[COLUG] Problem with Firefox Finding JRE

[Ed Liddle]

The following is from mozilla's website.
http://www.mozilla.org/support/firefox/faq.html#q2.2
Linux
Firefox is compiled with gcc 3.2.3, so a compatible version of the Java
plugin must be used. On Linux, Firefox requires JRE 1.4.2 or later. 

If you installed the JRE 1.5.0_10 RPM, this plugin
is /usr/java/j2re1.5.0_10/plugin/i386/ns610-gcc32/libjavaplugin_oji.so
and to install it for Firefox, do the following:

     1. Open a terminal
     2. Change to your Firefox plugins directory
     3. Issue the following command: ln
        -s /usr/java/j2re1.5.0_10/plugin/i386/ns610-gcc32/libjavaplugin_oji.so

If you are using an older Linux distribution, you may need to install
the gcc3 support libraries, as the gcc 3.2 version of the Java plugin
requires libgcc_s.so.1 to operate. You may be able to find packages
using Google.

If you are using an old or unofficial build of Firefox, you can check
which compiler was used by entering about:buildconfig in the location
bar and pressing enter. You will see a line such as gcc version 3.3
20030226 (prerelease) (SuSE Linux), which will show the compiler that
was used. If gcc2.9x was used, you need to use the ns610 plugin, not the
ns610-gcc32 plugin.

I hope this helps as well.

-Ed Liddle 

On Sat, 2007-03-24 at 08:42 -0400, Stephen P. Molnar, Ph.D. wrote:
> I am running Firefox 2.0.2 on a 64 bit openSUSE 10.2 system (the package 
> is part of the OS distribution).  JRE is installed in the defualt 
> subdirectories /usr/java/jrel.5.0_11.
> 
> Whenever I have to access an application that requires java I get the 
> message:
> 
> 'Additional plugins ar required to display all the media on this page.'
> 
> Then Firefox tells me that the following plugins are available
> Java Runatime Environment
> 
> but the Plugin Service Finder tells me that JRE is not available and we 
> go around and around in a circle of diminishing radius.
> 
> Whst do I need to change?
> 
> Thanks in advance.
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