still no java after fc2->fc4 upgrade

[akonstam at trinity.edu]

On Tue, Aug 23, 2005 at 03:49:14PM -0500, Ian Pilcher wrote:
> Jack Howarth wrote:
> > I have tried both the package nosrc rpms for jre 1.5.0 and the
> > manual installation in /opt. After creating the symlink in
> > /usr/lib/mozilla/plugin to jre1.5.0_04/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so
> > I see the following failure when loading the test page (using the
> > open java console menu item in the failed java applet window)...
> >
> 
> One possibility, at least with the JPackage RPM is messed up
> alternatives.
> 
>     ls /var/lib/alternatives
> 
> will show you the various "master" alternatives on the system.  For each
> one that looks Java related, do
> 
>     alternatives --display ALTERNATIVE_NAME
> 
> and make sure that everything is pointing to the correct place.  As a
> quick check, you can also look for any broken symlinks in
> /etc/alternatives.
> 
> HTH
The best course of action is to go to the Sun site and download their
latest java. It works better and is a later version than the FC4
Java.-- 

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Aaron Konstam
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