2009/5/9 Daiajo Tibdixious <dai...@gmail.com> > # eselect java-nsplugin list > Available 32-bit Java browser plugins > [1] emul-linux-x86-java-1.6 current > [2] emul-linux-x86-java-1.6-plugin2 > Available 64-bit Java browser plugins > [1] sun-jdk-1.6 > > I have blackdown java installed but it does not show up in eselect. Why is > that? > > When I start firefox-bin & goto about:plugins it says "no plugins > installed", despite this symlink: > /usr/lib32/nsbrowser/plugins/javaplugin.so -> > /usr/share/java-config-2/nsplugin/emul-linux-x86-java-1.6-javaplugin.so > > When I use 64 bit firefox with the sun jdk it comes up and 'sort of' > works, sort of doesn't. In general > I hate it because its flaky, & consistently fails on 1 big applet. > > I was previously using the blackdown plugin, however if I manually > create the symlink, firefox will not start up, it Segmentation > fault's. This is the symlink I setup: > /usr/lib64/nsbrowser/plugins/javaplugin.so -> > /opt/blackdown-jre-1.4.2.03/plugin/amd64/mozilla/libjavaplugin_oji.so > I also tried pointing it to > /opt/blackdown-jre-1.4.2.03/lib/amd64/libjavaplugin_jni.so > which also causes a Segmentation fault. > > I dont care whether I use 32 or 64 bit firefox, I just want java to > work reliably. > > Googling, a lot of people are getting Segmentation faults, with the > suggestion "use blackdown". However even mozilla's plugin page does > not give the symlinks to use. > > This page http://fedora64.org/desktop-64-posts/java-x86_64/ > says to make the source libjavaplugin_oji.so > If I use that or javaplugin_oji.so firefox starts but about:plugins > shows no plugins installed. > > My googling isn't turning up much helpful, I suspect I just don't know > enough to provide good keywords. > > drop the blackdown java and use the official 1.6 release. the latest one provides 32 and 64 bit plugins. the blackdown java is really a bad piece of code now.
-- dott. ing. beso
