[SM-Discuss] Java web apps don't seem to work

Eric Sandall eric at sandall.us
Wed Jul 9 18:35:04 EDT 2008


Quoting astsmtl at gmail.com:

>> So I have an x86 SMGL installation with jdk6-bin installed and firefox
>> 3.0 (from test grimoire). Using "about:plugins" in Firefox shows Java
>> as enabled, but when I go to the test page
>> http://www.java.com/en/download/help/testvm.xml, I do not see the
>> dancing logo. :( (I'm trying to get this working since my work uses
>> Java, and I could almost get rid of Windows if I get this working ;),
>> and yes, I have tried other Java web applets, but this is a simple
>> test to get it working). Flash and other plug-ins (e.g.
>> mplayerplug-in) work fine.
>>
>> In Firefox under Edit -> Preferences -> Content, I have "Enable Java"
>> selected.
>>
>> This didn't work with Firefox 2, either, but I'm finally taking the
>> time to try and fix it. :)
>
> Hi.
>
> $ gaze FINAL libxcb
>
> You can check if that's your case if you launch firefox from terminal and
> visit a page with applet.

Thanks, I'll give that a go next time I close Firefox. :)

-sandalle

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