Re: Firefox Java plugin with 7.0?

On Mon, 29 Oct 2007, Yuri Lukin wrote:

>
> 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?
Since yesterday's portsnap I have got it running with native 
jdk1.6.0 (on amd64, but probably it will also work on i386).

Good Luck,

Uli.

>
> 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
>
>
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Peter Ulrich Kruppa
Wuppertal
Germany