I cannot getfirefox to run a java applet 1.5.0_09, it keeps saying missing plugin.

This is what I've done.

1. downloaded the jre-1_5_0_09-linux-i586.bin to /usr/java
2. chmod 775 jre-1_5_0_09-linux-i586.bin
3. ./jre-1_5_0_09-linux-i586.bin
4. took all defaults, when asked
5. created link in /usr/lib/firefox/plugins by
cd /usr/lib/firefox/plugins
ln -s /usr/java/jre1.5.0_09/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so
6. closed all firefox windows
7. restarted machine
8. started firefox, and still missing plugin

can anyone explain what I did wrong, I am on SUSE Desktop linux 10

Richard

Check to see that it created a good link in step 9
Are you sure that you want the ns7 version and not the one with gcc-something?
Note that the most recent jre is 1_5_0_10

Check the instructions at the java site....

yes, the link looks good, it is shaded blue. how would I knowif i need to use the ns7-gcc29?

ok, i removed the link i had created and created a link using the gcc29 directory. firefox would not startup, so I switched back to the ns7 directory and firefox started.

I assume this means I should use the ns7 directory,

Richard

Follow the direections here:
Installing Sun's Java on SUSE Linux - openSUSE
http://en.opensuse.org/Installing_Sun's_Java_on_SUSE_Linux

/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun-1.5.0.10/jre/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so

Is more than likely the correct location, at least it is in Debian.

ok, I used yast as instructed, and re-linked using the jvm directory:

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 61 Jan 23 14:49 libjavaplugin_oji.so -> /usr/lib/jvm/jre1.5.0_09/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so

with the same results. the java applet pages still come up with missing plugin, and it trys to direct me to load the jre 1.4.2 from the sun download page: http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/download.html

Richard

So the applet wants an older version of jre? Is it possible there is a newer version of the applet available?
And what is the applet?

This is different than before--did you move jre from /usr/java to /usr/lib/jvm?

No, I'm sure the applet was written using a java 1.5 version as it is an in-house application.

I tried using the yast method to the same results. what bugs me is when I do a
java -version I do get 1.5.0_09. So why wouldn't firefox see this too.

Richard

Did you enable java in the Firefox preferences?

yes, both java and javascript are checked on.

the jvm directory link was suggested by Craigevil.

In that case, are you absutively posolutely sure that the firefox you're running is the one in /usr/lib/firefox? Try going there and typing ./firefox and see if it starts working.

ok, I believe thats it.
I did a which firefox, that had firefox as /usr/bin/firefox
I check /usr/bin/firefox and that had a link to /usr/lib/firefox/firefox.sh
inside firefox.sh there is a change to the browser plugin directory. It does not look in: /usr/lib/firefox/plugins, it re-directs it to /usr/$LIB/browser-plugins

BROWSER_PLUGIN_DIR=/usr/$LIB/browser-plugins
if [ ! -d $BROWSER_PLUGIN_DIR ]; then
BROWSER_PLUGIN_DIR=/opt/netscape/plugins
fi

The link there still had it pointing to the old java version.

thanks for all your assistance.

Richard

I wouldn't think you'd need a shell to run firefox. Just point directly to /usr/lib/firefox/firefox. Or is this left over from a previous version?