> 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?
--
Paul Lamar ...No rotor no motor.
The state of multimedia on Linux in some ways is regressing.
Distributors are not delivering everything that they use to. Closed
source binary only files can be a biotch to keep working on an OS that
keeps moving out from under them.
It is weird that a Java application will not work on a platform
other that Windows. Since windows quit delivering the Java
incompatible MS Java, Sun's Java is what most people install. That
puts MS users on the same code base as Linux users.
I installed Fedora Core 4 a few weeks back. Redhat's Java packages
do not have a plugin ".so" in any of them (redhat offers multiple java
versions). Pages on the net suggested Sun's Java and instructions on
how to create a rpm from Sun's tar.gz file. The plugin requires a
Redhat delivered compatibility library or else it crashes Firefox.
For the Fedora distributions there is a third party channel called
"livna". It has multimedia files that do not come with Fedora due to
IP encumberments. MPEG, Real, MS and Quicktime codecs are not
delivered as part of the Fedora distribution. The Real and MS codecs
are not available at "livna". You have to go to Real to get
RealPlayer. Xine(a movie player) will then use the Real codecs. I
don't know where you can get MS codecs. I have a package of them but
it is over a year old.
I like to use the newest Firefox. Redhat policy is not to change
major version on programs in a distribution. So if Firefox was 1.0.?
in FC4 then they will not deliver Firefox 1.5.? as a package for FC4.
In the server world, which is what I do, this is how Redhat keeps the
distributions stable. But, on my workstations I have to install
programs that are not supported by Redhat.
I you have any questions along these lines.... I'll be happy to answer them,
Blake C. Lewis
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