" * Open a terminal * Change to your Mozilla (or Mozilla Firefox) plugins directory * Issue the following command: ln -s /usr/java/j2re1.5.0/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so Important! If you install your JRE in a different way (self extracting package, debian package, etc), libjavaplugin_oji.so will quite likely be in a different location. Do not just blindly use the command listed above! " from <http://plugindoc.mozdev.org/faqs/java.html#Linux> [thufir@localhost ns7]$ pwd /usr/java/jdk1.5.0_02/jre/plugin/i386/ns7 [thufir@localhost ns7]$ ll total 140 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 134116 Mar 4 13:17 libjavaplugin_oji.so how do I find the firefox plugins directory? I should change to that directory and then "ln -s /usr/java/jdk1.5.0_02/jre/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so"? thanks, Thufir