553409 - No Java working on SuseLinux 11.1 and Firefox 3.6

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[Lucia Clemens]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; de; rv:1.9.2) Gecko/20100115 Firefox/3.6
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; de; rv:1.9.2) Gecko/20100115 Firefox/3.6

I got the latest version of Firefox (6.3) which I had better denied.
Since that moment I do not get Java (twi versions tried) running.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.New ff ver. 6.3 came in, updated in /home/user as usual because /usr/lib/firefox doesn't work as shown on the website
2.Java, newly installed, with ln -s to the plugin path of ff looked OK
3.Firefox doesn't work on Java, shows missing software.
Actual Results:  
I also copied the installation to /usr/lib/firefox with the result that the older version in there is no more of use. So none of the versions act on Java.
I tried an older ver. of Java (1.6.0_10 and 1.6.0_18) and nothing happened. The links looked perfect, some 57 bytes, but with lots of content

Expected Results:  
I'm without Java on my most important OS. That's what I clearly did not expect.
After having studied the information of Java again and again with ns7 AND ns7-gcc29.

I do expect the installation of firefox easier, e. g. with rpm

It should have found the proper link in the plugin path.

Not even the Java Console was to be installed. A message told me the console would be uninstalled with next shutdown of firefox.

How can I stop the lousy show?
How can I install firefox with Yast? rpm is easily installed.

Fellows, get me out of that situation!

Thanks

Comment 1

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

>How can I install firefox with Yast? rpm is easily installed.
Ask your distribution for such a RPM ?

>How can I stop the lousy show?
Symlink the right plugin to Firefox plugin directory.
Note: FF3.6 supports only the new plugin that is coming with JRE1.5 U10+ and not the old oji plugin (the JRE contains both).

Comment 2

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

Reporter, are you still seeing this issue with Firefox 3.6.13 or later in safe mode? If not, please close. These links can help you in your testing.
http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Safe+Mode
http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles

You can also try to reproduce in Firefox 4 Beta 8 or later, there are many improvements in the new version, http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-beta.html

Comment 3

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

No reply, INCOMPLETE. Please retest with Firefox 3.6.13 or later and a new profile (http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles). If you continue to see this issue with the newest firefox and a new profile, then please comment on this bug.

Comment 4

[Lucia Clemens]

Up to now I have Suse 11.3 and will never again install a different ff when not by the standard way via YaST update or so