On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 6:21 PM, Simon Roberts <thorpflyer@yahoo.com> wrote:

Sigh, groan,

Well, having persuaded my system to run 32bit flash under the 64bit firefox, I now have another problem, and I think I have to have the 32bit firefox after all.

I need to run Java in my browser...

I've tried using nspluginwrapper, and it rejects all the plugin .so files that I thought might be contenders (I downloaded a 32bit jre separately from my regular 64bit one)

Soooo... two questions:

1) How do folks run Java in firefox on a 64bit linux system?

2) Assuming I have to have a 32bit Firefox, where the heck do I get it, as all my attempts so far have been preempted, and I've always ended up with a 64bit version somehow?

[[ and 3) I hardly dare ask for fear of either looking stupid (too late!) or starting a religious war, but how much performance benefit do I really get from running 64bit? Does anyone have any representative metrics? I'm not interested in "well, obviously this, and that" because in my experience "obvious" factors affect performance in very non-obvious ways. But I'll take a serious gut feeling from anyone who has tried both on the same hardware in the absence of actual measurements.]]

Thanks again all, Simon

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I don't have Java (JRE) installed with my 64-bit firefox setup. Do you really need it? Most of what I come across is either JavaScript or Flash. I have 32-bit flash installed and JavaScript is built into firefox. As to selecting which build, I do it from Yast2. Click on Software Management, search for firefox. Then the secret is to click on the versions tab at the bottom and move the radio button to the version you want. HTH Greg -- Greg Freemyer Litigation Triage Solutions Specialist http://www.linkedin.com/in/gregfreemyer First 99 Days Litigation White Paper - http://www.norcrossgroup.com/forms/whitepapers/99%20Days%20whitepaper.pdf The Norcross Group The Intersection of Evidence & Technology http://www.norcrossgroup.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Simon Roberts wrote:

Sigh, groan,

Well, having persuaded my system to run 32bit flash under the 64bit firefox, I now have another problem, and I think I have to have the 32bit firefox after all.

I need to run Java in my browser...

I've tried using nspluginwrapper, and it rejects all the plugin .so files that I thought might be contenders (I downloaded a 32bit jre separately from my regular 64bit one)

Soooo... two questions:

1) How do folks run Java in firefox on a 64bit linux system?

2) Assuming I have to have a 32bit Firefox, where the heck do I get it, as all my attempts so far have been preempted, and I've always ended up with a 64bit version somehow?

[[ and 3) I hardly dare ask for fear of either looking stupid (too late!) or starting a religious war, but how much performance benefit do I really get from running 64bit? Does anyone have any representative metrics? I'm not interested in "well, obviously this, and that" because in my experience "obvious" factors affect performance in very non-obvious ways. But I'll take a serious gut feeling from anyone who has tried both on the same hardware in the absence of actual measurements.]]

#3. in my experience, once again "in my experience", 64bit is slow than 32bit. i got this experience when installing 10.0 on one of my office PC (dual core - 1 GB mem). one GB is like having half of them. i did not have try it using 10.3 yet, but i think i will try 64bit later in 2010.

Thanks again all, Simon

"You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions." — Naguib Mahfouz

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