On Thu, 2008-03-13 at 23:38 -0400, Ric Moore wrote: > On Thu, 2008-03-13 at 09:37 -0700, Knute Johnson wrote: > > >Hi List; > > > > > >I've run into a snag with Fedora 8 and I'm not sure I have even enough info to > > >share to get some help, but I figure it's worth a shot: > > > > > >- I'm currently working with a client where I need remote VPN access. They use > > >a java based utility via a "NETGEAR ProSafe SSL VPN Concentrator 25 SSL312" > > >device. I was quite pleased to find that with Fedora 7 when I clicked the > > >java 'install/setup' icon the VPN just worked. > > > > > >However, I decided to upgrade to Fedora 8 and the VPN stopped working. > > >My "Upgrade" to Fedora 8 was a new clean install. I did find that the java > > >plugin in my fedora 7 install was using version 6 update 2 and my fedora 8 > > >install was using version 7 (not sure of the build). > > > > > >With version 7, once I click the install/run icon I get a new small firefox > > >window which tells me it's connecting and then it displays a connect & > > >disconnect button (with the connect greyed out since at that point I'm > > >connected. However with Fedora 8 I get the window but nothing ever displays > > >in it just a blank window. > > > > > >Thoughts ? > > > > > >Thanks in advance.... > > > > Looks like you had Sun Java installed on F7. F8 comes with icedtea > > which is an open source of the upcoming version 7. It is missing > > some things but I don't know if that is your problem. You can > > install Sun's java and try it. I posted a web page with instructions > > for installing and configuring Sun Java on F8. > > > > http://rabbitbrush.frazmtn.com/sun-java-on-F8.html > > Thanks Knute! You did good and it was easy to follow. That always makes > a difference. Ric It should be mentioned that this only works for i386. There is no Firefox plugin for x86_64 from Sun. I solved the IcedTea "Applet not initialized" problem by adding grant codeBase "http://your.website.here/*"; { permission java.security.AllPermission; } But in my case, the particular applet still doesn't work, it just doesn't report any errors. -- Matthew Saltzman Clemson University Mathematical Sciences mjs AT clemson DOT edu http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs
