Package: java-package Version: 0.25 Severity: important factiods gleaned from the dpkg bot on freenode regarding this topic: http://supaplex.aros.net/freenode-dpkg-2005-09-09.txt The system wide approach didn't seem to work. I tried that after I got my local copy working. I yanked the symlink, restarted FF and tested, and no java plugin.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cd .mozilla/ [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/.mozilla$ ls appreg firefox [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/.mozilla$ mkdir plugins [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/.mozilla$ cd plugins/ [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/.mozilla/plugins$ ln -s /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/plugins/libjavaplugin_oji.so [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/.mozilla/plugins$ ls -l total 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 supaplex supaplex 53 Sep 9 12:18 libjavaplugin_oji.so -> /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/plugins/libjavaplugin_oji.so new symlink reports it's bad somehow (in red) [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/.mozilla/plugins$ rm libjavaplugin_oji.so [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/.mozilla/plugins$ ls -la /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/plugins/libjavaplugin_oji.so lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 60 Aug 11 2004 /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/plugins/libjavaplugin_oji.so -> /usr/java/j2re1.4.2/plugin/i386/mozilla/libjavaplugin_oji.so [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/.mozilla/plugins$ ls -la /usr/java/j2re1.4.2/plugin/i386/mozilla/libjavaplugin_oji.so ls: /usr/java/j2re1.4.2/plugin/i386/mozilla/libjavaplugin_oji.so: Permission denied [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/.mozilla/plugins$ sudo ls -la /usr/java/j2re1.4.2/plugin/i386/mozilla/libjavaplugin_oji.so -rw-r--r-- 1 brattboy brattboy 213660 Dec 16 2003 /usr/java/j2re1.4.2/plugin/i386/mozilla/libjavaplugin_oji.so [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/.mozilla/plugins$ stat /usr/java/j2re1.4.2/plugin/i386/mozilla/ stat: cannot stat `/usr/java/j2re1.4.2/plugin/i386/mozilla/': Permission denied [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/.mozilla/plugins$ stat /usr/java/j2re1.4.2/plugin/i386/ stat: cannot stat `/usr/java/j2re1.4.2/plugin/i386/': Permission denied [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/.mozilla/plugins$ stat /usr/java/j2re1.4.2/plugin/ stat: cannot stat `/usr/java/j2re1.4.2/plugin/': Permission denied [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/.mozilla/plugins$ stat /usr/java/j2re1.4.2/ File: `/usr/java/j2re1.4.2/' Size: 4096 Blocks: 8 IO Block: 4096 directory Device: 301h/769d Inode: 4538562 Links: 7 Access: (0750/drwxr-x---) Uid: ( 1000/brattboy) Gid: ( 1000/brattboy) Access: 2004-08-11 07:37:16.000000000 -0600 Modify: 2003-12-16 23:12:44.000000000 -0700 Change: 2004-08-11 07:36:36.000000000 -0600 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/.mozilla/plugins$ sudo chmod 755 /usr/java/j2re1.4.2/ /usr/java/j2re1.4.2/plugin/ /usr/java/j2re1.4.2/plugin/i386/ /usr/java/j2re1.4.2/plugin/i386/mozilla/ [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/.mozilla/plugins$ ls -la /usr/java/j2re1.4.2/plugin/i386/mozilla/libjavaplugin_oji.so -rw-r--r-- 1 brattboy brattboy 213660 Dec 16 2003 /usr/java/j2re1.4.2/plugin/i386/mozilla/libjavaplugin_oji.so [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/.mozilla/plugins$ ls -la total 8 drwxr-xr-x 2 supaplex supaplex 4096 Sep 9 12:18 . drwxr-xr-x 4 supaplex supaplex 4096 Sep 9 12:18 .. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/.mozilla/plugins$ ln -s /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/plugins/libjavaplugin_oji.so [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/.mozilla/plugins$ ls -l total 8 lrwxrwxrwx 1 supaplex supaplex 53 Sep 9 12:19 libjavaplugin_oji.so -> /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/plugins/libjavaplugin_oji.so Restarting FireFox here, and testing a java game works as expected. -rw-r--r-- 1 supaplex supaplex 14411078 Sep 9 11:43 j2re-1_4_2_09-linux-i586.bin -rw-r--r-- 1 supaplex supaplex 20963512 Sep 9 11:48 sun-j2re1.4_1.4.2+09_i386.deb [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ md5sum j2re-1_4_2_09-linux-i586.bin f82a38b54315bf87dcfd2efcb5091984 j2re-1_4_2_09-linux-i586.bin -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.4.26-1-386 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Versions of packages java-package depends on: ii coreutils 5.2.1-2 The GNU core utilities ii debhelper 4.9.5 helper programs for debian/rules ii fakeroot 1.4.3 Gives a fake root environment java-package recommends no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

