to, 2007-11-22 kello 18:48 -0700, Karl Larsen kirjoitti: > Antti J. Huhtala wrote: > > to, 2007-11-22 kello 10:07:04 -0700, Craig White kirjoitti: > > ...snip... > >> this link suggests that the blackdown version of java works properly on > >> 86_64 systems... > >> > >> http://fedora64.org/desktop-64-posts/java-x86_64/ > >> > >> YMMV > >> > >> Craig > >> > > > > I'd advise against trying the blackdown java - at least for F7 and > > Firefox 2.0.0.9. I just went through the installation process and as a > > result my 64-bit Firefox crashed when loading my ISP's home page. > > The 32-bit Firefox still worked - and so did the 64-bit Firefox after I > > unlink'ed the 64-bit java plugin. It may have worked in FC5 and FF1.5... > > I've never succeeded in making 64-bit java work in FC4-F7. Things may be > > different now with F8 and IcedTea - but that has to wait my F8 > > installation which is not going to happen anytime soon. > > > > Regards > > > > Antti > > > > > > > I have Java working on F7 and F8. Now I wonder why? I do not see any > advantage yet to having Java installed. > > Regards > Karl > The benefits of having a working Firefox Java plugin have not dawned on me so far - except that my ISP's home page complains if I don't have one. However, the page seems exactly similar no matter if I look at it using 32-bit or 64-bit Firefox. The latter has't got a working plugin. It is true that Java Virtual Machine test page in: http://www.java.com/en/download/help/testvm.xml won't show a dancing figure if your browser's Java plugin doesn't work. Other than that I don't know any advantage... Regards Antti
