102566 - Java 2 plug in wont install properly

Status: VERIFIED WORKSFORME

(Core Graveyard :: Java: OJI, defect)

Description

[garba]

From Bugzilla Helper:
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:0.9.4) Gecko/20010913
BuildID:    20010913

the browser can't seem to detect a succesful installation of the java 2 runtime
library i keep getting that silly dialog box reminding me to dl the plug in :(

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. click on the frame where the java thing is supposed to be
2. you'll be prompted to dl the java plug in from the netscape ftp site
3. you dl and still nothing happens 

Actual Results:  nothing! i cant get the java thingie to work i keep getting
this blasted "download the java 2 plug-in"

Expected Results:  self-explanatory... id simply love to see that java applet
work =)

Im running Windows XP

PS Mozilla rulez IE6 sucks

Comment 1

[av (gone)]

OJI

Comment 2

[Ashley Bischoff (blog at handcoding.com)]

Reporter: Have you tried the instructions in the release notes?
http://www.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla0.9.4/#java

Comment 3

[Ashley Bischoff (blog at handcoding.com)]

An e-mail from the reporter:

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    thx for your tip alex that sorted it out now everything works ok =) 
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So, marking WORKSFORME.

Reporter: In future, please add your comments to the bug report itself, as that
allows others to read them as well :).

Comment 4

[Patty Mac]

workforme on windows 98 and 2000.