Re: Java plugins in 64bit Debian

2010-01-11 Thread Alex Samad
On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 04:26:35PM -0500, Stephen Powell wrote: > On 2010-01-11 at 16:04:26 -0500, Alex Samad wrote: > > I am not arguing that, and I agree with what you have said about them > > making it free. > > > > The issue is the icedtea plugin is touted as a replacement for the sun > > plug

Re: Java plugins in 64bit Debian

2010-01-11 Thread Stephen Powell
On 2010-01-11 at 16:04:26 -0500, Alex Samad wrote: > I am not arguing that, and I agree with what you have said about them > making it free. > > The issue is the icedtea plugin is touted as a replacement for the sun > plugin, and it clearly doesn't work properly I hear you. Of course, there is

Re: Java plugins in 64bit Debian

2010-01-11 Thread Alex Samad
On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 03:56:13PM -0500, Stephen Powell wrote: > On 2010-01-11 at 15:32:54 -0500, Alex Samad wrote: > > for some reason we (the user of debian) are being pushed to use icedtea > > and its java plugin, I don't have a problem with this except for the > > fact that the plugin isn't a

Re: Java plugins in 64bit Debian

2010-01-11 Thread Stephen Powell
On 2010-01-11 at 15:32:54 -0500, Alex Samad wrote: > for some reason we (the user of debian) are being pushed to use icedtea > and its java plugin, I don't have a problem with this except for the > fact that the plugin isn't a drop in replacement for the sun plugin, but > its turning into a grin an

Re: Java plugins in 64bit Debian

2010-01-11 Thread Alex Samad
On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 11:00:14AM +0200, Jari Fredriksson wrote: > > I installed a Debian Lenny (amd64), and sun-jdk in addition to the > default gcj based default Java. > > When I access Java content with Firefox (or is IceWeasel) the browsed > prompts me to install JDK... Clicking the prompt s

Re: Java plugins in 64bit Debian

2010-01-11 Thread Jari Fredriksson
On 11.1.2010 11:12, Camale�n wrote: > > So maybe you are missing the "sun-java6-plugin" package. > Thanks, Java works now in the browser! -- http://www.iki.fi/jarif/ Your life would be very empty if you had nothing to regret. signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: Java plugins in 64bit Debian

2010-01-11 Thread Jari Fredriksson
> > So maybe you are missing the "sun-java6-plugin" package. > > Greetings, > > -- > Camaleón > Thanks, works now! That was it. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: Java plugins in 64bit Debian

2010-01-11 Thread Camaleón
On Mon, 11 Jan 2010 11:00:14 +0200, Jari Fredriksson wrote: > I installed a Debian Lenny (amd64), and sun-jdk in addition to the > default gcj based default Java. > > When I access Java content with Firefox (or is IceWeasel) the browsed > prompts me to install JDK... Clicking the prompt shows Sun