On Tue, 2006-12-19 at 10:44 -0800, Knute Johnson wrote: > > My > >query was whether anybody had more luck than I did with the current > >version (1.6.0). > > I couldn't get it to work. Firefox reported it as installed but > applets did not work. I had installed the rpm version with jpackage. > I removed all of the 1.6 parts and put 1.5.0_09 back in and that > works fine again. > > If you get 1.6 to work, please post directions for the rest of us > blivets. > > Thanks, I installed the jre.bin for 6.0, in the same fashion I have mentioned, and "it just works" (tm), if all you want is the java client to enable Firefox. I went to the java site, tested the install and got congratulations as I have pasted here: ------------------------------------------------------------------ JAVA SOFTWARE for Your Computer We detected your Java environment as follows; Description Your Environment Java Runtime Vendor: Sun Microsystems Inc. Java Runtime Version 1.6.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------ -- ================================================ My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world... ..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity. Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad. Linux user# 44256 Sign up at: http://counter.li.org/ http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/oar http://www.wayward4now.net ================================================
