Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2004 18:12:08 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: Tony Montana <tonymontanadea@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Java plugin wont work in 4.10. Message-ID: <20040724171208.GB6688@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20040724165338.69789.qmail@web20221.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20040724165338.69789.qmail@web20221.mail.yahoo.com>
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--VrqPEDrXMn8OVzN4 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Jul 24, 2004 at 09:53:38AM -0700, Tony Montana wrote: > Hey everyone, I have installed 3 sun versions of the > sdk and the jre, and also 1 of the blackdown sdk and > jre. After installing i made a soft link from the > plugin in the sdk to the plugin folder of mozilla. > Within those sdks i tried all the plugins and every > combination of plugin folder in mozillla from > linux-firebird to the regualr mozilla(which i know > wont work but was desperate to figure it out). None of > the said above has worked. If anyone has installed > java successfuly(not just the sdk but viewing > abilities for things such as java games) would you > please share the steps and folder locations you used > to get it working. Thanks in advance. If you're running the native Mozilla or Firefox, then you need to use the plugin from a native JDK or JRE. If you're running the Linux Mozilla or Firefox, then you need to use the plugin from one of the Linux JREs. You should be able to use one of the native Diablo Java 1.3 ports on a 4.x system, which works very well. However, if you can manage to compile up the JDK-1.4.2 port I find it works even better. Note that is easier said than done: follow the instructions in the port for obtaining the sources etc. and make sure you've got plenty of space available and be prepared to wait a long time for the compile to finish. To enable Java support in a native browser, once you've got an appropriate JDK or JRE installed, all you should need to do is # cd /usr/X11R6/lib/browser_plugins # ln -s /usr/local/jdk1.4.2/jre/plugin/i386/ns610/libjavaplugin_oji.so . (ammend as necessary if you're using a different JRE or JDK). Then fire up mozilla and type=20 about:plugins into the location bar, and you should see details of what MIME types etc. are supported. I find it works very well and with excellent stability. Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK --VrqPEDrXMn8OVzN4 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFBAphoiD657aJF7eIRAsp7AJ4wTm1/jD2uwYijEMvpfdHISRF9TwCePXwt GzGQ9chqWxENzmRnaxCPhng= =NuH5 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --VrqPEDrXMn8OVzN4--
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