Theres currently work on a 64-bit plugin. Add the java-gcj-overlay and emerge dev-java/gcj-jdk with the nsplugin use flag. Then 'eselect java-nsplugin list' shows:
Available 32-bit Java browser plugins Available 64-bit Java browser plugins [1] gcj-jdk-4.3 current and in firefox about:plugins show GCJ Web Browser Plugin 0.96-pre File name: libgcjwebplugin.so The GCJ Web Browser Plugin executes Java applets.Quite alpha & crashes often, but definitely shows promise. Wil On Jan 26, 2008 12:31 PM, Beso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > well, java plugin is only build on 32bit. to have it work in firefox > there's only one way: 32bit firefox. > for the other extensions (that on 64bit work) to work with 32bit you need > to build them for 32bit with the correct flag set into portage, on multilib > systems, as yours, portage can build 32bit binaries natively. all you have > to do is pass to portage the right flag to do so and to unmask the 32bit > package. for how to do this search in the gentoo documentation. > the other way to use java on 64bit is konqueror on kde (i don't know it > nautilus does this too): konqueror would use the 64bit javavm, which was > build also on 64bit, and can use flash via nspluginwrapper and > netscape-flash. in this way you'd have a native 64bit web client, with flash > plugin, also only 32bit version, enabled via emulation with nspluginwrapper. > for having konqueror work set it recognization to firefox or iexplore in the > preferences, or you might miss some sites' features that required firefox or > iexploder. > for nautilus on gnome you might try to see if it supports 64bit java and > nspluginwrapper too. > these are the actual choices for java and flash on 64bit platoforms. i > really hope that firefox 3 would come out with support for javavm for linux > and not with only that crappy javaplugin one. > > 2008/1/26, Mark Knecht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > On Jan 26, 2008 11:33 AM, M. Edward (Ed) Borasky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > Mark Knecht wrote: > > > > On Jan 26, 2008 11:05 AM, M. Edward (Ed) Borasky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > <SNIP> > > > > > > > > This is likely the culprit: > > > > > > > > lightning ~ # eix nspluginwrapper > > > > [I] net-www/nspluginwrapper > > > > Available versions: 0.9.91.4 ~0.9.91.5 ~0.9.91.5-r1 > > > > Installed versions: 0.9.91.4(12:21:31 PM 11/12/2007) > > > > Homepage: > > http://www.gibix.net/projects/nspluginwrapper/ > > > > Description: Netscape Plugin Wrapper - Load 32bit > > plugins > > > > on 64bit browser > > > > > > > > lightning ~ # emerge -pv nspluginwrapper > > > > > > > > These are the packages that would be merged, in order: > > > > > > > > Calculating dependencies... done! > > > > [ebuild R ] net-www/nspluginwrapper-0.9.91.4 0 kB > > > > > > > > Total: 1 package (1 reinstall), Size of downloads: 0 kB > > > > lightning ~ # > > > > > > # emerge -pv nspluginwrapper > > > > > > These are the packages that would be merged, in order: > > > > > > Calculating dependencies... done! > > > [ebuild R ] net-www/nspluginwrapper-0.9.91.5-r1 0 kB > > > > > > Total: 1 package (1 reinstall), Size of downloads: 0 kB > > > DreamScape ~ # > > > > > > Well ... I uninstalled mozilla-firefox and installed > > > mozilla-firefox-bin. It said, "NB -- you are installing a 32-bit > > > Firefox". The good news is that it works with Java and the R search > > > engine! The bad news is that it doesn't have all the *other* plugins > > > that the 64-bit compiled Firefox did. Do I need to re-emerge them? > > Will > > > revdep-rebuild clean this up? > > > > This is the age old problem, as far as I know, with 64-bit Linux and a > > world full of 32-bit multimedia. I think this wiki will surely > > explain it better than I ever could. Hopefully the basic info you need > > is there: > > > > http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Install_firefox_with_java_on_amd64 > > > > I will say that my experience is that so far no single browser/plugin > > combination works as well for all web media types as our 32-bit > > brethren have, and that doesn't work as well as Windows. There are > > issues with Java, Flash support, mplayer and other plugins for > > streaming file types, so the answer is no one answer seems to be right > > for everyone. My setup work *ok* for me, not well. I'm not happy with > > it but I'm not motivated enough to change things. I trade stocks on a > > Windows laptop so I use that machine for the numerous things I cannot > > do on Linux, 32-bit or 64-bit. > > > > Hope this helps, > > Mark > > -- > > gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org mailing list > > > > > > > -- > dott. ing. beso
