Galeon fails to find Java

Kevin Oberman oberman at es.net
Tue Feb 17 14:40:49 PST 2004


> From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus at marcuscom.com>
> Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 14:52:55 -0500
> 
> No, the Mozilla port should create a symlink from the /usr/local place
> to /usr/X11R6/lib/browser_plugins.  This is only done if the plug-in was
> installed when you installed Mozilla.
> 
> >=20
> > The latest Galeon (1.3.13) does nor seem to load it. No errors at
> > all. Just no plugins. I have the feeling that I'm doing something really
> > DUMB, but I can't seem to get a clue as to what.
> 
> Check that you have /usr/X11R6/lib/browser_plugins/libjavaplugin_oji.so,
> and that it points to the correct place.  Then do an ldd
> /usr/local/jdk1.4.2/jre/plugin/i386/ns610/libjavaplugin_oji.so to make
> sure all the libs are found.

Thanks, Joe. I now realize that I need to re-install linuxpluginwrapper
and mozilla every time I update Acrobat or jdk if the shared library
changes to a new version number.

I now have Java, Flash, and Shockwave plug-ins working correctly!

Thanks again.
-- 
R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer
Energy Sciences Network (ESnet)
Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab)
E-mail: oberman at es.net			Phone: +1 510 486-8634


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