Hello,
The new firefox 3.6 will only use the new java plugin (libnpjp2.so) not 
use the older java plugin (libjavaplugin_oji.so).
The current java-1.6.0-sun-compat links the older java plugin for i386, 
which firefox cannot use.
This updated java-1.6.0-sun-compat links the new libnpjp2.so java plugin 
for both i386 and x86_64, so that firefox can use the java plugin.

Since the updated firefox has already been pushed out, we expect this to 
be pushed out in a day or two.

To test or update

SL4
-------
       yum --enablerepo=sl-testing update java\*

or you can download rpm's by hand at

http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/40rolling/testing/i386/RPMS/java/
http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/40rolling/testing/x86_64/RPMS/java/

java-1.6.0-sun-compat-1.6.0.20-2.sl4.jpp.i586.rpm


SL5
-------
       yum --enablerepo=sl-testing update java\*

or you can download rpm's by hand at

http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/5rolling/testing/i386/java/
http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/5rolling/testing/x86_64/java/

java-1.6.0-sun-compat-1.6.0.20-2.sl5.jpp.i586.rpm
java-1.6.0-sun-compat-1.6.0.20-2.sl5.jpp.x86_64.rpm

Thanks
Troy

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