Re: problems installing java

2003-12-07 Thread Wayne Topa
tripolar([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > well back in town and trying to install java on mothers pc so she can > goto websites with java. > I first upgraded her system to sid ( because that is what mine is) > then added a site from apt-get.org for j2re1.4 > did apt-get install j2re1.

Re: problems installing java

2003-12-07 Thread Kristian Niemi
ed as well. Then, I went to FB's plugin-folder, /usr/lib/mozilla-firebird/plugin/, and did `ln -s usr/lib/j2se/1.4/jre/plugin/i386/mozilla/javaplugin_oji.so', restarted FB, and lo and behold --- it worked like a charm. h: Krisse tripolar wrote: having problems installing java first u

Re: problems installing java

2003-12-07 Thread Kristian Niemi
I still don't have java working; Firebird just crashes, so I'm probably /not/ the best one to give any suggestions here -- *but* my first question to you would be, do you *have* those directories dpkg mentions, particularly the latter one? ;) h: Krisse tripolar wrote: well back in town and try

Re: problems installing java

2003-12-06 Thread tripolar
well back in town and trying to install java on mothers pc so she can goto websites with java. I first upgraded her system to sid ( because that is what mine is) then added a site from apt-get.org for j2re1.4 did apt-get install j2re1.4 then this- Setting up j2re1.4 (1.4.0.99beta-1) ... update-alte

Re: problems installing java

2003-12-02 Thread Kristian Niemi
Might it be that sarge uses another version than sid? (Correct me if I'm wrong, but sarge is 'testing', and sid is 'unstable', right?) I'm using unstable, and thus we might be using different versions of FB, and maybe this particular bug emerged in a *later* one. --A version I may happen to be u

Re: problems installing java

2003-12-02 Thread Patrick Beard
"Kristian Niemi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > I get 'java is /usr/bin/java'. > Which I assume is as it's supposed to be. > > I believe it's a case of bug #225423, > http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=225423 > Which has been taken care of. It's just not imp

Re: problems installing java

2003-12-02 Thread Kristian Niemi
I get 'java is /usr/bin/java'. Which I assume is as it's supposed to be. I believe it's a case of bug #225423, http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=225423 Which has been taken care of. It's just not implemented in the current debian build. Still, if you've got further suggestions, I'm all

Re: problems installing java

2003-12-02 Thread Patrick Beard
"Kristian Niemi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Thanks for the tip, but unfortunately that didn't help. What do you get back from 'type java' (remove quotes) at the command line? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Tr

Re: problems installing java

2003-12-01 Thread Kristian Niemi
Thanks for the tip, but unfortunately that didn't help. Firebird still crashed. I hope that it was just me being stupid, after I read your mail, but it still seems to be the case that it's a bug at work. They *have* identified some kind of bug that could have something to do with this, and fixed

Re: problems installing java

2003-12-01 Thread H. S.
Greg Folkert wrote: On Sun, 2003-11-30 at 15:03, tripolar wrote: it didnt work. mom just tried to access her pogo games , yeah she is addicted ;-) and got java not working error. I was trying to get it worked out for her before I went out of state :-( no such luck. will have to try again when I

Re: problems installing java

2003-12-01 Thread Patrick Beard
> > Strange that it works, actually, because it *is* a bug. Firebird > > simply crashes; others have had the same problem. I believe they've > > worked out a fix for it, but ... > > > > So, wonder how come it works for you? > > ... or why it doesn't work for me... Firebird needs jre1.4.2 or later.

Re: problems installing java

2003-11-30 Thread Greg Folkert
On Sun, 2003-11-30 at 15:03, tripolar wrote: > it didnt work. mom just tried to access her pogo games , yeah she is > addicted ;-) > and got java not working error. I was trying to get it worked out for > her before I went out of state :-( no such luck. > will have to try again when I get back >

Re: problems installing java

2003-11-30 Thread John L. Fjellstad
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 30 November 2003 10:47, Sven Hoexter wrote: > I did the following do get the java plugin working on my > testing/unstable box: > > Download: > ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/languages/java/linux/JDK-1.4.1/i386/01/j2sdk-1.4.1-01 >-linux-i586-gcc3.2.bi

Re: problems installing java

2003-11-30 Thread tripolar
it didnt work. mom just tried to access her pogo games , yeah she is addicted ;-) and got java not working error. I was trying to get it worked out for her before I went out of state :-( no such luck. will have to try again when I get back thanks Kristian Niemi wrote: Hmm ... Strange. I do ha

Re: problems installing java

2003-11-30 Thread Kristian Niemi
Hmm ... Strange. I do have it linked to .../plugins. As it should be. Forgot to write /plugin; good that you noticed. ;) Strange that it works, actually, because it *is* a bug. Firebird simply crashes; others have had the same problem. I believe they've worked out a fix for it, but ... So, wond

Re: problems installing java

2003-11-30 Thread tripolar
llow it to show java pages. So all of this didn't do me any good, I'll have to wait until debian starts updating their 'unstable' packages again. Heh. I'd imagine Mozilla doesn't have a bug like this. Krisse tripolar wrote: having problems installing java first

Re: problems installing java

2003-11-30 Thread jqdkf
On Sun, Nov 30, 2003 at 11:34:15AM +0200, Kristian Niemi wrote: > Well ... I don't know if there's a `debian-way' that could be used, but > I installed it by downloading it from the web ... > > From the following address, I believe: > http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/download.html > > I use Mozil

Re: problems installing java

2003-11-30 Thread Ismael Valladolid Torres
El domingo, 30 de noviembre de 2003, a las 02:56, tripolar escribió: > having problems installing java I assume you mean installing the java plug-in for your browser. > first using apt-get or aptitude what should I install? If you were using woody, things would be easy, just mak

Re: problems installing java

2003-11-30 Thread Jiele
tripolar wrote: having problems installing java first using apt-get or aptitude what should I install? 2) any tricks to have konqueror, mozilla,& netscape find java? 3. Any links I should set up and how? I have main non-free & contrib in my sources.list unstable thanks This is what I did

Re: problems installing java

2003-11-30 Thread Kristian Niemi
7; right now (unstable), has a bug that doesn't allow it to show java pages. So all of this didn't do me any good, I'll have to wait until debian starts updating their 'unstable' packages again. Heh. I'd imagine Mozilla doesn't have a bug like this. Krisse trip

Re: problems installing java

2003-11-30 Thread Sven Hoexter
On Sun, Nov 30, 2003 at 02:56:16AM -0600, tripolar wrote: > having problems installing java > first using apt-get or aptitude what should I install? > 2) any tricks to have konqueror, mozilla,& netscape find java? I did the following do get the java plugin working on my testing

problems installing java

2003-11-30 Thread tripolar
having problems installing java first using apt-get or aptitude what should I install? 2) any tricks to have konqueror, mozilla,& netscape find java? 3. Any links I should set up and how? I have main non-free & contrib in my sources.list unstable thanks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email t