Subject: Re: Java plugin for mozilla 0.9.7
From: Avinash Gupta (agupta@mediaone.net)
Date: Fri Dec 28 2001 - 09:45:02 MST
Hi Geert,
Unfortunately, I think I was too hasty in posting to the list that Java
support works in mozilla 0.9.7. It DID seem to work on ONE java applet
enabled page, but since then I have been unable to get it to work on any
other site. I do have the openmotif libraries installed and I had to do a:
export LD_PRELOAD=/usr/X11R6/lib/libXt.so.6
before running mozilla, but I get a SIGNAL 11 on any Java enabled page.
I e-mailed Kevin Hendricks, the maintainer of the PPC port of Blackdown's
Java Linux and here is the answer I got from him ...
> Hi,
>
> Unfortunately, Mozilla has changed their plugin API repeatedly.
>
> I simply gave up trying to change with them.
>
> I just grabbed Mozilla 0.9.7 and will rebuild jdk 1.3.0 against it and
> make a new release (but it will require glibc -2.2.X).
>
> If however, Mozilla changes their plugin API once more, than I will
> consider the change a bug from "Mozilla" and will not rebuild.
>
> I will let the list know when I have a rebuilt version.
>
>
> Kevin
So the good news is that Kevin is rebuilding jdk 1.3.0 against mozilla 0.9.7,
but he may stop doing so in the future if the mozilla team keeps changing
their API :-/
Keep your eyes on this list for a message from Kevin ... hopefully he will
have a new version that works out soon.
-- Avinash Gupta (agupta@mediaone.net)
On Thursday 27 December 2001 11:28, you wrote:
> I followed your guidelines, but I'm still stuck.
>
> I used the RPM's you specified, and even installed the mozilla tarball
> that you specified in my homedirectory.
>
> If I then execute mozilla without anything and try to load a webpage
> with Java content, then it asks me to download the appropriate plugin.
>
> From that I conclude that mozilla doesn't automatically find the plugin
> in its default location.
>
> So I follow the recommendations I get and make a softlink from the
> plugin (libjavaplugin_oji.so) to the mozilla plugins directory.
>
> Starting mozilla results in a crash (core dump) as soon as a webpage
> with java content is loaded.
>
> So here's a few questions that you could maybe help me out with:
>
> - Some documentation on the Blackdown Java 2 Runtime environment mention
> that it is dynamically linked with OpenMotif. I checked my installation,
> and I sure don't have openmotif installed on my machine. I do have the
> lesstif package though. Did you install openmotif ?
>
> - What exactly is in your mozilla plugins directory ? javaplugin.so or
> libjavaplugin_oji.so ?
>
> Thank you,
>
> Geert Janssens
>
> Avinash Gupta wrote:
> > I downloaded the jdk 1.3 RPMs from:
> >
> > http://cable.linuxppc.org:8080/software/index/linuxppc_stable/software/De
> >velopment/Languages/jdk-1.3.0-FCSa.ppc.html
> >
> > I ALSO have the IBM JRE installed on my machine. You can get it from:
> >
> > http://rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/yellowdog/1.0/extras/yellowdog-2.1/ppc/IBMJa
> >va2-JRE-1.3.0-3.ppc.html
> >
> > I don't know if you really need to install the IBM jre, but since it is
> > installed on my machine and Java support works in Mozilla 0.9.7, I am
> > adding it as a step here.
> >
> > I also made sure the 'java' executable was in my PATH. Just to be sure, I
> > added it both to /etc/profile and /etc/bashrc
> >
> > e.g.
> >
> > PATH="$PATH:/usr/local/jdk13/bin:/usr/lib/jre/jre/bin"
> > export PATH
> >
> > To make sure the java executable is found, after adding it to your
> > profile and bashrc, open a Konsole or Terminal window in KDE and type:
> >
> > which java
> >
> > You should get:
> >
> > /usr/local/jdk13/bin/java
> >
> > If not ... then your path is still incorrect.
> >
> >
> > Having installed the rpm, I got the Mozilla 0.9.7 distribution from:
> >
> > http://www.thecodefactory.org/neillm/yellowdog.php3#mozilla-0-9-7
> >
> > I unzipped the mozilla distribution in my home directory, and Java
> > support worked right away without having to do anything special.
> >
> > That's how I did it ... dunno whether it will work for others ;-) Please
> > let people know if this procedure works for you.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > -- Avinash Gupta (agupta@mediaone.net)
> >
> > On Sunday 23 December 2001 10:01, you wrote:
> >>Ok, I am trying to get the java plugin installed for mozilla, but I
> >>don't seem to get anywhere here.
> >>
> >>First I just used the (blackdown) j2re-1.3.0 rpm package that was on the
> >>yellowdog 2.1 distribution, together with mozilla 0.9.6.
> >>
> >>I first tried to create a softlink to javaplugin.so as described in the
> >>README file that comes with j2re
> >>
> >>Result: mozilla refuses to startup. Instead it outputs the following
> >>error message:
> >>INTERNAL ERROR on Browser End: Could not load
> >>/usr/j2re1.3/plugin/ppc/libjavaplugin_oji.so: linking
> >>error=/usr/j2re1.3/plugin/ppc/libjavaplugin_oji.so: undefined symbol:
> >>XtShellStrings
> >>
> >>System error?:: Success
> >>
> >>
> >>Next I tried to create a softlink directly to libjavaplugin_oji.so,
> >>since a message in the ydl mailing list archive said the java plugin
> >>interface for mozilla had changed several times.
> >>
> >>Now I can start mozilla ok, but as soon as java is required on a
> >>webpage, mozilla core dumps ! Here's the error message on the console:
> >>
> >>Register Env [0] proxyenv=268812592 tid=268550056
> >>Register Env [1] proxyenv=276194600 tid=268550056
> >>
> >>browser flags = 2
> >>Create instance called in JavaPluginFactory5!!!!!!!!
> >>initilizing the java plugin instantance
> >>/usr/lib/mozilla-0.9.7/run-mozilla.sh: line 72: 1884 Segmentation fault
> >> (core dumped) $prog ${1+"$@"}
> >>
> >>
> >>In the meantime I have downloaded (the freshly released) mozilla 0.9.7
> >>in the hopes that would fix it, but the errors remain the same.
> >>
> >>My final hope was to download j2re-1.3.0-PL1, since another message in
> >>the archives said it was the only working one (thank got for the mailing
> >>list archives ;-) ). The only pointer I had for this package is
> >>penguinppc.org. But when I try to download the tar file there, I get a
> >>404-file not found error ! The same for the other options there.
> >>
> >>So I'm totally stuck now.
> >>
> >>
> >>Can anybody tell me what is the final and correct way to get the java
> >>plugin running ? And where (apart from penguinppc.org) I could try to
> >>download the PL1 version of the j2re (or j2sdk, for that matter).
> >>
> >>All suggestions are more than welcome.
> >>
> >>Geert Janssens
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