It doesn't work for me either. I get many error messages on stderr (see attachment).
$ cat /etc/lsb-release DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu DISTRIB_RELEASE=8.04 DISTRIB_CODENAME=hardy DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu hardy (development branch)" firefox 2.0.0.10+2nobinonly-0ubuntu2 $ dpkg-query -l|grep java|grep ii ii java-common 0.27ubuntu1 Base of all Java packages ii sun-java6-bin 6-04-1 Sun Java(TM) Runtime Environment (JRE) 6 (ar ii sun-java6-jre 6-04-1 Sun Java(TM) Runtime Environment (JRE) 6 (ar ii sun-java6-plugin 6-04-1 The Java(TM) Plug-in, Java SE 6 ** Attachment added: "firefox-java-errors" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/11848559/firefox-java-errors -- Hardy Heron Jre (java) does not work with Firefox, Mozilla, Galeon https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/190030 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs