 | | | Mozilla 1.4 plugins. | Mozilla 1.4 plugins. 2004-02-08 - By James Moberg
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Thanks Pete. I 'll give that a try.
Pete Nesbitt wrote:
>On February 6, 2004 05:11 pm, James Moberg wrote:
>
>
> >Pete Nesbitt wrote:
> >
> >
> > >On February 1, 2004 07:57 am, James Moberg wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > >Hi. I need some help with installing a plugin for Mozilla 1.4. I am
> > > >using RH-Linux 7.3. For some of the web sites I visit I get a message
> > > >saying "Java not installed " or "Java not enabled ". So I went onto the
> > > >Mozilla web site and followed the instructions to install both Java and
> > > >a plugin that is required to see all the stuff on these web sites. if
> > > >you go to www.truelook.com you will see what I mean. I followed the
> > > >instructions and I still get the messages. I 'm quite frustrated at this
> > > >point because I have made a couple attempts to fix this and have done
> > > >nothing but spend countless hours getting nowhere. So this means that
> > > >for some web sites I have to reboot the computer into windows and view
> > > >them there. Has anyone had this problem and if so then what the heck
> > > >did you do to fix it?
> > > >
> > > >
> > >Hi,
> > >I just tried this and it works fine. I tested the link you supplied before
> > >(failed) & after (works)
> > >
> > >Go to www.java.com, get the rpm.bin file, read the installation at that
> > >site, install it.
> > >To set up plugins just make a sym link from your browsers plugin dir:
> > >ln -s <java-plugins-dir >libjavaplugin_oji.so <browse_plugin-dir >
> > >
> > >Here is what i used:
> > >ln -s /usr/java/j2re1.4.2_03/plugin/i386/ns610-gcc32/libjavaplugin_oji.so
> > >/usr/local/MozillaFirebird/plugins/
> > >
> > >Hope that helps.
> > >
> > >
> >Hi Pete. I did what you wrote and it still does not work. I still get
> >the same message and the web pages don 't work. Any other suggestions
> >will be appreciated.
> >
> >
>
>
>Hi James,
>it is likely a problem with the location of the pluggins, not the java install
>itself.
>
>I don 't use the regular Mozilla (I like Mozilla Firebird) but it is installed
>on my system, and I show Mozilla plugins at:
>/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins (just mozplugger.so)
>/usr/lib/mozilla-1.4.1/plugins (appears to be the 'real ' plugin dir)
>
>Make sure your sym link is in /usr/lib/mozilla-1.4.1/plugins (or where ever
>your other plugins reside). (use 'locate mozilla|grep plug ')
>
>Next, once that is in place, and I think it may need to be executable, restart
>Mozilla and look at the plugins list. It is either under "help - >about - >
>plugins " or else type the url as "about:plugins "
>
>That will show you what plugins the browser is aware of and at this point
>should definately show a heading similar to:
>Java(TM) Plug-in 1.4.2_03-b02
> File name: libjavaplugin_oji.so
> Java(TM) Plug-in 1.4.2_03
>followed by a chart of application associations.
>
>Let me know if you can get it to that point, the key being finding the
>location of your existing plugins and linking to that directory (there may be
>a ~/.mozilla dir with plugins, but I think we are after the global area)
>
>I just had a look at the /usr/bin/mozilla (shell script to start mozilla) and
>it shows:
>###
>if [ "$MOZ_PLUGIN_PATH " ]
>then
>MOZ_PLUGIN_PATH=$MOZ_PLUGIN_PATH:/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins:/usr/lib/mozilla-1.4.1/plugins
>else
> MOZ_PLUGIN_PATH=/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins:/usr/lib/mozilla-1.4.1/plugins
>fi
>export MOZ_PLUGIN_PATH
>###
>so based on that (check your own script) that /usr/lib/mozilla-1.4.1/plugins
>should work.
>
>
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