On Wed, 2006-12-20 at 22:40 -0600, Avi Schwartz wrote: > Les wrote: > > On Mon, 2006-12-18 at 14:11 +1030, Tim wrote: > > > >> On Sun, 2006-12-17 at 11:49 -0500, Ric Moore wrote: > >> > >>> bookmark this site, it's invaluable. Just follow the steps, use cut > >>> n paste, and you'll have to right on the button. > >>> http://www.stanton-finley.net > >>> > >>> This one is a keeper, the steps for FC5 are good for FC6. > >>> > >> I tried that with FC6, just a few days ago. The Sun site had moved onto > >> Java 1.6.0, which didn't work (installed, no errors, just doesn't appear > >> to work when I tested it). I've just had another bash, making sure I > >> got all the new paths right. The Java test page (*) doesn't work with > >> Java 1.6.0 (no results are shown, it's blank in the test part), but I > >> don't know if that's just the test page. I don't know a site using Java > >> to test it with, but the games I tried on the Sun site didn't work. > >> > At long last I got the 1.6 Java plugin to work in FF in FC 6. The > plugin as well as as the Java contol panel (jcontrol) require > libstdc++.so.5 to operate. This is an older version then the one that > ships with FC 6 (libstdc++.so.6.0.8). After I installed > compat-libstdc++-33 both the plugin and jcontrol started working. Yup, just checked I have them both installed. So, I've had no problems. I just installed the the latest jdk-6 bin file and firefox has no problems. I ran the tests and it's is detected. Ric -- ================================================ 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 ================================================
