From owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 26 13:50:54 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 34EB016A4CE for ; Fri, 26 Dec 2003 13:50:54 -0800 (PST) Received: from green.eng.utoledo.edu (smartsys.eng.utoledo.edu [131.183.18.5]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E745243D2F for ; Fri, 26 Dec 2003 13:50:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gary.rafe@utoledo.edu) Received: from gersun2.eng.utoledo.edu ([131.183.21.44]) hBQLooZh021196 for ; Fri, 26 Dec 2003 16:50:51 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <200312262150.hBQLooZh021196@green.eng.utoledo.edu> Received: by gersun2.eng.utoledo.edu (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Fri, 26 Dec 2003 16:50:50 -0500 Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2003 16:50:50 -0500 From: gary.rafe@utoledo.edu (Dr. Gary E. RAFE) To: freebsd-java@freebsd.org X-Filter-Version: 1.14 (green.eng.utoledo.edu) Subject: Working Java plugin for Netscape 7.1(Linux)? X-BeenThere: freebsd-java@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting Java to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2003 21:50:54 -0000 Seasons Greetings! We have been using Netscape 7.1 for Linux since it became available this past summer, and have been pleased with its stability on our FreeBSD 4.8-R systems. Except for one thing -- we haven't been able to get Java plugin support to work. Our latest experiment goes like this: Netscape 7.1: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i386; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624 Netscape/7.1 Sun Java2 JRE (j2re-1_4_2_03-linux-i586.bin): java version "1.4.2_03" Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.4.2_03-b02) Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.4.2_03-b02, mixed mode) Symbolic link from /pathto/Netscape7.1/plugins/libjavaplugin_oji.so to /pathto/j2re1.4.2_03/plugin/i386/ns610-gcc32/libjavaplugin_oji.so Netscape starts without complaint. >From the Netscape menu bar: Help -> About Plugins Java(TM) Plug-in 1.4.2_03-b02 File name: libjavaplugin_oji.so Java(TM) Plug-in 1.4.2_03 Tools -> Web Development -> Java Console Console messages: **************** SERVER ERROR ************** Could not connect to host **************** ************ ************** **************** SERVER ERROR ************** write_fully: Did not write everything pipe=26 4 -1 **************** ************ ************** Netscape hangs; '^C' (interrupt) to kill hung processes. Same thing when we do this as "root". Same response with Mozilla 1.5 for Linux. Can anyone comment on (a) what might be missing in our FreeBSD/Linux emulation to make this work, or (b) that this is known, in fact, not to work due to some missing functionality in the Linux emulation. Cheers! -- Gary E. RAFE, Ph.D. gary.rafe@utoledo.edu