On Tue, 2006-12-19 at 22:13 +1030, Tim wrote: > Trying the same with 1.6.0, instead, also appears to go through the > motions without any hitches, but when you try to test the Java in the > browser, it doesn't actually work. It doesn't matter whether this was > on a machine as the first attempt at installing Java (so it had no prior > versions to compete with), or attempting to install 1.6.0 onto the > machine where 1.5.0_10 actually worked, attempting to update things. Tim, where are your plugin links linked to? I just slipped jre1.6 into /opt as you did and it tested just fine, after adjusting the links that I use. Then I removed it and I installed jdk1.6 and adjusted my links again, and firefox reports success on the java test pages. Write me off list so we don't offend anyone by having java actually work. Gonna play with NetBeans too. I might learn something at this advanced age. 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 ================================================
