Problems with java applets and firefox

[Norberto Meijome]

On Sat, 20 Oct 2007 14:36:34 +0200
Marco <marco.borsatino at poste.it> wrote:

> Hi all.
> I have a problem with java applets and Firefox. This is the current 
> installation on my PC:
> 
> - FreeBSD 6.2
> - apache 2.2
> - tomcat 5.5.17
> - firefox 2.0
> - diablo-jdk 1.5.0.07.01.
> All the packages have been installed with pkg_add -r (excepted diablo, 
> installed with pkg_add from my HD).
> 
> When I tried first to execute a very simple java applet, I received an
> error message "Missing Plugin - application/x-java-vm".
> I followed a suggestion and I created a link like this:
> #cd usr/local/lib/browser_plugins
> #ln -s /usr/local/jdk1.5.0/jre/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so
> After that I haven't received any error message, but, simply, java applets are 
> not executed at all, neither my simple trials nor the standard examples for 
> java runtime (like TicTacToe and so on).
> When I go to "about:plugins" with firefox, I see that java environment is 
> active:
> --------------------------------------------------
> Java(TM) Plug-in diablo-1.5.0-b01
> 
>     File name: libjavaplugin_oji.so
>     Java(TM) Plug-in 1.5.0
> 
> MIME Type 	Description 	Suffixes 	Enabled
> application/x-java-vm 	Java 		Yes
> application/x-java-applet 	Java 		Yes
> application/x-java-applet;version=1.1 	Java 		Yes
> application/x-java-applet;version=1.1.1 	Java 		Yes
> application/x-java-applet;version=1.1.2 	Java 		Yes
> application/x-java-applet;version=1.1.3 	Java 		Yes
> application/x-java-applet;version=1.2 	Java 		Yes
> application/x-java-applet;version=1.2.1 	Java 		Yes
> application/x-java-applet;version=1.2.2 	Java 		Yes
> application/x-java-applet;version=1.3 	Java 		Yes
> application/x-java-applet;version=1.3.1 	Java 		Yes
> application/x-java-applet;version=1.4 	Java 		Yes
> application/x-java-applet;version=1.4.1 	Java 		Yes
> application/x-java-applet;version=1.4.2 	Java 		Yes
> application/x-java-applet;version=1.5 	Java 		Yes
> application/x-java-applet;jpi-version=1.5 	Java 		Yes
> application/x-java-bean 	Java 		Yes
> application/x-java-bean;version=1.1 	Java 		Yes
> application/x-java-bean;version=1.1.1 	Java 		Yes
> application/x-java-bean;version=1.1.2 	Java 		Yes
> application/x-java-bean;version=1.1.3 	Java 		Yes
> application/x-java-bean;version=1.2 	Java 		Yes
> application/x-java-bean;version=1.2.1 	Java 		Yes
> application/x-java-bean;version=1.2.2 	Java 		Yes
> application/x-java-bean;version=1.3 	Java 		Yes
> application/x-java-bean;version=1.3.1 	Java 		Yes
> application/x-java-bean;version=1.4 	Java 		Yes
> application/x-java-bean;version=1.4.1 	Java 		Yes
> application/x-java-bean;version=1.4.2 	Java 		Yes
> application/x-java-bean;version=1.5 	Java 		Yes
> application/x-java-bean;jpi-version=1.5 	Java 		Yes
> ------------------------------------------
> The same applets are correctly executed - on the same PC - by konqueror; I 
> only had to modify Konqueror configuration changing java interpreter path 
> to /usr/local/bin/java.
> 
> Firefox in a Windows environment executes correctly all the apples.
> Where is my mistake? Where can I find the solution?
> Thanks for any help.

Ciao Marco,
not sure, it seems ok. Does firefox show any errors on stderror? launch firefox from a shell and see what messages come up, if any

does diablo JDK work ok otherwise?

B
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