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bludra84

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Registered: 2007-10-25

Posts: 20

JRE installed, but no Java in Firefox

Hey guys,

I am having a hell of a time trying to figure out what is wrong with my system. I have jre installed and i checked the plugin folder for mozilla and the plugin is there, but whenever I go to a site that requires java, it says that the plugin is not installed. I am running 32bit arch, so its not a 64bit issue. Do any of you know what might be wrong? Thanks.

grndrush

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From: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Registered: 2003-12-28

Posts: 136

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Re: JRE installed, but no Java in Firefox

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Beg … de#Firefox

bludra84

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Registered: 2007-10-25

Posts: 20

Re: JRE installed, but no Java in Firefox

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Beg … de#Firefox

I already have those packages installed. Btw, java isn't even mentioned on that page, haha. Thanks though.

Alphalutra1

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Registered: 2006-09-16

Posts: 59

Re: JRE installed, but no Java in Firefox

I had this same problem on this newly installed system I did and couldn't figure out was wrong, then realized it was probably with the paths or something so I just logged out and back in and now it works, so that may help for you.

Cheers,

Alphalutra1

bsdson.tw

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From: Taiwan

Registered: 2005-05-06

Posts: 161

Re: JRE installed, but no Java in Firefox

I had the same problem on a newly installed system, too!
Not only Java, but also Flash do not work as a normal user!

After digging in, I found the permission of "/usr/lib/mozilla" is NOT accessible by a normal user,
so I changed the permission, and everything works!

But I wonder why this is going to happen?
Since I can not know which package creates this directory, I can not figure out if there is something wrong with some packages...

BR,
bsdson.tw

signor_rossi

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Registered: 2007-08-24

Posts: 257

Re: JRE installed, but no Java in Firefox

How are you guys logging in to X?

Bye, signorRossi.

schivmeister

Developer/TU

From: Singapore

Registered: 2007-05-17

Posts: 971

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Re: JRE installed, but no Java in Firefox

There is a post-install message from either firefox or jre. Read it, I recall there was something mentioned about java applets.

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I need real, proper pen and paper for this.

bsdson.tw

Member

From: Taiwan

Registered: 2005-05-06

Posts: 161

Re: JRE installed, but no Java in Firefox

libxsts is required for Java applet,
but I do have it installed at that time.

besides, I do not think libxsts will effect the permission of the directory (/usr/lib/mozilla) ...

sorry for my plain/poor English.
BR,
bsdson.tw