738864 - Firefox does not pick up Oracle Java Plugin

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Firefox :: Untriaged, defect)

Description

[Allan Macdonald]

Attachment: installjava6u31.sh

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux i686; rv:11.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/11.0
Build ID: 20120310193829

Steps to reproduce:

Attempt to install Oracle Java Plugin found here:
http://www.java.com/en/download/linux_manual.jsp?locale=en
following instructions listed here:
http://sites.google.com/site/easylinuxtipsproject/java

OS: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Lucid Lynx
Platform: Dell 1525 Inspiron



Actual results:

Nothing.  Java plugin does not work.  When entering "about:plugins" in address bar, java plugin is not listed.  When testing for java at java.com, no java is detected.




Expected results:

Java plugin should work.  When entering "about:plugins" in address bar, java plugin should appear in list.  When testing for java at java.com, latest version of java should be detected.

Attached is a script that can be used to repeat procedure.

Comment 1

[Allan Macdonald]

For more info, see discussion here:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1932575

Comment 2

[Tim (fmdeveloper)]

I don't see a bug here ATM - but leaving open in case someone disagrees. Your best bet is likely to try and get assistance by visiting the Firefox help site -> https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/ask

Comment 3

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

Bugzilla is not for support questions and my old JRE1.6U24 works fine with Firefox11 on Ubuntu10.04 LTS

Comment 4

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

BTW: Be sure that Java is not disabled under tools/addons/plugins