On Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 03:40:19PM -0700, Lotek wrote: > On 06/26/2011 11:48 AM, Robert Holtzman wrote: > >I'm having trouble with Iceweasel's inability to correctly render > >sites that use java. This includes my bank and broker which > >prevents me > >from making Squeeze my primary distro. Running "locate jre" turns up > >a bunch of files including gcj-4.4-jre related ones, so I assume I have > >java runtime installed (I'm also *assuming* it's a java problem). I've > >also tried, at various times and in various combinations, sun-java6-jre, > >sun-java6-plugin, openjdk-6-jre, and icedtea6-plugin, all to no avail. > >I'm beginning to wonder if this really is a java problem. > > A few months ago I had a similar problem with the Iceweasel > in Lenny, and I think it probably was due to it not being able > to render Javascript correctly. I have a number of browsers > installed, so I tried Chrome and it worked. After that I > installed Firefox 4 from the Mozilla site and it worked.
I multiboot and sometimes run Ubuntu w/ FF 3.6.x which works with no problem. > I haven't upgraded to Squeeze yet, but I don't think it uses > Iceweasel 4, however it might be included in the latest > upgrade. I doubt if you need the Java plugin, because the > only thing it seems to do is stream some webcams. I could be > wrong about that, but it wasn't the problem in my case. > If you don't already know, Javascript and Java are different > applications, Javascript is included in Iceweasel and be > turned on or off in Preferences. I know. It's the same in FF. > > I didn't have any problem installing Firefox 4 and it has > already updated itself to version 5. I can post some brief > instructions if you want to try it. Downloaded it some time ago but couldn't see how to install it. Too used to .debs. Instructions and/or urls would be appreciated. I would try it as a last resort but would prefer to run iceweasel if possible. -- Bob Holtzman If you think you're getting free lunch, check the price of the beer. Key ID: 8D549279
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