-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Am 10.05.2010 14:53, schrieb Stan Goodman:
The machine is running oS v11.1 x86_64.
After updating Firefox from v3.5.9 to 3.6.3 I find that the browser no longer supports Java, that there is no longer a button in the Preferences for enabling Java, and there is no Java plugin in About:plugins.
About plugins refers me to mozilla.org, where I am advised to use the (non-existent) button to enable Java. This has to be a bug. As Java is important to me, my workaround is to use Konqueror, which is smart enough not to require a plugin for the purpose; Opera doesn't work either.
Is there a way to get Firefox to see Java?
Yes, I had that problem too and openend a bug because of this... As it is stated on http://java.com/en/download/faq/firefox_newplugin.xml, you need an up-to-date Java Package for FF 3.6.x. After you installed it (for example the java-1_6_0-sun-plugin-1.6.0.u20-0.1.1.x86_64 from openSUSE's update channel) use the command (on the command line) "update-alternatives - --config javaplugin" to choose the Java plugin you want to use (by default, openSUSE installs another plugin, too). After switching to the u20 Java Plugin, everything works as before. Or even better... Do not get into a software hassle by installing software packages from other sites as long as they are provided by openSUSE! Especially software installed without the notice of rpm (e.g. a Java package from java.sun.com) is never maintained by the package manager, and you will never get updates for them! HTH Werner -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.15 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJL7jdQAAoJEOfJ7bNoiiCN/7cH/1UJTYsz28B83mGkexkcnG21 VM+oOdfi2xpGLH1RJRQ1niHiRs32T4I7VJZgYVaoin1WS4HobbH5yhLq8vyz3gju IpMKX/Wp5ZRfalscqvWnUfIcgE4wRfmxsBePeZNGfmTrVg6eaV0VA8DrDjxH6vUv 56zZWMSKyyKdemBS+CBYMjdEyaUJ3ElHpW0lUa/6nPq6SwDjM3B/zIjUmWa0CKdU 1PGrSxb3U1w/zU3T0tgjGUik6SOEAm48LXEe9cn3SN1VOpy0FubTWJzkjaY6YJBJ u9FIKwtRn3eIhcNdFib6pnf5af/590sfPdAafr8aAgmCQ2YyKSEXnPilGuKR5AM= =pGT4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org