I confirm this bug, this is annoying for most french user who have to do their tax declaration on the web,
How it worked for me : sudo aptitude install firefox-2 sun-java-plugin cat | patch -p0 << EOF --- /var/lib/dpkg/info/sun-java5-plugin.postinst.orig 2008-05-25 13:00:19.000000000 +0200 +++ /var/lib/dpkg/info/sun-java5-plugin.postinst 2008-05-25 13:00:53.000000000 +0200 @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin priority=53 -browser_dirs="xulrunner-addons" +browser_dirs="xulrunner-addons firefox" PLUGIN=libjavaplugin_oji.so PLUGINPTH=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun/jre/plugin/i386/ns7/$PLUGIN EOF sudo dpkg-reconfigure sun-java5-plugin firefox-2 about:plugins Good luck with other configurations -- [hardy] Java plugin not registered in Firefox 2 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/211309 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs