Hi SL-folks,
well, it's a fairly old thread, but since I partially have the same problem, I
thought it's kind of better to revive it - hope that's ok ...
Troy Dawson wrote:
> Troy Dawson wrote:
>> Troy Dawson wrote:
>>> [log in to unmask] wrote:
>>>> On Fri, 19 Oct 2007, Troy Dawson wrote:
>>>>> SL 4.x
>>>>>
>>>>> x86_64:
>>>>> firefox-1.5.0.12-0.7.el4.i386.rpm
>>>>> firefox-1.5.0.12-0.7.el4.x86_64.rpm
>>>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> The above update to firefox.i386 on the x86_64 architecture has
>>>> broken the acrobat and java plugins.
>>>> (using acroread 7.0.9 and Sun Java 6u3)
>>>>
>>>> Clicking on a PDF file causes firefox to exit immediately
>>>> and launching webpages that require a java plugin no longer works.
>>>>
>>>> If I revert to firefox-1.5.0.12-0.3.el4.i386 everything works as
>>>> expected.
>>>>
>>>> The reason we're using the i386 version on an x86_64 arch is
>>>> to get the various plugins working that have no x86_64 equivalent.
>>>>
>>>> I can get around the PDF issue by not using the plugin and just
>>>> loading the file externally in xpdf/acroread but we need
>>>> the java plugin to work too.
>>>>
>>>> cheers,
>>>> Ronnie
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>> When it did the update, did it put in both the i386 and x86_64
>>> version? Or just the i386 version?
>>>
>>> Troy
>>
>> I'm getting more reports of this.
>> I'm still setting things up for a test, but as I do, is anyone having
>> problems with Adobe acroread 8? or is it only acroread 7?
>>
>> Troy
>
> OK, I can't get it to fail on me.
> First question, for all of those who are having this problem. Have you
> completely exited out of firefox and seamonkey? I don't just mean one
> window, but all of firefox?
>
> Second question, if the above answer was yes, can you send me
> information on how you setup your adobe plugin's? Did you do it by
> hand? Whet directory is the plugin in? If it is a link, can you send
> me the full output of ls -l on the plugin.
>
> Thanks
> Troy
>
apparently the "java-plugin not working" problem wasn't really discussed !?
Anyone got a solution to that one ?? Or anyone else has the same problem (I
do) ??
I have firefox-1.5.0.12-0.8.i386 installed on SL4.5 x86_64 systems. The
javaplugin comes from java-1.5.0-sun-1.5.0.13, and works otherwise: running
firefox-1.5.0.12-0.3.i386 (or firefox2) on the same machine allows to open
java-applets (like eg
http://java.sun.com/products/plugin/1.5.0/demos/plugin/applets/Clock/example1.html)
without problems. javaws works as well, so the java-installation itself
seems to be ok.
With firefox-1.5.0.12-0.8.i386 however, it simply won't work (for me). Java
apparently complains about "Could not start JavaVM!" and the java-console
never shows up. I searched quite a bit, but most people (quite a few) running
into similar problems usually have a mixup of 32- and 64-bit installations (I
don't). Any suggestions appreciated !
Ciao, Frank.
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