On Friday 30 September 2011 12:00:23 Walter Hurry wrote: > On Fri, 30 Sep 2011 07:28:32 +0100, Lisi wrote: > > On Thursday 29 September 2011 17:03:55 Dejan Ribič wrote: > >> Dne 29.9.2011 17:54, piše Lisi: > >> > I am trying, without success, to run: > >> > > >> > http://media.pearsoncmg.com/aw/aw_kurose_network_2/applets/dns/ > > dns.html > > >> > The problem is the applet. The Java I have on my Lenny system is > >> > too old. Hardly surprising. So I switched to Wheezy. Still not OK. > >> > I checked: I only had openjdk-6-jre. So I installed openjdk-7-jre > >> > and its dependencies. Still no joy. I imagine that iceweasel is not > >> > using it at all, or not in the way that jre 7 needs. What can I do > >> > to run this applet? This is a course in OSS, so it shouldn't require > >> > anything proprietary. > >> > >> I am not sure this works with openjdk-7 but try to install > >> icedtea-plugin. > > > > Thank you to all three of you. I finally manged to install > > icedtea-plugin from Sid, but now things are even worse! Before, I got a > > box with a message that I needed to install java. Now I just have a > > box-shaped light grey area with nothing else visible. :-( > > > > Any clues? I am beginning to think that I may have to install another > > distro just for this. :-( > > > > But I'll try Squeeze first. > > > > Sorry - I have not got you any further forward, Gilbert. > > > > Thanks again, > > Lisi > > I have a stock Squeeze installation, and the page you referenced works > for me. Here is my setup: > > $ java -version > java version "1.6.0_18" > OpenJDK Runtime Environment (IcedTea6 1.8.9) (6b18-1.8.9-0.1~squeeze1) > OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 14.0-b16, mixed mode) > $ dpkg -l | grep icedtea > ii icedtea6-plugin 6b18-1.8.9-0.1~squeeze1 > web browser plugin based on OpenJDK and IcedTea to execute Java applets > $ firefox --version > Mozilla Iceweasel 3.5.16, Copyright (c) 1998 - 2010 mozilla.org > > Hope this helps.
Thanks very much Harry! I haven't currently got a working Squeeze. That will be remedied this afternoon, and then I'll try and copy your set-up. I want to do that anyway, this just gives me a reason why it can move up the priority list! Of course, even if it works it won't help you Gilbert. Sorry about that! Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201109301233.16401.lisi.re...@gmail.com