Stephen P. Molnar wrote:

Thanks for your reply.

I am using Java 1.6.0r21. Following the instructions on http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/manual-plugin-install-linux-13... I made a ling from Firefox to /usr/java/jre1.6.0_21/lib/amd64/libnpjp2.so, but Firefox still does't use Java. In fact Java doesn't show up in Tools/Add-ons/Plugins.

Any further suggestions? [snip]

I am using openSUSE 11.3 which was upgraded from 11.2. There used to be a configuration utility called 'alternatives' which you could run to choose a java instance from among multiple installs. Although this seems to have disappeared when I upgraded, all the links and config are still present in my /etc/alternatives directory. Your machine is most likely quite different from mine, so adjust accordingly. I have the java-1_6_0-sun-plugin package installed in addition to the base jdk and jre. This provides the browser plugin. The link to the browser plugin should go in the /usr/lib64/browser-plugins/ directory. First thing to do is hunt down the _actual_ location of your plugin, and substitute in the below what your actual path is if different from mine (only using mine as example). cd to /usr/lib64/browser-plugins/ and do something like: ln -s /usr/lib64/jvm/java-1.6.0-sun-1.6.0/jre/lib/amd64/libnpjp2.so libnpjp2.so Change the above long path to wherever you located the plugin on your system. Hope it helps. -Mike -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org