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

[David Buddrige]

thanks; will give this a go. 8-) 

regards 

David. 

Craig Ringer writes: 

> 
>> 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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