Problem:
I hate to add another post on Java and Netscape but I'm stuck and I can't see what I've missed from the other posts. Here's what I did. I installed Netscape 7. It works fine. Java was already installed by default in my SuSE 8.1 so I followed Netscape's instructions to link java to Netscape. Java is now listed in Netscape > Home > About Plugins. But java does not appear to work since I can not use Yahoo games, Yahoo chat or Webmin file manager.

Instructions I followed from Netscape:
1 - rm /home/bruhoh/.netscape/plugins/javaplugin.so. That directory was empty and is still empty.

2 - Created text file /etc/profile.local with the following contents: "export NPX_PLUGIN_PATH = /usr/lib/SunJava2-1.3.1/jre/plugin/i386/ns4" Ran same command from terminal and then ran set|more to confirm path was accepted - OK. Note that SuSE 8.1 says to add custom setting to profile.local instead to profile so custom settings are not lost upon upgrade.

3 - Linked libjavaplugin_oji.so file to /usr/local/netscape/plugins with following command: ln -s /usr/lib/SunJava2-1.3.1/jre/plugin/i386/ns600/libjavaplugin_oji.so /usr/local/netscape/plugins. Used Konqueror to verify link - @libjavaplugin_oji.so was linked - OK. Note that /home/bruhoh/.netscape6/plugins is linked to /usr/local/netscape/plugins so same files listed there.

4 - Opened Netscape and checked Help > About Plug-ins. Java plug-in 1.3.1_04-b02 was listed but I still was unable to open Webmin File Manager, Yahoo Chat or a Yahoo Game (all require java).

Set|more includes:
JAVA_HOME = /usr/lib/java/jre
PATH = /usr/lib/java/jre/bin
note
/usr/lib/java is linked to /usr/lib/SunJava2-1.3
/usr/lib/SunJava2-1.3.1 is linked to /usr/lib/SunJava2-1.3.1
NPX_PLUGIN_PATH = /usr/lib/SunJava2-1.3.1/jre/plugin/i386/ns4

Plugins at:
/usr/lib/SunJava2-1.3.1/jre/plugin/i386/ns600/libjavaplugin_oji.so
/usr/lib/SunJava2-1.3.1/jre/plugin/i386/ns4/javaplugin.so

Plugins directories at:
/home/bruhoh/.netscape/plugins (empty directory)
/home/bruhoh/.netscape6/plugins (linked to /usr/local/netscape/plugins)

/usr/local/netscape/plugins (includes libflashplayer.so, libnullplugin.so, @libjavaplugin_oji.so)
These are the plugins listed at Home > About Plug-ins for Netscape.

/opt/netscape/plugins (includes libflashplayer.so, libnullplugin.so, nppdf.so, rpnp.so)
These are the plugsins listed at Home > About Plug-ins for Mozilla.

Help! Does anyone see what I did wrong or missed?

well i did not not
did you enabled java(in preferences)
nothing seems wrong so maybe i missed something too
maybe you could try to reinstall netscape

Thanks for the reply.

In Netscape 7 there is not a place to enable Java. This differs from earlier versions. Note that Java2 does show in Home > About Plug-ins.

I could try to reinstall and reconfigure both Netscape 7 and Java2. I may wait until the next version of Netscape 7.x just in case this is really a problem with Netscape 7. I find it oddly coincidental that the Netscape 7 download for Linux did not include Java2 by default but it was included in Netscape 7 for Windows. I'm also currently tied up with improving network security.

On a related note Konqueror 3 won't work with Java2. Per SuSE support DB this is because Konqueror is compiled with gcc-3.x and does not support Java2 which is compiled with gcc-2.x. A patch is pending.

I'm with you. The push to war to solve the Iraq matter is a most unintelligent and unimaginative approach. Better alternative courses of action are available.

thanks a lot for your support
and about the netscape thing
i am using netscape 6.2 in redhat 7.3 and it works
i have no problem with java till now
of course i have the jdk1.3 installed too
but i have met some people who have some trouble with jre
and about the gcc
gcc-3.2 is jdk1.2 compliant(quite a improvement)
keep posted

not sure what you did but you dont need all these links....install java in whatever....i installed in /usr/local, then install netscape, gointo the netscape plugin directory

ln -s /usr/local/java/j2re1.4.1_01/plugin/i386/ns610/libjavapluginoji.so


thats all you need

one thing not really relating to java...but if you use netscape and mozilla for the same user they both share the /home/username/.mozilla folder....and when they both are sharing the same folder stuff ges really messed up. so what i do is say i have been using mozilla and then my little bro wants to use netscape and talk to his friends on aim, i jsut change .mozilla to .mozillaM, so then netscape makes a new folder and doesnt overwrite the stuff in .mozilla, then when i want to go back to using mozilla i jsut change .mozillaM to .mozilla and change the netscapes folder to .mozillaN. I dont know if you have seen what happens when they share a folder but you get netscape with mozilla buttons, messed up home pages, just a mess.

wr3ck3d,

Please, what version of Netscape are you using? I see from your reply that that you are using java2 1.4.1_01. I also found it odd that SuSE 8.1 included Netscape 4.8 instead of a newer version. I uninstalled 4.8 and downloaded and installed Netscape 7.x so that my daughter could have the latest aim and use Yahoo games. I already had aim 1.5.xxx but that version shows all the text formating. She didn't like that.

On the link to the libjavaplugin_oji.so. I think I did do as you say. It's my step 3.

On all those other links - those are from SuSE. They put various links to java, java2, SunJava2, SunJava2-1.3, etc. I assume this was so java could be located under various names.

On the Netscape / Mozilla conflicts. I have not experienced your specific problems but if I have Netscape open and try to open Mozilla I get another session of Netscape. To me Netscape and Mozilla are nearly identical so I just use Netscape. More than anything it just bugs me that I can't get java2 to work with Netscape 7 or Konqueror 3 so I have no java enabled browser.

Ok yes, i am using the newest netscape, 7.2 i think it is.....so do this, completely get rid of any netscape and java installs and start from scratch...go here for netscape http://www.netscape.com/computing/download/ and go here for java http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4/download.html get the 'JRE Linux self extracting file', 4th one down. then do the netscape install, then make a 'java' directory in /usr/local then enter that directory and extract the java (you may have to chmod the java file)...then make the symlink and you should be good to go. I really dont use konqueror so dotn know about that, and the part where you say if you have a netscape and open a mozilla you get a netscape, that just another issue with sharing a folder.....i would recommend to delete the .mozilla directory also when you install to start over so there would be no conflicts, just so you know you can also ou mozill a for yahoo games, and there is also GAIM for chatting, i just make my brother use the netscape version so he cant direct connect with anyone.....post back if you have any troubles.

Thanks, I'll give it a try this weekend. I'll be tied up - by my wife if I do it before then. I never know when to stop, never did.