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Date:      Tue, 15 Feb 2005 22:42:27 -0500
From:      RL <rlurman@gmail.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Firefox and java
Message-ID:  <e6ceb9d405021519427bdc3b1c@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20050215173845.D31056@starfire.mn.org>
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This now works and all, but java on FreeBSD is far from perfect.  One
of my favorite sites, www.espn.com, freezes when loaded in firefox
with java enabled (try it out for yourself).  I had this same issue a
while back when I installed java on a Fbsd box.



On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 17:38:45 -0600, John <john@starfire.mn.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 15, 2005 at 06:36:10PM -0500, Benjamin Dover wrote:
> > On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 17:09:48 -0600, John <john@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@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@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@starfire.MN.ORG
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