Running Mdk 10.1 with Java 1.5. installed. Trying to play Yahoo gamee pool with Firefox or Mozillla browser- but no luck.

Java is enabled globally- firewall is turned off, but I still get the blank screen and notice from Yahoo that I need Java0 or enable it or something else.
Is there a way to check if Java is working in my browser at another site?
Anyone else got this working?

Thanks- My son really wants to play and is whining about not using windoze.,

Are symlinks set up in the Firefox plugins directory?
fer isntance:
$ ls -l /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/plugins/ |grep java
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 67 Dec 4 17:01 libjavaplugin_oji.so -> /opt/j2sdk1.4.2_04/jre/plugin/i386/ns610-gcc32/libjavaplugin_oji.so

The plugin, in this case, is a symlink to the java plugin in the java installation directory. Yahoo! Games work just fine in Firefox.

Rob,
Like your signature!
AS for the rest- yikes! I am a user only. It took me over an hour to figure how to install Java, even with the instructions from SUN. Guess I am a product of the point and click world of MS. To the point- I don' have a clue about those commands ( if that is what they are) that you put in your post, or how to do that myself.

Is there a way I can check the association or link using a graphical interface?

Thanks,
Chris

yahoo games work perfectly in firefox once you get the plugin installed

you need to make a symbolic link to the file called "libjavaplugin_oji.so", in your firefox plugin directory. the file, if you installed java, will reside in a directory similar to the one rbochan listed, but it may depend on your specific distro. a symbolic link means a file that points to another, in this case when firefox looks for the plugin it will be redirected to the location of that file. you can probably do that in a gui file manager, but command line is easier.

you can use the "find" or "locate" commands to find it if you can't navigate to it.

there are some sample instructions here:
http://www.java.com/en/download/help...elf-extracting
at bottom of page. the mozilla version listed there is different, but the procedure is the same, again exact locations might vary depending on where you installed java, distro, etc..

I'm sure there is, but I couldn't tell you what. Perhaps whichever file manager you use can show symlinks and such, many can. CLI is just sometimes a necessity - don't be scared of it. I'll explain in a bit of detail what I showed before:
$ is my prompt sign at my terminal window
ls -l is the command I ran. The ls command is to 'list', the -l switch means a long list
/usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/plugins/ is the directory I wanted a list of
| is called a pipe, it allowed me to enter a 2nd command based on the output of the previous one...
grep java since all I was interested in was the output related to java, I used the grep command to single that stuff out for me.
The sum of which resulted as:
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 67 Dec 4 17:01 are the permissions, ownership, date created etc for the stuff I wanted listed
libjavaplugin_oji.so is the stuff I wanted listed
-> denotes that the file is a symlink, a bit like a shortcut in Microsoft Windows, but much more versatile
/opt/j2sdk1.4.2_04/jre/plugin/i386/ns610-gcc32/libjavaplugin_oji.so is the file the symlink points to.

Don't be afraid to drop to the command line, it's where the real power of Linux lies. Here are a few links that might help you out with commands:
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Rob,
Thanks for the explanations and the links. They both are part of what of what I think I need to get started using the CL.
I have to leave for a few days at work so wn't be able to try out what you posted. I'll let you know when I do after I get back .
Chris