java problem?

MilkyBar_Kid · 07-21-2004, 08:25 AM

Hi

I am having problems viewing some web pages that needs Java installed.

I have installed Firefox, and have done a sim link from the Java plugin file to the Firefox plugin file.

For some strange reason, Java doesn't work.

The java installed in Slack #10 is 1.4.2_04. Are there problems with this version of Java? I have Slack #9.1 installed on another box, with an earlier version of Java,

Doing a sim link from the Java plugin file to the Firefox plugin file in the other PC, I don't have any problems.

Any ideas

TIA

keefaz · 07-21-2004, 03:23 PM

Did you try as root ?If it works as root, try to check permissions for original plugin files

blk96gt · 07-21-2004, 03:35 PM

Just for reference, this is my output whenever I do an 'ls -l' in the firefox plugins directory.

Code:

lrwxrwxrwx  1 kevin kevin    43 2004-07-20 00:12 libflashplayer.so -> /usr/lib/netscape/plugins/libflashplayer.so
lrwxrwxrwx  1 kevin kevin    62 2004-07-20 00:13 libjavaplugin_oji.so -> /usr/lib/java/jre/plugin/i386/ns610-gcc32/libjavaplugin_oji.so*
-rwxr-xr-x  1 kevin kevin 19096 2004-06-28 00:15 libnullplugin.so*

Does yours differ in any way from mine?

MilkyBar_Kid · 07-22-2004, 12:48 PM

Hi

My output for ls -l is

-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 856 2004-07-20 22:20 flashplayer.xpt*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2096844 2004-07-20 22:20 libflashplayer.so*
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 62 2004-07-20 22:13 libjavaplugin_oji.so -> /usr/lib/java/jre/plugin/i386/ns610-gcc32/libjavaplugin_oji.so*

as you can see, it's pretty similar to yours.

The problem is that when I visit a page that needs to run java, my browser just hangs.....

trey85stang · 07-22-2004, 01:23 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by MilkyBar_Kid
Hi

My output for ls -l is

-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 856 2004-07-20 22:20 flashplayer.xpt*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2096844 2004-07-20 22:20 libflashplayer.so*
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 62 2004-07-20 22:13 libjavaplugin_oji.so -> /usr/lib/java/jre/plugin/i386/ns610-gcc32/libjavaplugin_oji.so*

as you can see, it's pretty similar to yours.

The problem is that when I visit a page that needs to run java, my browser just hangs.....

I had a problem with some of the java plugis... if you do a search libjava you will find there is about 4 of the files... Try useing each one.. if you find one that works continue to use it.

There is one that I have used that will not allow firefox to launch, i tried the other ones and one of them worked fine

blk96gt · 07-22-2004, 02:19 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by MilkyBar_Kid
Hi

My output for ls -l is

-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 856 2004-07-20 22:20 flashplayer.xpt*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2096844 2004-07-20 22:20 libflashplayer.so*
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 62 2004-07-20 22:13 libjavaplugin_oji.so -> /usr/lib/java/jre/plugin/i386/ns610-gcc32/libjavaplugin_oji.so*

as you can see, it's pretty similar to yours.

The problem is that when I visit a page that needs to run java, my browser just hangs.....

How did you install yours? Did you get the slack package or did you just get the .gz from the Mozilla website?

MilkyBar_Kid · 07-22-2004, 02:32 PM

Slack #10 is a fresh install.

The sim link I made to Firefox is the same as the one that's already linked to the Moz browser

In case you're wondering, the site I'm trying to see is the hushmail site.

In Slack #9, doing a sim link to the pre-installed Java plugin, I can vew my Hushmail account.

Doing a sim link to the pre-installed Java plugin in Slack #10, the browser just hangs........

Thanks.

blk96gt · 07-22-2004, 03:01 PM

I meant how did you install Firefox. Sorry, I should have made that more clear.

keefaz · 07-22-2004, 03:06 PM

Does the same problem appear when running Firefox as root user and browsing the same pages ?

MilkyBar_Kid · 07-22-2004, 03:07 PM

From the Moz site.

Tared it, and launched it as root. Then did a sim link to the plugin file.

blk96gt · 07-22-2004, 03:39 PM

Does it do it with every page that requires java, or just that one you were trying to access?

keefaz · 07-22-2004, 03:44 PM

Anyway I found it insecure to run java applets from sites as root.

Try install the java plugin for your user (do the symlink as user in the firefox plugins directory in your home directory) then browse the java pages as user and see if it works

MilkyBar_Kid · 07-22-2004, 05:31 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by blk96gt
Does it do it with every page that requires java, or just that one you were trying to access?

Tested the browser at the Java site, JVM is working fine. I can see the dancing penguin

I just don't understand why this version doesn't work while an older version does

Quote:

Originally posted by keefaz
Anyway I found it insecure to run java applets from sites as root.

Try install the java plugin for your user (do the symlink as user in the firefox plugins directory in your home directory) then browse the java pages as user and see if it works

I am not running as root.

I installed my browser as root, and sim linked as root. Then launched the browser as regular user.