Firefox Java plugin with 7.0?

From: Yuri Lukin <lists_at_swaggi.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2007 19:05:34 -0500
I'm like to ask what people are using for Java plugin with Firefox. There were
a few recent threads on this subject but no definitive answer:

http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2007-October/078038.html
http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2007-October/078492.html

I tried compiling jdk15 port and was able to build it and install it
successfully. However, when trying to load a java applet in Firefox, the
browser seemingly crashes (exits). I then tried following the method described
in the handbook by downloading the diablo-jre-freebsd6.i386.1.5.0.07.01.tbz
package from FreeBSD Foundation website and adding it with pkg_add. Trying to
load java applets crashes Firefox. In both cases, javavmwrapper was installed
and about:plugins in Firefox shows that java plugin is installed. Is there a
working combination for 7.0-PRERELEASE/BETA?

My system is:

# uname -a
FreeBSD  7.0-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 7.0-PRERELEASE #0: Mon Oct 15 13:02:17 EDT
2007     swaggy_at_:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/T61  i386
# pkg_info | grep java
javavmwrapper-2.3   Wrapper script for various Java Virtual Machines
# pkg_info | grep firefox
firefox-2.0.0.8,1   Web browser based on the browser portion of Mozilla

# ls -la /usr/local/lib/browser_plugins/
total 96
drwxr-xr-x   2 root  wheel    512 Oct 29 19:22 .
drwxr-xr-x  54 root  wheel  31232 Oct 29 13:26 ..
-rw-r--r--   1 root  wheel      0 Oct 20 00:20 .firefox.keep
lrwxr-xr-x   1 root  wheel     63 Oct 29 19:22 libjavaplugin_oji.so ->
/usr/local/diablo-jre1.5.0/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root  wheel  62192 Sep 12 14:21 npwrapper.libflashplayer.so


Currently with jre from FreeBSD foundation site:
# pkg_info | grep jre
diablo-jre-1.5.0.07.01 Java Runtime Environment 1.5.0_07.01


Thanks,
 Yuri
Received on Mon Oct 29 2007 - 23:45:37 UTC

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