On Fri, Dec 07, 2007 at 07:11:40AM +1100, Graham Jenkins wrote:
> Troy Dawson wrote:
> > ..
> > Install 32 bit version of firefox
> >    yum install firefox.i386
> 
> > Graham Jenkins wrote:
> >> Doesn't want to work for me.  I've 64-bit Firefox, with 32-bit Sun JDK,
> >> and a symbolic link thus:
> >> ls -l /usr/lib/firefox-1.5.0.12/plugins/libjavaplugin_oji.so
> >> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 62 Nov 27 10:38
> >> /usr/lib/firefox-1.5.0.12/plugins/libjavaplugin_oji.so ->
> >> /usr/java/jdk1.5.0_11/jre/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so
> 
> Actually .. I checked again.  I already have the 32-bit version
> of firefox (and not the 64-bit version).
> .. root@taurus /root# rpm -qa |grep firefox
> .. firefox-1.5.0.12-6.el5.i386
> 
> Any other suggestions .. please .. ?

I did this and it all worked with SL5, firefox (32 bit), jdk 1.5.0_14 from SL.

Shut down firefox.
cd .mozilla ; mkdir plugins ; cd plugins
ln -s /usr/java/jdk1.5.0_14/jre/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so .
Start up firefox.
about:plugins shows that the java plugin is installed.
Go to http://java.sun.com/products/javawebstart/demos.html
Click on Launch for the "Draw" example.
When firefox asks what to do the the jnlp file, choose Other.
Browse to choose /usr/java/jdk1.5.0_14/bin/javaws
Java starts on the jnlp, and the "Draw" example starts.

cheers
Katherine