Firefox Plugin Problem [solved]

[Magikx21]

I'm having a problem with Firefox and the JRE plug-in. I have the JRE plugin installed but yet when I go to something like Yahoo games its says plugin needed and brings up the prompt to install JRE. Why is this happening and how do I fix this?

[jboy]

Two things to check first:

 

1. Are java and javascript enabled in firefox? You can find out by this: from the firefox menu, Edit -> Preferences -> Web Features. If Enable Java and Enable Javascript aren't checked, check them.

 

2. As per the instructions on Sun's java site, have you created the symbolic link in the firefox plugins directory to libjavaplugin_oji.so? For example, if the firefox plugins directory is at /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox-1.0.2/plugins and libjavaplugin_oji.so is located at /usr/java/jre1.5.0_02/plugin/i386/ns7, then from a terminal (aka console), enter these commands as the root user (adjust them according to the actual directories on your machine):

 

cd /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox-1.0.2/plugins

ln -s /usr/java/jre1.5.0_02/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so .

 

In the ln -s command, don't forget the space and the period after the .so

 

Then close all firefox instances and restart firefox. You can check if it's installed properly by going to http://www.java.com - there's a link there to verify your installation. It will also tell you whether or not you have the latest version.

 

You may want to get more familiar with searching topics on this site. This topic has been covered numerous times.

Edited July 11, 2005 by jboy

[daniewicz]

At the url bar in firefox, type "about:plugins". If firefox is seeing the plugin correctly, it should be listed.

[Magikx21]

Thanks I got it working now i forgot to use -s after the ln command.

 

 

 

 

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