Knute Johnson <knute <at> frazmtn.com> writes: > > >"Knute Johnson" <knute <at> frazmtn.com> writes:> > > > ><snip of my content> > > > >> I have a couple of questions; > >> > >> Do you have compat-libstdc++-33 installed? > > > >Yes. Relevance? > > Because as far as I can tell the Sun plugin will not work without it. > I don't know what other things require it but I always have to > install it to get the Sun plugin to work. I was just curious if you > had it installed. I had not made the connection, but it would appear that you are correct. I removed the RPM and indeed, the R java applet no longer functions. Within the R console, error messages appear regarding the lack of libstdc++.so.5, which is one of the two files in the aforementioned RPM. Re-installation of the RPM, which has no other dependencies, enables the R java applet to again function. > >> Did you do the Xinerama fix? > > > >I don't use Xinerama, but do use TwinView. Is there something that I am > >missing? > > > >> Why did you take out iced-tea? > > > >The first thing that I checked was to see what dependencies there were > >for IcedTea. There were none, so I removed it, rather than attempting a > >more "kludgy" fix. > > > >So far, I have not noted any missing functionality and I don't do any > >Java development. So until something I need comes up broken, I'll stay > >with this approach. > > It is possible to have both iced-tea and Sun's java installed and > functioning correctly. I use the JPackage utilities to do the setup > for alternatives. It makes it very easy to switch Javas. > > I am very curious about the Xinerama bug. That is fixed? It would appear so, with the latest libxcb yum update... > I did a web page that describes how to configure F8 for both Javas. > > http://www.knutejohnson.com/sun-java-on-F8.html Thanks Knute. BTW, I have filed a Bugzilla entry on this issue: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=420781 Regards, Marc
