On Tue, 2006-11-14 at 13:29 -0800, Jonathan Ryshpan wrote: > I installed the Java environment, jre-1_5_0_09-linux-i586-rpm.bin, > according to the instructions at the Sun Java site, and made the link > libjavaplugin_oji.so -> /usr/java/jre1.5.0_09/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so > in directory /usr/lib/firefox-1.5.0.8/plugins. > > Entering about:plugins in firefox shows that the plugin > Java(TM) Plug-in 1.5.0_09-b03 > is installed and enabled for a large number of mime types. On the test page > http://www.java.com/en/download/installed.jsp > I do *not* get the message with the jigsaw piece telling me that a > plugin is needed to display page content. > > Nevertheless, the applet does *not* work. No dancing man. > > Note that I'm running an x86-64 system, but that I'm running the i386 > version of firefox, and all its plugins. Do you have the gcc compatibility libraries installed? I don't use Sun's Java version -- I'm using Blackdown's Java 1.4.2 -- so I can't test my theory out. But experience with previous Java versions tells me that gcc compatibility is normally the first place to look. Check if you have the following installed: compat-libstdc++-33 compat-libstdc++-296 I think the packages are available for i386, but I'm not sure if they are for x86_64. Also, I think you may only need compat-libstdc++-33. I'd install it and try the applet thing again. HTH pascal
