Bugzilla – Bug 338158
Java-Plugin in Firefox does not work
Last modified: 2008-01-21 16:49:21 UTC
Java does not work in Firefox. When I go to websites with Java, Firefox complains about a missing plugin. about:plugins does not list Java. I have the following packages installed: > rpm -qa |grep -i java java-1_5_0-sun-1.5.0_update13-0.3 java-1_4_2-gcj-compat-1.4.2.0-177 java-1_5_0-sun-plugin-1.5.0_update13-0.3 > rpm -qa |grep -i firefox MozillaFirefox-translations-2.0.0.8-1.1 MozillaFirefox-2.0.0.8-1.1
I see the same here. The problem may be due to a broken chain of symlinks: /usr/lib/browser-plugins/javaplugin.so -> /etc/alternatives/javaplugin -> /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun-1.5.0_update12/jre/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so The latter file does not exist, and its file name does not fit the the "update13" version of java-1_5_0-sun-plugin installed. I think this broke with the most recent Java update on Oct 22. I have manually changed the javaplugin soft link in /etc/alternatives et voila: Firefox has found it Java plugin again.
Bug #334783 has more on this. For me, the javaplugin link was in "manual" mode: berty:/home/ber # update-alternatives --display javaplugin javaplugin - status is manual. link currently points to /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun-1.5.0_update13/jre/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so setting it to "auto" also fixed the problem: berty:/home/ber # update-alternatives --auto javaplugin berty:/home/ber # update-alternatives --display javaplugin javaplugin - status is auto. link currently points to /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun-1.5.0_update13/jre/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun-1.5.0_update13/jre/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so - priority 1513 Current `best' version is /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun-1.5.0_update13/jre/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 334783 ***
Created attachment 188964 [details] Xorg.0.log
Created attachment 188965 [details] xorg.conf
Additionally, the flickering of the screen on the command line (Ctrl+Alt+F1) reappeared.
Hi Ulrich, the problem with javaplugin is the bug https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=334783 (see https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=334783#c93 for information about new release). I dont understand your comment #5 - how the flickering of the screen in command line hangs together with javaplugins? Should you take me more informations?
I wanted to post comments #3, #4 and #5 to Bug #331673, but for some reason, I ended up posting them here. Sorry for this mess...
No a problem. I'll match this bug as duplicate of https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=334783 *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 334783 ***