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On Thursday 09 November 2006 16:14, Neil Winchurst wrote: > On Thu, 9 Nov 2006 07:26:12 -0500 > > Matt Lee <mattl@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Thu, Nov 09, 2006 at 12:18:21PM +0000, Neil Winchurst wrote: > > > Having recently installed kubuntu Edgy I have lost my javascript > > > plugin. So I copied the relevant bin file and installed it > > > successfully. I then tried to get Firefox to find it but no luck. > > > > Javascript doesn't have anything to do with Java. What's not working? > > Perhaps I have the wrong name. When I am using Firefox I sometime go to > a site which needs Java to show everything. I get a message telling me > to install the plugin, which is what I am trying to do. > > Unlike Flash which just installed I am told that I have to install it > manually. So I have downloaded the file jre-1.5.0...... a .bin file. I > ran it according to the instructions and it installed OK. Then I was > instructed to create a symbolic link in my plugins folder to > > jre1.5.0_9/plugins/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so > > I have done this but Firefox does not see java. When I try about:plugins > I see Flash and Realplay and nothing else. > > Neil Winchurst > Must admit, I haven't tried java on my Edgy upgrade - I shall look into it later this evening. On my Dapper, I have a symlink in /usr/lib/firefox/plugins which points to /etc/alternatives/libjavaplugin_oji_mozilla_firefox.so It could be a problem with Firefox2 in Edgy - so far I have found it to be fairly unreliable compared to 1.5. But I will look tonight and see what happens when I visit a java enabled site. Mark -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html