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Re: [SLE] Why does SuSE tweak software so much that it no longer work with other programs?
  • From: Darryl Gregorash <raven@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2006 22:02:22 +0000 (UTC)
  • Message-id: <44E8DBE9.4040400@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Original post asked:

>First of all, the Sun Java Application Server does not work under a 64
>bit JDK (not SuSE's fault of course) so I removed the 64 bit version and
>installed the 32 bit. All were SuSE packages. Still no go. The
>installer would not even recognize the JDK. Something in the SuSE
>installation makes it non-standard somehow. After struggling with it
>for a while, I gave up, removed SuSE's version and installed the latest
>JDK from Sun. I also created an alternative so I can change between
>versions. Now the application server installs and runs just fine.
>
>
>Problem number 2: Clicking on any link or help from within Netbeans did
>nothing. Checked the settings for firefox in NB and all looked fine.
>Again, after struggling with the problem for a while I installed the
>latest firefox which I downloaded from mozilla and now everything works
>fine.
>
>
>BTW, I am also running other distributions and they don't have all these
>problems.
>
>
>

That's pretty specific, I think.



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