150132 - mozilla doesn't recognize java plugin

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 124006

(Core Graveyard :: Java: OJI, defect)

Description

[siffert]

Might be a duplicate for 138255, but this is for linux.  Basically, I go to a
java applet, it shows the puzzle piece, tells me the handler for that mime type
isn't installed.  Help:About Plugins doesn't show it either.  I su to root,
start mozilla, go to the java link off of your mozilla 1.0 release notes page,
install java plugin for linux - it says installation successful.  I go back to
the java applet page both before and after restarting the browser, says that the
same as before.  repeat ad infinitum.

in /usr/lib/mozilla-1.0.0/plugins, the soft link is there, to the plugin in the
relative /plugins/java2 directory.  The link is valid.

I've also got jsdk installed in /usr/java/jdk - and I've tried changing the soft
link to point to that location as well.  Still doesn't work.

Help, I want my java.  :)

Comment 1

[siffert]

Sorry - forgot to also tell you that I also tried downloading the xpi file
manually, and opening it as a file, as root, and installing it that way.  It
said installation successful, but still didn't work.

Comment 2

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

Have you enabled the Java in the preferences ?
Do you see the plugin in help/About plugins ?

-> Oji

Comment 3

[siffert]

No, Help:About Plugins only shows Shockwave Flash and FutureSplash Players
(other than the *-all-types above that).  And yes, Java is enabled in preferences.

Comment 4

[siffert]

Hi, I have another clue:
<P>
When and only when I have the java plugin installed, when starting mozilla from
the command line (either as root or as my normal username), I get the following
error output:
<p>
grep: error while loading shared libraries: libc.so.6: cannot open shared object
file: No such file or directory
cut: error while loading shared libraries: libc.so.6: cannot open shared object
file: No such file or directory
sed: error while loading shared libraries: libc.so.6: cannot open shared object
file: No such file or directory
<p>
However, it does appear I have glibc installed in the appropriate places.  I'm
running mandrake 8.2.  I've got libc.so installed in /usr/lib .  libc.so.6
appears to be installed in /lib for some reason, but when I cd to /usr/lib and
'ln -s /lib/libc.so.6 libc.so.6' and try and start mozilla again, I get the same
errors.

Comment 5

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

Do you use a mozilla.org build ?

Comment 6

[siffert]

****... I think I'm wasting your time, sorry about that.  Using a mandrake
build.  I switched to red carpet and java plugin works (although I still get
that libc error after installing the plugin).  Don't keep this bug open on my
account.  :)

Comment 7

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

all bugs with build not from mozilla.org are invalid (because mandrake etc have
own  patches in their builds)

I bet they build with Gcc>3.0


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 124006 ***

Comment 8

[Patty Mac]

Chris Petersen is a new QA contact for oji component. His email is:
[e-mail]

Comment 9

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

fixing small error for [e-mail] (filter with : SPAMMAILSUCKS)