Neither linux-firefox nor linux-opera uses java plugin

[Yuri Pankov]

On Tuesday 13 November 2007 10:02:01 Andrew Pantyukhin wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 11, 2007 at 05:45:42PM +0000, Tino Engel wrote:
> > Dear all,
> >
> > Any help concerning the topic as follws would be very appreciated.
> >
> > freebsdangel# uname -a
> > FreeBSD freebsdangel.de 7.0-BETA2 FreeBSD 7.0-BETA2 #0: Sat Nov 10
> > 20:15:45 UTC 2007     root at freebsdangel.de:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC 
> > i386 freebsdangel#
> >
> > It seems that this browser-plugin stuff is neverending.
> > All native freebsd browsers refuse to use plugins at all.
> > The linux versions of opera and and firefox correctly recognize the
> > linux-flashplugin7.
> > But the java-plugin is not recognized although having been linked
> > correctly from diablo portsinstall.
>
> You can't use native diablo jdk/jre with linux browsers. Try
> java/linux-sun-*
>
> > Another related issue: linux-flashplugin9 always segfaults the browser
> > when used. I dunno what to do, I would relly like to be able to watch
> > latest flash movies.
>
> This dead body is beaten every other day. Personally, I download
> flash movies and watch them with mplayer. Other solutions include
> dedicating your life to petitioning Adobe to stop making money
> and start porting their software to FreeBSD; and switching to
> Windows.

Latter looks like overkill :-) If you *really* need watch flash9 movies in 
browser, using WINE with Firefox and FlashPlayer9 can be reasonable choice.


Yuri