Thanks for the pointers, jchristman - I must still be doing something really stupid though... here are the links I have. I have been trying for a while now and still no joy
[root@kerenski java]# ls -al /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/
total 12
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun 17 20:22 .
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 May 27 19:34 ..
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 39 Jun 4 09:02 libflashplayer.so -> /usr/lib/flash-plugin/libflashplayer.so
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 61 Jun 17 20:22 libjavaplugin_oji.so -> /usr/java/j2re1.4.1_03/plugin/i386/ns610/libjavaplugin_oji.so
[root@kerenski java]# ls -al /usr/lib/mozilla-1.3/plugins/
total 40
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun 17 20:25 .
drwxr-xr-x 9 root root 4096 May 27 19:34 ..
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 37 Jun 4 09:02 flashplayer.xpt -> /usr/lib/flash-plugin/flashplayer.xpt
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 39 Jun 4 09:02 libflashplayer.so -> /usr/lib/flash-plugin/libflashplayer.so
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 61 Jun 17 20:25 libjavaplugin_oji.so -> /usr/java/j2re1.4.1_03/plugin/i386/ns610/libjavaplugin_oji.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 24977 Mar 14 15:13 libnullplugin.so
[root@kerenski java]# ls -al /home/chris/.mozilla/plugins/
total 12
drwxrwxr-x 2 chris chris 4096 Jun 17 20:27 .
drwxrwxr-x 4 chris chris 4096 Jun 17 02:26 ..
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 61 Jun 17 20:27 libjavaplugin_oji.so -> /usr/java/j2re1.4.1_03/plugin/i386/ns610/libjavaplugin_oji.so
So there are 3 locations, the default mozilla plugins directory, the one for mozilla 1.3 and then one in my own home area
I now don't have anything java-related listed in the Help -> about plugins screen and applets aren't working on Mozilla or Galeon
I must be doing something really daft here. Can you see what it is
christo