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Speedy

Thu Aug 30 2007, 03:20AM

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I'm using openSuse 10.2 with Firefox 2.0.0.5

My java wasn't installed so I just installed the latest version. I followed Sun's instructions to the letter but it still doesn't work. Any suggestions on troubleshooting this thing?

Yes, I do have Java enabled in the Preferences.

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Thu Aug 30 2007, 07:38AM

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Create the symbolic link to the Java Runtime in the .mozilla/plugins folder in your Home directory.

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Speedy

Fri Aug 31 2007, 08:30PM

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It seems my java didn't install correctly. My computer has also decided it doesn't want to read my install disc from YAST I uninstalled the latest version of java, now I don't have any installed. I'm going to try again tonight.

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Sat Sep 01 2007, 03:15AM

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Okay, I have it functioning now, but things are displaying kind of funny with Java and some things don't work at all. Is there a painless way to update to a newer version?

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Sat Sep 01 2007, 09:25PM

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No, there isn't. Java on Linux hasn't been develped to teh extent of it's windows cousin.

Speedy

Sun Sep 02 2007, 12:19AM

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Thanks for the heads up on that. I guess I'll have to figure this one out likely from the command line. Sounds fun.

Do you think it would be too incredibly foolish of me to attempt a switch to Ubuntu?

I guess that's one of the joys of Linux, you can feel free to switch around till you find what works for you.

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Not foolish at all. Suse is aim at businesses and Ubuntu is meant for the masses. There are a lot of people who like Ubuntu, there are some who have had problems with it installing. Mostly complaints about it freezing during the installation. That's mostly likely hardware related.

Ubuntu is bleeding edge and therefore not compatible with some hardware. If you have an old system or a very new system with top of the line hardware, Ubuntu won't play well with the hardware.

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Open a terminal session, at the command line issue the following command: which javaWhat was the output?

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Thanks

I'm going to hold this thought for a little bit. I don't have Java on Ubuntu yet, so I will likely need to reference this.


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