Well it is not an issue for Fedora 12 (yet) but here is how it must be done to get Java working with Firefox 3.6:
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ln -s /usr/java/default/jre/lib/i386/libnpjp2.so /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins
#---
You need java 1.6u10 or higher.
Showing posts with label firefox. Show all posts
Showing posts with label firefox. Show all posts
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Saturday, May 31, 2008
Migrating from Firefox 2.0 to 3.0
There are some problems when migrating from Firefox 2.0 to Firefox 3.0 (in this case Firefox 3.0b5), which is the case when migrating from Fedora 8 to Fedora 9. For me it was not clear what was happening so maybe if you are experience some "weird" Firefox behaviour it might be also the case.
To keep things short:
1. Backup your bookmarks.
2. Close Firefox or kill it:
#---
killall firefox && echo done
#---
3. Remove your $HOME/.mozilla directory (or a safer measure, move it):
#---
cd $HOME
mv .mozilla .mozilla-firefox2
#---
4. Restart Firefox and start the painfully work of customising it.
Just a little history. I had had a Firefox 2.0 for a long time and when I migrated to Fedora 9 (see my road map) it also implies a migration from Firefox 2.0 to 3.0b5. The first thing, which was expected, was that my add-ons did not worked any more (compatibility issues). This was ok, I removed the deprecated add-ons and kept using the ones the worked.
The problem that first caught my attention was GMail, which was working just in the basic html mode (which sucks if you are used to the normal version). I thought that it was a problem with add-ons (so I remove every single one of them), it did not work. Then I start suspecting of Java (tried 2 Sun versions and open-java version), but it wasn't it. At the end I was suspecting some incompatibilities between Firefox and AJAX (which is what Google uses).
The very last thing, after a week or so seeking for an answer, was clearing my configuration directory. Which solved the problem. Don't ask me why, I do not know (and didn't bother to look for the answer).
The bottom line is: if you are experience some weird behaviour with Firefox, try to start fresh.
To keep things short:
1. Backup your bookmarks.
2. Close Firefox or kill it:
#---
killall firefox && echo done
#---
3. Remove your $HOME/.mozilla directory (or a safer measure, move it):
#---
cd $HOME
mv .mozilla .mozilla-firefox2
#---
4. Restart Firefox and start the painfully work of customising it.
Just a little history. I had had a Firefox 2.0 for a long time and when I migrated to Fedora 9 (see my road map) it also implies a migration from Firefox 2.0 to 3.0b5. The first thing, which was expected, was that my add-ons did not worked any more (compatibility issues). This was ok, I removed the deprecated add-ons and kept using the ones the worked.
The problem that first caught my attention was GMail, which was working just in the basic html mode (which sucks if you are used to the normal version). I thought that it was a problem with add-ons (so I remove every single one of them), it did not work. Then I start suspecting of Java (tried 2 Sun versions and open-java version), but it wasn't it. At the end I was suspecting some incompatibilities between Firefox and AJAX (which is what Google uses).
The very last thing, after a week or so seeking for an answer, was clearing my configuration directory. Which solved the problem. Don't ask me why, I do not know (and didn't bother to look for the answer).
The bottom line is: if you are experience some weird behaviour with Firefox, try to start fresh.
Friday, May 16, 2008
A word about flash and Firefox 3.0
If you are using Firefox 3.0 and want to have flash support there is a broken dependency problem in the flash RPM, it does not include the libflashsupport, which is mandatory to have sound in flash.
So to install flash and have it working properly you need to:
1. Add flash repository: Adobe (flash plugin)
2. Install it, with libflashsupport:
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yum -y install \
flash-plugin \
libflashsupport
#---
The problem was reported here.
So to install flash and have it working properly you need to:
1. Add flash repository: Adobe (flash plugin)
2. Install it, with libflashsupport:
#---
yum -y install \
flash-plugin \
libflashsupport
#---
The problem was reported here.
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