Bryant,

When you re-installed j2re1.4.2_05:

- which library did you link to from the /usr/lib/firefox-1.0/plugins directory?

- did you add the /usr/java/j2re1.4.2_05/bin to your path?

Thanks,
Dean

Dean,

The answer to your first question:
I linked /usr/java/j2re1.4.2_05/plugin/i386/ns610-gcc32

Answer for number two:
Didn't do that... I'm clueless about the path thing... I still got a lot to learn about Linux.. so if you could please tell me what you mean by the Path and all that I would greatly appreciate it...
the only thing i know about java related to the worth 'path' is when i tried installing Limewire and i found a website saying that i had to put the jvm on its path and such.. i did that and it worked.. but i still don't know what the whole business was about

Thanks,
Bryant

Install the latest version of firefox (1.0):
"yum install firefox"
then do "rpm --freshen " and add at the end the path yum gave you after obtaining the package.

Firstly, get JRE 1.5 from:
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/download.jsp
select J2SE 5.0 JRE, agree, then select under Linux, rpm in self-extracting file.
Extract the file by doing "sh jdk-1_5_0-linux-i586-rpm.bin" from the folder the downloaded file is in.
Now install the rpm by doing "rpm --freshen jdk-1_5_0-linux-i586-rpm.bin".
Make a link the the firefox plugin directory by doing (assumes firefox 1.0):
"ln -s /usr/java/jre1.5.0/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so /usr/lib/firefox-1.0/plugins/"

Should all work now.

cryptwizard,

Does this fix the missing "libXp.so.6" issue? Background below -

I have Firefox 1.0 installed, and updated per the up2date function in Fedora CORE 3. I have been using installing all three JRE packages per their exact instructions (j2re-1_4_2_06-linux-i586-rpm and jdk-1_5_0-linux-i586-rpm). I have been creating the same link you and the instructions give, as well. The problem seems to come from a missing set of libraries that have been deprecated: libXp.so.6. My research has turned up some Redhat bug reports that confirm that this libreary is not installed with Fedora CORE 3.

Firefox will not even start with the jdk-1_5_0-linux-i586-rpm installed.

With the older jre 1.4.2, I can start firefox, but not load pages with java...

When I try to run firefox using the command line below, it blows up with the following error messages:

- link to library is for the gcc32.
- trying from command line "firefox www.dslreports.com/stest?loc97"
- browser won't load and delivers the following message:

"Java process: caught exception from sun.plugin.navig.motif.Plugin.start
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError:
/usr/java/j2re1.4.2_06/lib/i386/libawt.so: libXp.so.6: cannot open shared object
file: No such file or directory
at java.lang.ClassLoader$NativeLibrary.load(Native Method)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadLibrary0(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadLibrary(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Runtime.loadLibrary0(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.System.loadLibrary(Unknown Source)
at sun.security.action.LoadLibraryAction.run(Unknown Source)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.awt.Toolkit.loadLibraries(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Toolkit.<clinit>(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Color.<clinit>(Unknown Source)
at sun.plugin.navig.motif.Plugin.start(Unknown Source)
INTERNAL ERROR on Browser End: Could not read ack from child process
System error?:: Resource temporarily unavailable"

I'll retrace my steps and use the procedure you outlined, and report results... I need to learn more about yum. I never used any Yellowdog material before.

cryptwizard,

Results of "yum install firefox": message "nothing to do". (I was holding out for some magic Xlib update...)

Not sure what to do with finding the path you referred to.
I re-installed JRE 1.5.0, and created the link you showed... AND IT WORKS!

Thanks! As far as I can tell, I must have previously used the ns7-gcc29 version of the libjavaplugin_oji.so link.

Bryant,

Path is similar to the DOS and Windows Path in that it is a list of locations to look in for executables that may not be found in the current directory.

For *nix, at a shell prompt, type "echo $PATH[Enter]" and you should get the current path as a response. As the root user, most *nix releases do not include the current directory (known as ".") in the path, so it is different from DOS/Windows. In Windows you can echo the contents of PATH by getting to a command prompt and issuing the command "echo %PATH%". Another difference between *nix and Windows is that the path items are separated by a colon in *nix, and by a semicolon in Windows.

If you want to add something to the current path, a quick way is to issue the following command at the BASH shell prompt "$PATH=/full/new/path/:$PATH" This tells the BASH shell to add /full/new/path to the beginning of the entire original $PATH.

When you set your machine up for java development, you need to put java into the path so scripts and applications can find it. You can do that for your own user by adding a line to that user's .bashrc. If you want to update everybodies path, edit /etc/bashrc to add a line before the "export PATH USER LOGNAME..." line.

There is only one solution for the type of problem DMJ is having - I went through the same stuff cashing my tail for a week... if you do not select a package that installs xorg-x11-deprecated-libs-6.8.1-12.i386.rpm from DISC #2 of the fedora installation, then you'll have the same problem that DMJ had and as did I... this package contains libXp.so.6 ...the Java VM needs it to run...

link the plugin as descripbed before, and then install the above package.

Java and flash should work from now on....

enjoy