On Wed, 2007-11-21 at 19:24 -0700, Karl Larsen wrote: > Knute Johnson wrote: > >> On Wed, 2007-11-21 at 14:27 -0700, Karl Larsen wrote: > >> Sun's java (neither 32 nor 64 bit) will run as plugin inside of 64 bit > >> firefox > >> > >> Craig > >> > > > > Craig: > > > > I thought there was supposed to be some software to make that work. > > Somebody else here mentioned it a couple of days ago. > > > > Just curious, > > > > > Well I have F7 and F7-64bit and F8 on this computer and after a day > of gaining information and finding things I have Java running on F7 and > F8 both 32 bit machines. Another expert said you have to compile a new > Firefox for a 64 bit system with special words to make sure the new one > is 32 bit. It *SHould* work then on 64 bit system. ---- you are talking apples and I am talking oranges I clearly stated running as a plugin within Firefox Please pay attention. ---- > If I knew how bad this was going to be I would never have started > trying to make Java work. It is just TOO HARD! ---- and from what I gather, you had no reason to do so, your needs undoubtedly would have been met with java-compat version automatically included in Fedora. let's see if you actually got it to work...what do you get when you type (as root) alternatives --config java ? Craig
