I'll seccond thios how hard would it really be to set this functionality in the rpm to migrate user setting over when upgrading ff/moz? --Jeff On Fri, 2005-08-12 at 15:25 +0100, John Logsdon wrote: > Thanks to all that helped. It was of course the lack of a symlink since > the new firefox was in a different directory. > > It does make you wonder, though, what mozilla think they are doing. > Googling around there are many cases of people falling foul of the same > thing - perhaps I should have surfed before shouting. > > Given all that has gone into moz/FF, enabling the plugin installer to > > (a) inherit/replicate any old links when updating, > > (b) search for common locations eg /usr/java, > > (c) add a browse facility rather than jumping off to sun's site which is > not really appropriate and > > (d) set up the symlink within the gui > > really cannot be all that difficult. > > If we want Linux to succeed as a desktop competitor to Redmondware, FF > should make it easier to install plugins and include them when making an > upgrade. > > It may be alright on a Windows platform but installing plugins either in > FF or mozilla - or I guess netscape - is a mess. > > Bill must be laughing all the way to the next charity ball - bless him. > > John > > John Logsdon "Try to make things as simple > Quantex Research Ltd, Manchester UK as possible but not simpler" > j.logsdon at quantex-research.com a.einstein at relativity.org > +44(0)161 445 4951/G:+44(0)7717758675 www.quantex-research.com > > > On Fri, 12 Aug 2005, [ISO-8859-2] Maciej ¯enczykowski wrote: > > > I'd suggest making sure you have a link to the java plugin in the proper > > directory, in my case (running mozilla with an old beta 1.5 java SDK - but > > it should be much the same for firefox (which uses mozilla/plugins > > directory if I'm not mistaken) and any newer java version)... > > > > ls -al /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/ > > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 59 Jun 6 2004 libjavaplugin_oji.so -> > > /usr/java/jdk1.5.0/jre/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so > > > > Cheers, > > MaZe. > > > > On Fri, 12 > > Aug > > 2005, John > > Logsdon wrote: > > > > > I need to run a Java-enabled Firefox on my CentOS4.1-powered laptop and it > > > *was* running fine. Then yesterday I up2date'd the box and Firefox went > > > from 1.0.4 to 1.0.6. And I lost Java. > > > > > > I can't seem to re-install it, whether from the original (1.5.0 I think it > > > was) or the latest downloads. > > > > > > This is crucially important as I need to access my Dell RAC. > > > > > > Can anyone advise how to get Java back. At the moment, I have had to > > > reboot my laptop into Redmond-ware :-((( > > > > > > TIA > > > > > > John > > > > > > John Logsdon "Try to make things as simple > > > Quantex Research Ltd, Manchester UK as possible but not simpler" > > > j.logsdon at quantex-research.com a.einstein at relativity.org > > > +44(0)161 445 4951/G:+44(0)7717758675 www.quantex-research.com > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > CentOS mailing list > > > CentOS at centos.org > > > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > CentOS mailing list > > CentOS at centos.org > > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos Jeffrey D. Means meaje at meanspc.com Owner / CIO for MeansPC http://www.meanspc.com/ Custom Web Development For Your Needs. (970)308-1298 - The stupidity of a stupid person is exercised in a restricted field; the stupidity of an intelligent individual has a much broader diffusion, and far greater effect, aided as it is by the element of surprise. - WTO + WIPO = DMCA? http://www.anti-dmca.org - Fight Internet Censorship! http://www.eff.org = This is not about Napster or DVDs. It's about your Freedom. http://www.anti-dmca.org My Public PGP Key ID is: 0x81F00126 and available via: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x81F00126 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20050812/63a309b4/attachment-0005.html> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20050812/63a309b4/attachment-0005.sig>