* Verner Kjærsgaard [08-10-09 18:31]:

I just got a call from one of my friends (whom I consulted earlier on this matter) saying:

"Remember also to fix /etc/alternatives/javaplugin." This symlink should also point in the right direction. My javaplugin symlink was pointing to some IcedTea, it now points to the SUN java directory. And everything is now working.

Q: If it had only been written somewhere...CHECK YOUR SYMLINKS IN /etc/alternatives/!

I hope my answer gets picked up by the search engines in order to help others :-)

Well, you are shot-gunning and that is "not good". There is an app for setting java, update-alternatives, and *much* has been written. Have you search on opensuse.org? You remind me of a friend who is getting along in years, even more than me. If something on his windoz machine doesn't start as quickly as he thinks it should, he clicks on it six or seven more times, and then cannot understand the problems that ensue. But he is only 89 :^). -- Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA HOG # US1244711 http://wahoo.no-ip.org Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2 Registered Linux User #207535 @ http://counter.li.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

> Patrick Shanahan skrev:
> > * Verner Kjærsgaard  [08-10-09 18:31]:
> >> I just got a call from one of my friends (whom I consulted earlier on
> >> this matter) saying:
> >> "Remember also to fix /etc/alternatives/javaplugin." This symlink should
> >> also point in the right direction. My javaplugin symlink was pointing to
> >> some IcedTea, it now points to the SUN java directory. And everything is
> >> now working.
> >> Q: If it had only been written somewhere...CHECK YOUR SYMLINKS IN
> >> /etc/alternatives/!
> >> I hope my answer gets picked up by the search engines in order to help
> >> others :-)
> > Well, you are shot-gunning and that is "not good".  There is an app for
> > setting java, update-alternatives, and *much* has been written.  Have
> > you search on opensuse.org?
> > You remind me of a friend who is getting along in years, even more than
> > me.  If something on his windoz machine doesn't start as quickly as he
> > thinks it should, he clicks on it six or seven more times, and then
> > cannot understand the problems that ensue.  But he is only 89 :^).
> - I apologize for my hot headed behaviour...
> - I actually thought "there must be a more correct way..." instead of
> hand-fixing all these symlinks in /etc/alternatives which was quite
> frustrating - in part also because I didn't understand it fully. Or was
> afraid that I didn't.
> This application "update-alternatives" is a gem!
> I only knew that I had known of it. I tried running it with
> "update-alternatives --config java" and it appears to agree with my
> (manually done) settings.
> After your advice I did search the openSusE and sure enough, there is a
> fine explanation. If I had followed it, it would have worked in the
> first shot.
> I hope the search engines find *this* entry :-)

Don't feel too bad;  I've been down the same road myself a couple of
times to end up at the "update-alternatives" solution; which controls
the default MTA, Java version, PHP version, XUL version, FTP client, VI
version, etc...  A powerful little piece of the sys-admin toolbox.  

There are numerous of these gems that never seem to get any prime-time
air-time despite the fact it would be a better use of Internet bandwidth
then yet more Shuttleworth-comments-about-XYZ or
oh-my-was-Linux-rude-to-someone bilge articles.

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