Date: Tue, 06 Jan 2004 21:16:32 -0800 From: Dave Tweten <tweten@nas.nasa.gov> To: freebsd-mozilla@freebsd.org Subject: Java Plugin & Linux Firebird Message-ID: <30259.1073452592@gilmore.nas.nasa.gov>
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Sorry for asking about Linux Mozilla on this list, but asking the freebsd-ports list produced no answers, polite or otherwise. This query should at least net some answers. I've abandoned Linux Netscape Navigator 4.8 and have been trying to upgrade to Linux Mozilla Firebird. Firebird itself, and the Shockwave Flash plugin work fine but Java plugins have been resisting me. It seems like a good time to pause and ask some questions: 1. Does linux-mozillafirebird actually even need a Java plugin? I've been trying to install one because native Mozilla required java/jdk14, or it would complain (according to its build messages). But, there aren't any similar build messages from linux-mozillafirebird. Incidently, I abandoned native Mozilla because the Linux plugin wrapper required a modification to the 4.9 distribution source, and I don't want to have to make manual changes to the source every time I cvsup the latest from STABLE. 2. If linux-mozillafirebird doesn't need a Java plugin, what are the Blackdown, IBM, and Sun plugins good for, anyway? 3. If it does need a plugin, what are the relative advantages of linux-blackdown-jdk14, linux-ibm-jdk14, and linux-sun-jdk14? 4. Again, assuming that a plugin is needed, how do I provide linux-ibm-jdk14 and linux-sun-jdk14 with a libgcc_s.so.1 file, or provide linux-blackdown-jdk14 with the symbol, GetGlobalServiceManager__16nsServiceManagerPP17nsIServiceManager? They each complain that something is missing when linux-mozillafirebird starts. Any advice will be considered; any polite advice will be appreciated. -- M/S 258-5 |1024-bit PGP fingerprint:|tweten@nas.nasa.gov NASA Ames Research Center | 41 B0 89 0A 8F 94 6C 59| (650) 604-4416 Moffett Field, CA 94035-1000| 7C 80 10 20 25 C7 2F E6|FAX: (650) 604-4377 Not an official NASA position. You can't even be certain who sent this!
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