Java plugin not loading in Firefox 4.0b11, works fine in 3.6.13
Java plugin isn't loading in Firefox 4.0b11, but it works fine in 3.6.13 (and in Google Chrome too). It worked in Firefox 4 before, but broke somewhere around beta 5. libnpjp2.so is not really in the plugins folder, but is a symlink: /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libnpjp2.so -> /usr/lib/jvm/ia32-java-6-sun-1.6.0.12/jre/lib/i386/libnpjp2.so. When run from the command line, I see FF trying to load the other symlinked plugins (most totem related) but failing because they are amd64, and FF is built in 32bit. But no messages about libnpjp2.so (which IS 32bit).
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Java 1.6.0.12 is fairly old, so you can try to install the latest Java 6 U23 release.
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html (Java Platform: Download JRE)
See also http://kb.mozillazine.org/Java
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Java 1.6.0.12 is fairly old, so you can try to install the latest Java 6 U23 release.
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html (Java Platform: Download JRE)
See also http://kb.mozillazine.org/Java
I am afraid of upgrading and my internet banking stop working, after all getting Linux support from the bank will be very hard. Maybe I will take a shot in the next days, when I get some courage. *ducks in corner*
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Hello again. I've updated Java to the latest version and I must say, it worked! Now I am ready to migrate to Firefox 4! My internet banking is still working, after all =) Note to other users: the newest version of Java does not have a generic Linux installer like previous versions, if you can't use the RPM packages (not using Red Hat or Fedora) you are left with only a binary that only extracts the binaries into a folder and that's it. It's not hard to make it work with Firefox, though: extract into any folder of your preference (home directory is OK), then put a symlink on Mozilla's plugin folder (/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins) pointing to libnpjp2.so in the java folder (YOUR_JAVA_FOLDER/lib/i386/libnpjp2.so). Remember to wipe your old symlinks before that. That's it, even Java not really "installed" it is working. Thanks, cor-el.
this method works for Firefox 4.0 b11..!! Manually install java plugin....