On Thu, 2006-06-15 at 10:27 -0400, Jack Howarth wrote: > Is there any chance the problems with using the Sun Java plugin > with Fedora Core 4 or 5 will be resolved soon? I have been unable to > use the java plugin as installed by either the jpackage nosrc rpms or > manually installing the binary installer for linux on either FC4 or > FC5. This is across about 7 machines I have installed here. In all > cases I end up with a red X when I attempt to load the java applet > at the testvm web page... > > http://www.java.com/en/download/help/testvm.xml > > This problem is really getting old and makes MacOS X look like a > better choice for a workstation. > Jack > ps I can't believe this problem doesn't get more discussion here > as it is a major regression. FYI, I tried the latest b87 release > of Java 1.6 and it doesn't work any better. > Probably does not get more discussion since most people have it working just fine. I installed the Sun Java packages using info from here: http://stanton-finley.net/fedora_core_4_installation_notes.html#Java This has worked just fine on all my systems. There are similar instructions for using the jpackage method but I have not used that. Some may find that preferable, but I find getting the package directly from Sun works just fine. The link above details how to setup and use the alternatives method that was introduced a while ago. Note that I have been using the 1.5.0_06 version of Java. Not sure if the newer version has issues or not. You might want to try a 1.5 version just in case.
