From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 9 16:28:08 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 128E016A420 for ; Thu, 9 Feb 2006 16:28:08 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from glewis@eyesbeyond.com) Received: from misty.eyesbeyond.com (c-24-16-180-74.hsd1.wa.comcast.net [24.16.180.74]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A960343D45 for ; Thu, 9 Feb 2006 16:28:07 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from glewis@eyesbeyond.com) Received: from misty.eyesbeyond.com (localhost.eyesbeyond.com [127.0.0.1]) by misty.eyesbeyond.com (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id k19GS3tp094023; Thu, 9 Feb 2006 09:28:03 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from glewis@eyesbeyond.com) Received: (from glewis@localhost) by misty.eyesbeyond.com (8.13.3/8.13.3/Submit) id k19GS0Cm094022; Thu, 9 Feb 2006 09:28:00 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from glewis@eyesbeyond.com) X-Authentication-Warning: misty.eyesbeyond.com: glewis set sender to glewis@eyesbeyond.com using -f Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2006 09:28:00 -0700 From: Greg Lewis To: Ken Gunderson Message-ID: <20060209162800.GA93937@misty.eyesbeyond.com> References: <839aec700602051742y7b3612a0pbc24c0b90687c98d@mail.gmail.com> <20060208175857.5ee11071.kgunders@teamcool.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060208175857.5ee11071.kgunders@teamcool.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: (jdk15) Java plugin for firefox - how to enable? X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 09 Feb 2006 16:28:08 -0000 On Wed, Feb 08, 2006 at 05:58:57PM -0700, Ken Gunderson wrote: > On Sun, 5 Feb 2006 18:42:49 -0700 > Darren Spruell wrote: > > > I'm running FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE on amd64 and would like to get the Sun > > JDK browser plugin set up on my system. I use firefox from ports. > > > > If I understand right, java/jdk15 will build a native JDK for FreeBSD > > on i386 and amd64. http://www.freebsd.org/java/dists/15.html suggests > > that the port will support Web Start and the browser plugin for > > Mozilla and Firefox. > > > > I notice the Makefile for jdk15 checks to see if the architecture is > > amd64 and if so, sets WITHOUT_WEB=yes which the inline comments say > > will cause the browser plugin to not be built. I suspect this is the > > case also because after installing jdk15 I can still only find the > > fyi- I cannot even get jdk15 to build under AMD using fbsd-i386 > WITH_MOZILLA=firefox. The browser plugin wasn't 64 bit clean on either the browser or Java end for Mozilla and Firefox <= 1.0. Firefox 1.5 has changed the interface and it isn't backwards compatible. So currently you are doubly screwed getting the plugin to work on amd64. -- Greg Lewis Email : glewis@eyesbeyond.com Eyes Beyond Web : http://www.eyesbeyond.com Information Technology FreeBSD : glewis@FreeBSD.org