The j2re1.4 Debian package available from BlackDown (e.g., deb ftp://ftp.tux.org/pub/java/debian unstable main non-free) is not as current as other versions available from BlackDown. It's over two years old. Judging from the fact I couldn't get it to work with mozilla firefox 0.9.3-5, my guess is the plugin's compiled with pre-GCC3.2.
Instead, follow the more manual route of getting a regular binary (e.g.,ftp://ftp.tux.org/pub/java/JDK-1.4.2/i386/fcs/j2re-1.4.2-fcs-linux-i586-gcc3.2.bin) and follow the instructions, for example, in http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2004/08/msg00325.html). That worked fine for me. Of course, if you have an older browser, built before gcc3.2, the old package may work for you. And I may have totally misdiagnosed the situation. In hopes that I haven't, I'm sharing this information. Also, remember a couple of other tips: your plugins directory should have a symlink, not the plugin itself. And mozilla-firefox doesn't currently look in a lot of standard places for plugins, so if you are using it put a symlink in /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/plugins/. -- Ross Boylan wk: (415) 502-4031 530 Parnassus Avenue (Library) rm 115-4 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dept of Epidemiology and Biostatistics fax: (415) 476-9856 University of California, San Francisco San Francisco, CA 94143-0840 hm: (415) 550-1062 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
