On Dec 9, 2007 7:08 PM, Tim Evans <tkevans@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >Yep, I had the same problem. Very frustrating. First of all, the sun java > >1.6.X has problems with libxcb, then icedtea applets do not display. > >Grrrr. > > > >My solution was a bit brutish, but I downloaded that latest 1.7 snapshot > >(which is what icedtea is) from http://download.java.net/jdk7/binaries/ > > > >Then I ran the following script PLEASE EDIT FOR YOUR OWN PATHS to set it > up >for the the alternatives and plug in. It works for all java apps > I've > > Thanks, Brian. I downloaded the latest snapshort and tried the script, > but with no luck. Not quite sure what to try next, or how to verify the > script did the right things. (firefox 'about:plugins' still references > the old plugin.) I'd appreciate any more suggestions. > -- > Tim Evans, TKEvans.com, Inc. Have you looked in /usr/lib/firefox-2.0.0.x/plugins and removed the link to the alternatives version of the jre?
