firefox / java problem

[Michael Johnson]

On 11/6/06, Eric Schuele <e.schuele at computer.org> wrote:
> On 11/06/2006 17:08, regisr wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I can't locate the answer to my problem (but it should be resolved!).
> > After upgrading firefox to the new version the java plugin doesn't
> > work. I found the error message in a lot of web page but not how to
> > solve it!
> > The jdk 1.4 was working until I upgrade. I checked about:plugins.
> > I have installed JDK 1.5 : same problem.
> > (I am recompiling the 1.4 but it is not finished)
> >
> > My OS:  FreeBSD 6.2-PRERELEASE
>
> I may be off here but...
> You might make sure you have the very latest Firefox.  Meaning, cvsup
> today.  And rebuild it.  They don't mention what the real problem was so
> I don't know if its your issue or not.  But it might help.
>

You're right, the latest Firefox-2.0_2,1 will fix Java and a few other
plugins.

> There is a post in cvs-all@ where someone mentions java being fixed by a
> particular update to the port.  So you may have a port that predates
> that fix.
>
> Hope that does the trick.
>
> >
> > I plan to delete and reinstall the include and lib directories to
> > suppress old files which can be keeped by upgrade/uninstall but it is a
> > long way... and I am not sure that this solve this trouble.
> >
> > Output:
> >
> > INTERNAL ERROR on Browser End: Exec of
> > "/usr/local/jdk1.5.0/jre/bin/java_vm" failed: Invalid argument <
> > System error?:: Invalid argument
> >
> > ** (Gecko:66698): WARNING **: Serious fd usage error 18
> >
> > ** (Gecko:66698): WARNING **: Serious fd usage error 16
> > INTERNAL ERROR on Browser End: Could not read ack from child process
> > System error?:: Resource temporarily unavailable
> >
>
>
> --
> Regards,
> Eric
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