Earlier today I got a security update for java 1.4.2 (I think it was) and elected to install it. After installation, it happened that I got bit by the Openoffice.org writer freezes your system bug (which has an open bugzilla bug open) and I ended up having to reset my machine for the first time in months. After the reboot, I noticed that none of the web sites that use java scripts worked within Firefox 2.0 that had been working previous to the reset. At the top was a message to install a missing plugin - yeah, right. I've been here before. I went into Konqueror and guess what, the pages were all working properly which means that *something* has again diddled with the pointers to the java plugins that Firefox uses. For the life of me, I can't find out WHERE the link is stored and what it is supposed to be pointing to (now) in order to restore the function that has been working fine for many months. I even downloaded the Java 1.6 update rpm and installed it but they only tell how to install it for mozilla, not firefox. Any help would be appreciated. Richard -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Monday 30 July 2007, Richard Creighton wrote:
Earlier today I got a security update for java 1.4.2 (I think it was) and elected to install it. After installation, it happened that I got bit by the Openoffice.org writer freezes your system bug (which has an open bugzilla bug open) and I ended up having to reset my machine for the first time in months. After the reboot, I noticed that none of the web sites that use java scripts worked within Firefox 2.0 that had been working previous to the reset. At the top was a message to install a missing plugin - yeah, right. I've been here before. I went into Konqueror and guess what, the pages were all working properly which means that *something* has again diddled with the pointers to the java plugins that Firefox uses. For the life of me, I can't find out WHERE the link is stored and what it is supposed to be pointing to (now) in order to restore the function that has been working fine for many months. I even downloaded the Java 1.6 update rpm and installed it but they only tell how to install it for mozilla, not firefox. Any help would be appreciated.
Richard
=========== Rich, Just do a search, whereis or locate, to find your Firefox directory in your system, then go to the plugins directory to see if the java plugin is pointing to the right place. Many times these tend to get misdirected and are pointing to something non-existent or the old location of java. You can check the plugins in Firefox by typing "about:plugins" in the url area. regards, Lee -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
BandiPat wrote:
that has been working fine for many months. I even downloaded the Java 1.6 update rpm and installed it but they only tell how to install it for mozilla, not firefox. Any help would be appreciated.
Richard
=========== Rich, Just do a search, whereis or locate, to find your Firefox directory in your system, then go to the plugins directory to see if the java plugin is pointing to the right place. Many times these tend to get misdirected and are pointing to something non-existent or the old location of java.
You can check the plugins in Firefox by typing "about:plugins" in the url area.
regards, Lee
Lee, That was one heck of a security upgrade! I hope I don't need 1.4.2 anymore. They moved it, I mean java...completely and utterly moved it from /usr/lib/java.version to /usr/java/rel.version No wonder the links were broken. Not only that, the library name was changed. Oh, I hasten to point out that *something* erased the contents of everything in the /usr/lib/java.version directories except the folders themselves so I couldn't simply repoint the links. Anyhow, I did get it working. I just wish "they" wouldn't diddle-fart with stuff without warning us of possible side-effects, and I wish Firefox would 'just work' like Konqueror does with the default locations of java when it installs....but that would be too much to ask :) At least this isn't Windoze where I couldn't fix it without paying Redmond for an upgrade and re-registering and entering a 1000 digit security code off the DVD. Richard -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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