John, Thanks to you and Jesse Keating for this solution. I wish there were a proper FAQ site we could post it to. No doubt this question will be asked again and again. --Doc Savage Fairview Heights, IL On Fri, 2003-07-04 at 16:41, John Haxby wrote: > Grab Java 1.4.2 from Sun -- it's just been released (well, within the > last week or so). Get the RPM and install that rather than any other > form. Then > > ln -s \ > > ../../../java/j2sdk1.4.2/jre/plugin/i386/ns610-gcc32/libjavaplugin_oji.so \ > /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/lib > > Note the "ns610-gcc32" directory. There's another directory for > non-gcc 3.2.2. I'm currently running Mozilla 1.4-11 from Rawhide, but > I believe that this will also work with the standard 1.2.1 (I ran 1.4.2 > beta with 1.2.1). 1.4.2 is significantly faster than 1.4.1 as well. > > jch > > Robert G. (Doc) Savage wrote: > > >Is there some last manual step needed to make Java work with Mozilla? I > >have Sun's j2sdk1-4.1_03-fcs and the latest mozilla-1.4-11 from rawhide > >installed, but whenever I encounter a Java applet on a web site I get a > >"Default Plugin" advisory window that says: > > > >"This page contains information of a type (application/x-java-vm) that > >can only be viewed with theappropriate Plug-in." > > > >What's the secret to getting Java to work with Mozilla? > > > >--Doc Savage > > Fairview Heights, IL > > > > > > > > > > > >
