Mozilla + Java isn't working out :(.

GaMMa · l33t Joined: 23 Aug 2002 Posts: 684 Location: USA

I just emerged Mozilla 1.1 (yea the masked one

), and I emerged Blackdown Java2RE along with it. I made sure there was a symbolic link to the java file, and there is, but Mozilla isn't detecting it in the plugins area. Anyone have any idea why?

sa · Guru Joined: 10 Jun 2002 Posts: 450

If you are using gcc3.2, You have to compile dev-java/sun-j2sdk see this thread: https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=13635&highlight=gcc+java

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GaMMa · l33t Joined: 23 Aug 2002 Posts: 684 Location: USA

Thx for the help, I'll have to compile it tommorrow, just decided to do a fresh install of Gentoo, because I thought it'd be quicker to do that than update 1.2. I have a ton of programs to emerge tonight

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bOOyahkASHa · n00b Joined: 28 Sep 2002 Posts: 27

Be warned though, lots of us who've taken the rebuild-Java-from-scratch route have found that the fix doesn't completely work. Namely, even though your freshly compiled Java plug-in will now show up in Mozilla's "About Plug-in" help screen, Mozilla will subsequently crash when trying to host a Java applet. So will Galeon.

I think it's only those applets which use AWT to render graphics that trigger the crash, though I can't find any applets that don't

FWIW the Java VM works fine when running Java apps that aren't applets.

Hopefully you'll have more luck.
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AlterEgo · Veteran Joined: 25 Apr 2002 Posts: 1619

Make sure to unmerge openmotif before you start building java:
https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=13702&highlight=