I think the 'installer' in j2re copies some additional files into the 'plugins' dir.. (haven't tried this though..) The reason the link works & copy doesn't is - if the file is copied over - then the plugin doesn't know how to access the rest of the java stuff... Interestingly mozilla evaluates the complete path - and stores this info in ~/plugins.dat >grep libjavaplugin_oji ~/.mozilla/pluginreg.dat /usr/java/j2sdk1.4.1_02/jre/plugin/i386/ns610/libjavaplugin_oji.so:$ So, with the link - the plugin is invoked from its java dir - relative to the rest of the java stuff - which it can easily find.. The thing I dislike in this whole setup is - I usually like 'flash' disabled - unless I really need it ( 95% of the flash stuff is ads anyway - and it takes way toomuch cpu - which is such a waste).. Ideally I'd like mozilla to have a plugin-option - where each pliugin can be enabled disabled whenever required. Currently mozilla doesn't have this - may current recourse is to remove/add plugin in /usr/lib/mozilla*/plugins (and restart the browser). But If I use the link to the plugin (and then remove it) - the cache in ~/.mozilla/pludins.dat is still active - and the plugin is still active.. Ah....... Satish --- David Krider <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, 2003-04-04 at 10:11, H M Kunzmann wrote: > > > I've installed j2sdk rpm - and creating a link works - but copying the .so > file > > > doesn't work.. (java crashes the browser.. wierd...) > > > > That is because you want to link/install j2re, not j2sdk. > > > > > > I've seen what Satish is describing as well. The sdk includes "a" jre. > Are you saying that "the" jre and the one in the sdk are different, and > this doesn't happen with that plugin? > > dk > > > > > -- > Shrike-list mailing list > Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - File online, calculators, forms, and more http://tax.yahoo.com
