89965 - Could not get mozilla to recognize the java plugin

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Core Graveyard :: Java: OJI, defect)

Description

[Mark Lockett]

I have installed the .tar.gz files for mozilla 0.9.2 (Build 2001062823).

The install is in /opt/mozilla. I go to /opt/mozilla/plugins and do ln -s
/opt/jre1.3.1/plugin/i386/ns600/libjavaplugin_oji.so.

This is as per the release notes.

Moz fails to recognise the Java plugin and keeps asking me the download java.

Downloading and installing java doesn't work. It has the same problem you just
end up with the symlink pointing to a different place.

This bug is also present in Moz 0.9.1 but not in Moz 0.8 that came with Mandrake
8.0 (which I am running)

I also recall that this worked in Moz 0.6 and 0.7.

Comment 1

[shrirang khanzode]

xiaobin, do we even have to link anymore for the java plugin  to work ? No, i 
guess.. just installing the plugin from netscape home page should work fine...

Comment 2

[Xiaobin Lu]

Reassign!

Comment 3

[Xiaobin Lu]

Reporter: I tried 0.9.2 this morning with Redhat 7.0 and it works fine. Do you
have any problems to load other plugins such as falsh media player? If that is
the case, please check if you have libXt.so file in your .usr/lib directory.

Comment 4

[Chris Brien]

I had a similar problem on Windows - copying npjava32.dll to the plugins
directory didn't work. Nor did copying the entire JRE. It would only work if I
installed Netscape 4.x.
I haven't had any problem with the Flash plugin on either Windows or Linux
(Mandrake 8.0, Mozilla 0.9.1)

Comment 5

[Reinout van Schouwen]

A few suggestions that may or may not have to do with your problem:

- did you uninstall Moz 0.8 first?
- try using the 0.9.2-mdk RPM instead, locate it on rpmfind.net
- do the MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME and LD_LIBRARY_PATH variables point to the right
directories?

Comment 6

[Xiaobin Lu]

Chris:
   In Windows platform, it is very important to copy all the NP*.dll into the 
plugins directory, not only npjav32.dll. 

Comment 7

[Mark Lockett]

Using the mozilla-0.9.2-5mdk.i586.rpm from rpmfind.net solved the problem. When
I installed this rpm it announced several missing libraries. Once they were
installed I could get the rpm working. It seems the dependencies fixed the problem.

This is possibly still a bug 'Mozilla did not report missing dependencies'.

Comment 8

[shrirang khanzode]

SPAM: reassigning OJI bugs to new QA, pmac. (227 bugs)

Comment 9

[Patty Mac]

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

Comment 10

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

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