail. Place new information --- > > > --- above these lines. Do not include attachments. --- > > > --- Our system ignores attachments and anything below --- > > > --- these lines. --- > > > > > > Hi John Musbach, > > > > > > Thank you very much for your interest in Java(TM) technology. We > > > apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused you. > > > > > > We haven't received many requests for JRE for YellowDog Linux. > > > Although we haven't tested, yet the existing version should work fow > > > this platform too. > > > > > > Can you try to download/install the existing JRE version for Linux > > > from: http://java.com/en/download/help/5000010500.xml > > > > > > We hope that you find this information useful. Thank you very much for > > > contacting Sun Microsystems. > > > > > > Best Regards, > > > Consumer Java Support > > > Sun Microsystems, Inc. > > > http://www.java.com > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > >~ NOTICE: This message, including any attachments, is for the intended > > > recipient(s) only. If you are not the intended recipient(s), please > > > reply to the sender, delete this message, and refrain from disclosing, > > > copying, or distributing this message. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > >~ > > > > > > ----------- Previous Messages -------------- > > > > > > > > > > > > ----------------- Report ------------------- > > > > > > category : getjava > > > release : 5.0 > > > subcategory : comment > > > type : bug > > > synopsis : GETJAVA: comment: JRE for YellowDog Linux community > > > description : FULL PRODUCT VERSION : > > > N/A > > > > > > FULL OS VERSION : > > > YellowDog Linux4.0 PPC > > > > > > BROWSER VERSION: > > > Opera 7.54 u1 > > > > > > A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM : > > > Dear Sir or Maddam, > > > > > > I'd love to use Java on my platform but unfortunetly it isn't open > > > source nor is there a build for my linux distro of YellowDog Linux > > > (http://www.yellowdoglinux.com) :-(. So I was wondering, if I give you > > > guys secure ssh access could you please build Java for my platform? Me > > > and the rest of the YellowDog Linux community would greatly appreciate > > > it. My email address is [EMAIL PROTECTED], I look forward to hearing > > > back from you. > > > > > > Sincerely, > > > > > > John Musbach > > > workaround : > > > suggested_val : > > > cust_name : John Musbach > > > cust_email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > jdcid : > > > language : English > > > keyword : getjava > > > company : other > > > hardware : x86 > > > OSversion : linux > > > bugtraqID : 0 > > > dateCreated : 2005-02-23 13:06:38.8 > > > dateEvaluated : 2005-05-24 00:42:51.124 > > > _______________________________________________ > > > yellowdog-general mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general > > > HINT: to Google archives, try '<keywords> site:terrasoftsolutions.com' > > > > _______________________________________________ > > yellowdog-general mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general > > HINT: to Google archives, try '<keywords> site:terrasoftsolutions.com' > > _______________________________________________ > yellowdog-general mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general > HINT: to Google archives, try '<keywords> site:terrasoftsolutions.com' _______________________________________________ yellowdog-general mailing list [email protected] http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general HINT: to Google archives, try '<keywords> site:terrasoftsolutions.com'
