Running RHEL 6.6 and GNOME 2.28 on PPC64.

Java -version shows
java version "1.7.0"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment(build pxp6470_27sr2fp10-20141218_02(SR2 FP10))

I have Firefox 31.4, Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux ppc64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/31.0

I have created the symbolic link to the Java Plugin in the Firefox plugins directory.
/usr/lib64/firefox/plugins
[tosh@RHEL6TOSH plugins]# ls -al
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 41 Feb 10 10:56 libnpjp2.so -> /opt/jdk1.7.0_72/jre/lib/i386/libnpjp2.so

http://java.com/en/download/installed.jsp keeps finding "We are unable to verify if Java is currently installed and enabled in your browser".

Anyone have any pointers on what else to check?

( ff 31 is not part of the default RHEL6 install
so this MUST be the Firefox from the mozillia site installed someplace

$FIREFOX.INSTALL.FOLDER/browser/plugins/javaplugin.so


by DEFAULT Oracle's java is NOT installed !!!
OpenJDK ( icedtea) IS INSTALLED by default


you are aware that the javaplugin.so in the /use/lib64/browser-plugins/
is a link to /etc/alternatives
and the file in alternatives is in turn a link

to ???? what ever you set it as
openjdk 1.6 or 1.7
or
oracles 1.7
or whatever you installed


also if java and firefox are on DIFFERENT partitions a link will not work ( it will be 0 bits in size )


for example
i have things on different partitions so i have to use a copy/past
/DATA/SUSE/firefox/browser/plugins/javaplugin.so

and that file is really
/usr/lib64/java-1_8_0-openjdk-plugin/lib/IcedTeaPlugin.so

depending on just what is installed and HOW it is installed makes a big differance


my Scientific linux 6.6 install is also set up the same way as my SUSE install ( but using openjdk 1.7 )

John,
Clearly I am missing some important understanfing in how RHEL v6 is enabling support for FF and JAVA.
I see you making reference to javaplugin.so yet my search on RHEL doc and other google searches says to enable java plugin using libnpjp2.so
I searched the entire volume and got no hits for javaplugin.so
I do however have libnpjp2.so in various places.
BTW, my RHEL is on a single partition.
Would you mind demystifying things a little further please. Thx.

first
OpenJDK is / was installed
this is default

Oracles java is NOT installed

if you want to REPLACE OpenJDK 1.7 with Oracles JAVA 1.7
you need to UNINSTALL openjdk
and / or
use "alternatives" to switch the DEFAULT java that is used

there are TWO different java's

( and they can be installed side by side )


remember a few years back
Microsoft tried killing off SUN java with a closed proprietary "visual java"

oracle is now trying that since they bought out SUN


so the emergence of the OPEN
OpenJDK -- " Icedtea"


also
Seeing as this IS redhat
you DO have the REQUIRED support contract that you bought
-- the Standard 1 year REQUIRED contract is $299 PER YEAR
--- and it is REQUIRED

that support contract also gets you access to the RedHat knowledgebase
Log in to the redhat web site with the credentials you set up when you bought the license
and do a search for JAVA
the FULL and VERY complete instructions ARE in the guides that you pain for access to


http://www.redhat.com/en/search/java
you will need to be loged in to read MOST of the results