On Mon, 2010-01-18 at 11:46 -0500, Deepak Bhole wrote: > * Patrick O'Callaghan <pocallaghan@xxxxxxxxx> [2010-01-18 09:53]: > > F12 x86_64, updated. I'm using Google Chrome as my default browser, but > > its only in 32-bit and Java (java-1.6.0-openjdk) doesn't work, in the > > sense that Java elements on a page are simply blank and about:plugins > > shows nothing for Java. I even linked my Java plugin into > > to /opt/google/chrome/plugins to no avail. > > > > I decided to try Chromium instead, which is available in 64-bit, but > > although about:plugins shows IcedTeaPlugin.so it doesn't have an > > associated Mime-type, description or title, and Java elements still > > don't work. > > > > The online help for Chrome (which Chromium also points to) says you need > > the Sun Java plugin, but the instructions are only for Windows so I'm > > not sure if it also applies to Linux. > > > > Does anyone have a Java plugin working on Chrome or Chromium on a 64-bit > > Fedora system? > > > > Unfortunately, the current OpenJDK plugin will not work with Chromium. > It is written in an API that is unsupported by Chromium. > > A new plugin is in the works, and will be released as alpha with IcedTea > 1.7 soon. This will be compiled in rawhide. I will backport it to F12 as > soon as it is beta/more stable. > > Until then, as much as I don't want to tout closed source on Fedora, the > Sun plugin is the only option for Java on Chromium. Thanks, I'll try that. Is there an actual repo for Sun Java, or does one have to keeping checking their website for any changes? poc -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
