Re: [opensuse] Firefox and Java

On Monday 30 July 2007, Richard Creighton wrote:
Earlier today I got a security update for java 1.4.2 (I think it was)
and elected to install it. After installation, it happened that I
got bit by the Openoffice.org writer freezes your system bug (which
has an open bugzilla bug open) and I ended up having to reset my
machine for the first time in months. After the reboot, I noticed
that none of the web sites that use java scripts worked within
Firefox 2.0 that had been working previous to the reset. At the top
was a message to install a missing plugin - yeah, right. I've been
here before. I went into Konqueror and guess what, the pages were
all working properly which means that *something* has again diddled
with the pointers to the java plugins that Firefox uses. For the
life of me, I can't find out WHERE the link is stored and what it is
supposed to be pointing to (now) in order to restore the function
that has been working fine for many months. I even downloaded the
Java 1.6 update rpm and installed it but they only tell how to
install it for mozilla, not firefox. Any help would be appreciated.

Richard

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Rich,
Just do a search, whereis or locate, to find your Firefox directory in
your system, then go to the plugins directory to see if the java plugin
is pointing to the right place. Many times these tend to get
misdirected and are pointing to something non-existent or the old
location of java.

You can check the plugins in Firefox by typing "about:plugins" in the
url area.

regards,
Lee
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