Firefox and java

[John]

On Tue, Feb 15, 2005 at 06:36:10PM -0500, Benjamin Dover wrote:
> On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 17:09:48 -0600, John <john at starfire.mn.org> wrote:
> > On Tue, Feb 15, 2005 at 06:00:51PM -0500, Benjamin Dover wrote:
> > > On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 17:22:43 -0500, RL <rlurman at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > Java isn't showing up in about:plugins on Firefox.  I compiled java
> > > > (when I compiled OpenOffice) and here is my /etc/libmap.conf entry for
> > > > it (maybe I missed something?)
> > > >
> > > > [/usr/local/jdk1.4.2/bin/java]
> > > > libkse.so.1                    libc_r.so.5
> > > > libkse.so                       libc_r.so
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> > >  Once I added the jdk14 port I had to create the following symlink to
> > > get java to work and show up in the plugins.
> > >
> > > ln -s /usr/local/jdk1.4.2/jre/plugin/i386/ns610/libjavaplugin_oji.so
> > > /usr/X11R6/lib/browser_plugins/
> > > Hope this helps.
> > 
> > BINGO!
> > 
> > Geez!  That's great - but how the HECK did you know this was the
> > magic key?  This shouldn't be so ARCANE!!!
> > 
> > I'd have been looking for something in a "firefox" branch - in
> > fact, I was just trying to find such a thing when your e-mail
> > came.
> > 
> > THANK YOU!!!
> > --
> > 
> > John Lind
> > john at starfire.MN.ORG
> > 
> One word.. Google!

Did that.  Wrong search string, or missed the right page in all the
hits.

Thanks again!
-- 

John Lind
john at starfire.MN.ORG