[plug] Re: Getting java plugin to work with mozilla

[Craig Ringer]

> Mozilla 1.4 - I installed the binary downloaded from the mozilla.org 
> website (I did not compile mozilla myself (I installed it in 
> /usr/local/src because I have read/write permissions to that directory 
> (I know this isn't the 'correct' spot to put mozilla 8-) )))

Well, quite likely that's your issue.

http://www.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla1.4/known-issues.html

The Linux binaries distributed by mozilla.org are now compiled with GCC 
3.2. If you're using these binaries then you will need the 3.2 version 
of the Java Plugin from Sun J2SE v 1.4.2 [1] (or the Blackdown JDK 1.4.1 
compiled with GCC 3.2.) The Sun Java Plugin is compatible with modern 
Linux versions like Red Hat 8 or later and SuSE 8.1 or later (the plugin 
depends on a newer version of libgcc_s.so, installing the GCC 
supplements for Red Hat 7.3 -GCC 3.1 Compiler Suite for Red Hat Linux 
7.3 - may allow for some older Red Hat Linux to run the plugin) Users of 
older Linux versions should either install the egcs 1.1.2 build of 
Mozilla[2] and the JRE 1.4.1 or wait for a Mozilla version compiled 
specifically for their Linux distro."

Solution: Download and use the Sun JRE 1.4.2, which contains a suitable 
plugin. See http://java.sun.com/ .

[1] http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/download.html
[2] ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla/releases/mozilla1.4

Craig Ringer


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