On Sun, 19 Aug 2007 18:56:08 +0000 "Michael Fothergill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Dear Debianists, > > I use Debian Etch 4.0 r1 (amd64) on an amd64 box. I use Iceweasel. > I installed the gcj java plugin that is available as a deb file into > Iceweasel and it works after a fashion. > > But not perfectly. I have found that a number of distillation > calculation applets I have used don't work at all or not properly. > > I found this by comparing the results of running the applets in a > WIndows environment that an IT manager I know uses...... > > They all work correctly for him. > > I then went to the Blackdown site and replaced the gcj plugin with > the amd64 java plugin that Blackdown provide. > > It took quite a bit of farting around to achieve this. > > What is interesting (at least to me) is that the errors in the > applets are identical whether I am using the gcj plugin or the > Blackdown plugin...... > > I mentioned this to the IT guy. He wondered whether the java I am > using might actually be fine, but something in the browser is > preventing the applets from being displayed properly. > > He suggested trying a different browser. > > I assume (and please could you confirm) that the code in for the gcj > java plugin and the Blackdown plugin are different enough from each > other that they wouldn't necessarily produce exactly the same errors > in the display and functioning of these applets. > > If that is true then perhaps it is indirect evidence that there is > something not quite right with the browser in some way..... > > If this is the case, what other browsers are there available in etch > 4.0 amd64 land (Epiphany is one I think) and in particular which ones > are different enough to Iceweasel in code and java display technology > that I might expect to get different (maybe better) results with > these applets in my case? > > The gcj deb file seems to be automatically installed in Iceweasel. > How do you get apt to install it in e.g. Epiphany or other browsers? > > Comments appreciated > > Michael Fothergill > > _________________________________________________________________ > Got a favourite clothes shop, bar or restaurant? Share your local > knowledge http://www.backofmyhand.com > > Two suggestions: 1. Get Java directly from java.com! It is newer than the one packaged in Etch. (Version 5 Update 6 vs. Version 6 Update 2) 2. Try Opera. It's quite simple to install the Java plugin for it, you simply have to specify the path to your Java installation. -- Szia: Nyizsa. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Find out how you can get spam free email. http://www.bluebottle.com/tag/3 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
