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.