On Tue, 2007-12-25 at 00:37 +0100, Nigel Henry wrote: > On Monday 24 December 2007 20:37, Nigel Henry wrote: > > On Monday 24 December 2007 18:14, Nigel Henry wrote: > > > On Monday 24 December 2007 02:04, Robert Locke wrote: > > > > Getting ready to switch the wife over to Fedora, but there is one > > > > online app that my be a deal breaker. > > > > > > > > I am trying to run jigzone.com Jigsaw puzzles on F8 (all updated). > > > > Tried on two machines. One has just IcedTea while the other has both > > > > IcedTea and Sun JRE 1.6. Both machines play the pretty bubble test the > > > > jigzone.com site suggests, but fail to play the puzzles. > > > > > > > > Has anyone else been able to get this going or have any suggestions? > > > > > > > > --Rob > > > > > > Hi Robert. I don't think there's anything wrong with the site. I tried it > > > with my FC2 install, which has Sun's jre_1_5_0_06 (needs upgrading), and > > > with Firefox 2.0.0.9. I'm on dialup, couldn't initially find the > > > "bubbles" test, so tried the "Ho Ho Ho" puzzle of the day. It did take a > > > while to load (possibly because of dialup bandwidth), but the jigsaw, > > > though quite difficult worked fine. > > > > > > I'll try it on F8 (which has icedtea), and on F7, where I installed Sun's > > > JRE recently (jre-1.6...?) > > > > > > Nigel. > > > > An update on trying the site on F7, and F8. > > > > On F7 the site works ok, and the jigsaws load, and play. > > Firefox version 2.0.0.10 > > Sun's jre is version 1.6.0_03 > > about:plugins details for Sun's java plugin below. > > > > Java(TM) Plug-in 1.6.0_03-b05 > > > > File name: libjavaplugin_oji.so > > Java(TM) Plug-in 1.6.0_03 > > > > MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled > > application/x-java-vm Java Yes > > application/x-java-applet Java Yes > > application/x-java-applet;version=1.1 Java Yes > > application/x-java-applet;version=1.1.1 Java Yes > > application/x-java-applet;version=1.1.2 Java Yes > > application/x-java-applet;version=1.1.3 Java Yes > > application/x-java-applet;version=1.2 Java Yes > > application/x-java-applet;version=1.2.1 Java Yes > > application/x-java-applet;version=1.2.2 Java Yes > > application/x-java-applet;version=1.3 Java Yes > > application/x-java-applet;version=1.3.1 Java Yes > > application/x-java-applet;version=1.4 Java Yes > > application/x-java-applet;version=1.4.1 Java Yes > > application/x-java-applet;version=1.4.2 Java Yes > > application/x-java-applet;version=1.5 Java Yes > > application/x-java-applet;version=1.6 Java Yes > > application/x-java-applet;jpi-version=1.6.0_03 Java Yes > > application/x-java-bean Java Yes > > application/x-java-bean;version=1.1 Java Yes > > application/x-java-bean;version=1.1.1 Java Yes > > application/x-java-bean;version=1.1.2 Java Yes > > application/x-java-bean;version=1.1.3 Java Yes > > application/x-java-bean;version=1.2 Java Yes > > application/x-java-bean;version=1.2.1 Java Yes > > application/x-java-bean;version=1.2.2 Java Yes > > application/x-java-bean;version=1.3 Java Yes > > application/x-java-bean;version=1.3.1 Java Yes > > application/x-java-bean;version=1.4 Java Yes > > application/x-java-bean;version=1.4.1 Java Yes > > application/x-java-bean;version=1.4.2 Java Yes > > application/x-java-bean;version=1.5 Java Yes > > application/x-java-bean;version=1.6 Java Yes > > application/x-java-bean;jpi-version=1.6.0_03 Java Yes > > > > Moving on to F8. > > > > The bubbles test works ok with icedtea, but loading the jigsaw applet times > > out. Doh. May I suggest that you see what java stuff is showing up in > > about:plugins in Firefox. You say that you have both icedtea, and Sun's jre > > 1.6 installed on F8. If Firefox is using Sun's jre, you should see > > something like the above output for my F7 install. If Firefox on your F8 is > > still using icedtea, you'll see something like the output below. > > > > btw. I only have icedtea installed on F8. > > > > GCJ Web Browser Plugin 1.4 > > > > File name: gcjwebplugin.so > > The GCJ Web Browser Plugin executes Java applets. > > > > MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled > > application/x-java-vm IcedTea class,jar Yes > > application/x-java-applet IcedTea class,jar Yes > > application/x-java-applet;version=1.1 IcedTea class,jar Yes > > application/x-java-applet;version=1.1.1 IcedTea class,jar Yes > > application/x-java-applet;version=1.1.2 IcedTea class,jar Yes > > application/x-java-applet;version=1.1.3 IcedTea class,jar Yes > > application/x-java-applet;version=1.2 IcedTea class,jar Yes > > application/x-java-applet;version=1.2.1 IcedTea class,jar Yes > > application/x-java-applet;version=1.2.2 IcedTea class,jar Yes > > application/x-java-applet;version=1.3 IcedTea class,jar Yes > > application/x-java-applet;version=1.3.1 IcedTea class,jar Yes > > application/x-java-applet;version=1.4 IcedTea class,jar Yes > > application/x-java-applet;version=1.4.1 IcedTea class,jar Yes > > application/x-java-applet;version=1.4.2 IcedTea class,jar Yes > > application/x-java-applet;version=1.5 IcedTea class,jar Yes > > application/x-java-applet;version=1.6 IcedTea class,jar Yes > > application/x-java-applet;version=1.7 IcedTea class,jar Yes > > application/x-java-applet;jpi-version=1.7.0_00 IcedTea class,jar Yes > > application/x-java-bean IcedTea class,jar Yes > > application/x-java-bean;version=1.1 IcedTea class,jar Yes > > application/x-java-bean;version=1.1.1 IcedTea class,jar Yes > > application/x-java-bean;version=1.1.2 IcedTea class,jar Yes > > application/x-java-bean;version=1.1.3 IcedTea class,jar Yes > > application/x-java-bean;version=1.2 IcedTea class,jar Yes > > application/x-java-bean;version=1.2.1 IcedTea class,jar Yes > > application/x-java-bean;version=1.2.2 IcedTea class,jar Yes > > application/x-java-bean;version=1.3 IcedTea class,jar Yes > > application/x-java-bean;version=1.3.1 IcedTea class,jar Yes > > application/x-java-bean;version=1.4 IcedTea class,jar Yes > > application/x-java-bean;version=1.4.1 IcedTea class,jar Yes > > application/x-java-bean;version=1.4.2 IcedTea class,jar Yes > > application/x-java-bean;version=1.5 IcedTea class,jar Yes > > application/x-java-bean;version=1.6 IcedTea class,jar Yes > > application/x-java-bean;version=1.7 IcedTea class,jar Yes > > application/x-java-bean;jpi-version=1.7.0_00 IcedTea class,jar > > > > Now of course, as you've installed Sun's jre along with icedtea, both may > > be showing in Firefox's about:plugins, and as /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins > > shows a link named libjavaplugin.so pointing to > > /etc/alternatives/libjavaplugin.so in my case, you may find that > > alternatives has the icedtea as the default java version to be used, and > > Sun's jre is being ignored, which would explain why the jigzone site isn't > > working. > > > > I havn't messed with alternatives, but see man:alternatives in a > > webbrowser. > > > > Please post back, as it would be nice to resolve the problem. > > > > Nigel. > > Meanwhile, back at the the ranch, and some time later after installing Sun's > JRE and messing with Java stuff on F8. > > Without wishing to ramble on about all the stuff I've tried to get this site > loading up the jigsaws on F8, this I believe is the best solution, as the > icedtea browser plugin appears to be the problem. > > I use Apt, and Synaptic, but Yum should do this ok, as below. > yum remove java-1.7.0-icedtea-plugin > > Having done this Firefox now loads the jigsaw applet ok on F8. > > I presume the Sun JRE install went ok, and you have now a "java" directory > in /usr. > > The only other thing neccessary is the symlink below run as root. > > ln > -s /usr/java/jre1.6.0_03/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libjavaplugin_oji.so > > Sorry about kmails wordwrapping. The line should start as. ln -s > > Hope you get this working ok. The jigsaws are a lot of fun. I ended up doing something similar to above. I did not want to remove IcedTea, because I seem to recall some features in OpenOffice.org requiring it (gcj) at one point in my past.... I installed the Sun JDK 6u3, then went to jpackage.org and installed their java-1.6.0-sun-compat to enable alternatives. I tried to be a good boy first. Though even after running alternatives, it left the IcedTea plugin listed first in about:plugins. Removing the symlink of /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libjavaplugin.so got rid of the IcedTea plugin, but the site still did not work until I stumbled across one more little piece to make Sun happy. I installed compat-libstdc++-33. Now the Jigsaw puzzles are working great and the Christmas present to my wife is now complete.... Thanks everyone for the suggestions, --Rob
