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From: Alex Zbyslaw <xfb52@dial.pipex.com>
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Subject: Re: Firefox & Java
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Beecher Rintoul wrote:

>I am attempting to get java working with firefox. I have both jdk 1.4 and 1.5 
>installed. Per google, I symlinked libjavaplugin_oji.so 
>to /usr/X11R6/lib/browser_plugins, but firefox doesn't work with either jdk. 
>No errors, just comes up saying plugin required. What else do I need to do? 
>I'd like to use 1.5 if possible.
>  
>
For a start show us:

  /bin/ls -l /usr/X11R6/lib/browser_plugins

and then

  /bin/ls -lL /usr/X11R6/lib/browser_plugins

Firefox with 1.4 works fine for me, so maybe you just didn't get the 
links right.

--Alex