Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2010 15:17:32 +0000 From: Michel Talon <talon@lpthe.jussieu.fr> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: this is probably a little touchy to ask... Message-ID: <20100915151732.GA46569@lpthe.jussieu.fr>
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Jerry said: " It took years, literally, before FreeBSD matured enough to get 64-bit drivers for nVidia working correctly on its platform. The failure to get the latest version(s) of Java working correctly on FreeBSD and thereby, at least in my case, make the latest version of Firefox fully usable, rests with the FreeBSD developers. " I would be happy to have a precise information on what is not working. On my machine, FreeBSD-8.1 x86, Java works. niobe% java -version java version "1.6.0_03-p4" Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_03-p4-michel_30_jul_2010_15_01-b00) Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.6.0_03-p4-michel_30_jul_2010_15_01-b00, mixed mode) As you can see, it is a recent java, and i have compiled it myself. If i remember well, the prebuilt diablo-jdk was not working. I have boostraped my compilation by using a prebuilt openjdk installed with pkg_add -r. Of course i modified the Makefile to be able to use it. The openjdk package did not include a mozilla plugin, but the above compilation produces a plugin. Now the real problem: firefox36 doesn't see the plugin, and even worse doesn't produce any message about the plugin when starting up. However i am able to use the plugin under seamonkey, so it is clearly a firefox problem, and not a Java problem or a FreeBSD problem. Strangely enough, Konqueror, which doesn't use the plugin, but a direct invocation of java, doesn't work either. Execution of an applet begins, something appears but the applet execution never appears on screen. This is the first time i see Java not working on Konqueror. Last point: some people say in this thread that nobody uses Java any more on the browser, hence it is of no importance that one cannot have a java enabled firefox. I have an example to the contrary, here in France you can submit your tax declaration online, and the application allowing to do that is a java applet running under the browser. Similarly i am using a printing service for my photographs which allows to download them and manage the order via a java applet. Hence, at least in my case i see immediately several important applications using a Java enabled browser. -- Michel TALON
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