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On Monday 12 July 2004 11:01 am, epilogue wrote:
> On Mon, 12 Jul 2004 22:13:42 +0800
>
> jqdkf@army.com wrote:
> > On Fri, Jul 09, 2004 at 08:20:30AM -0500, Andrew L. Gould wrote:
> > > In FreeBSD 4.10, I'm using mozilla and diablo-jre; which isn't an
> > > option in 5*.
> > >
> > > I'm running FreeBSD 5.2.1 Release; and can't seem to get internet
> > > browser plugins for java working.
> > >
> > > What combinations of browsers and java packages are working well
> > > under 5.2.1?  I have no strong browser preference, other than
> > > getting the plugins to work.
>
> linux-opera +
> linux-flashplugin7 +
> acroread5 +
> jdk1.4.2
>
> ...works very well for me.
>
> note, that linux_sun_jdk (which you use with linux-opera) seems to be
> installed at the same time as the native jdk1.4.2, so you get both
> via 1 install (though it 'does' take a while to compile  ;)
>

How did you tell linux-opera where java was located?  When I tried 
browing for the java path in linux-opera's preferences window, I 
couldn't get out of the compat/linux area.

Thanks,

Andrew Gould