That's odd.  I had no trouble running the program on the web and it
didn't complain about plug-ins.  I just couldn't get to all of the
input boxes.  They showed up fine running directly with Java instead
of using the browser.

snips...

Bob W.

Paul,

Firefox plugins are generally stored in the /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/
directory or in the $HOME/.mozilla/plugins/
Do this in root:  ln -s
/usr/java/jre1.5.0_01/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so
/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/.
with jre1.5.0_01 being the JRE I have installed, change to your
version.  libjavaplugin_oji.so is the file it is looking for.

Marc Pedings

The Firefox plug in manager usually finds the plug in's that
are compatible with the Linux version. Are you saying
this is not always the case?

Yes, it does do a good job and all it (plugin manager) usually installs
is the shared object file.  What I suspect is that Firefox may not be
finding the shared object file.  I run FC4 myself and have had problems
with Firefox (pre 1.5 versions) not loading all the .so from the it's
plugin path.  To complicate matters, there are several folders where
plugins could be stuck and may not be seen if you are running a specific
updated version browser.  (example:  plugin installed when you were
using version 1.7.8 mozilla and you are running 1.7.10)
(look within the /usr/lib folder:  mozilla, mozilla-1.7.10,
mozilla-1.7.12, mozilla-1.7.8,firefox-1.0.4, etc)
The fix I found was to stick all .so' s it in the generic
/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins folder.

Just fyi, I have firefox 1.0.7 installed here and the Java FEA applet
loads just fine.  Sorry for the deviation from rotary topics....

Marc Pedings


Thanks Marc. I take a look. I need to update mine.