Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 461920
java-1.6.0-openjdk-plugin doesn't work in firefox3
Last modified: 2008-09-12 12:17:02 EDT
Description of problem: Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: 100% Steps to Reproduce: 1. Visit any page with Java applet (EX: http://www.java.com/en/download/help/testvm.xml?ff3) Actual results: Java applet does not work and sometimes the gray brick and the "Install missing plugins" button appears. Expected results: Working Java Applet Additional info: Java doesn't appear in about:plugins All symlinks seem correct: [root@brad ~]# ls -lsh /usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins/libjavaplugin.so 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 41 2008-09-11 06:42 /usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins/libjavaplugin.so -> /etc/alternatives/libjavaplugin.so.x86_64 [root@brad ~]# ls -lsh /etc/alternatives/libjavaplugin.so.x86_64 4.0K lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 63 2008-09-11 06:42 /etc/alternatives/libjavaplugin.so.x86_64 -> /usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.6.0-openjdk.x86_64/lib/amd64/gcjwebplugin.so Package versions: firefox-3.0.1-1.fc10.x86_64 nspluginwrapper-1.1.0-6.fc10.i386 nspluginwrapper-1.1.0-6.fc10.x86_64 java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0.0-0.20.b11.fc10.x86_64 java-1.6.0-openjdk-plugin-1.6.0.0-0.20.b11.fc10.x86_64
The plugin does work, but it seems like your setup is incorrect. It is not working, because the plugin is not installed correctly, otherwise, it would appear in about:plugins. did you restart firefox after updating the links? Does /usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.6.0-openjdk.x86_64/lib/amd64/gcjwebplugin.so exist? What other plugins do you have installed in /usr/lib(64)/mozilla/plugins ?
I reinstalled java-1.6.0-openjdk-plugins three times using yum, restarting firefox after each attempt. Each time java never a ppeared in about:plugins [root@brad ~]# ls -lsh /usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.6.0-openjdk.x86_64/lib/amd64/gcjwebplugin.so 28K -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 28K 2008-08-05 13:12 /usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.6.0-openjdk.x86_64/lib/amd64/gcjwebplugin.so Mozilla plugins: [root@brad ~]# ls -l /usr/lib*/mozilla/plugins /usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins: total 552 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 41 2008-09-11 06:42 libjavaplugin.so -> /etc/alternatives/libjavaplugin.so.x86_64 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 5624 2008-09-03 15:01 librhythmbox-itms-detection-plugin.so -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 70816 2008-09-08 15:39 libtotem-basic-plugin.so -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 101448 2008-09-08 15:39 libtotem-cone-plugin.so -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 110440 2008-09-08 15:39 libtotem-gmp-plugin.so -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 70840 2008-09-08 15:39 libtotem-mully-plugin.so -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 79840 2008-09-08 15:39 libtotem-narrowspace-plugin.so -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 83184 2008-01-16 15:37 npwrapper.libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins: total 136 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 39 2008-09-02 14:08 libflashplayer.so -> /usr/lib/flash-plugin/libflashplayer.so -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 127260 2008-07-22 13:17 nppdf.so
I have the same setup on my x86_64 machine, and it seems to work. Deepak- can you spot any problems ?
What does ls -l /etc/alternatives/libjavaplugin.so.x86_64 say? Does it point to /usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.6.0-openjdk.x86_64/lib/amd64/gcjwebplugin.so Could you run firefox -g from a terminal to see if it gives any addition error messages that might explain the problem?
[root@brad ~]# ls -l /etc/alternatives/libjavaplugin.so.x86_64 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 63 2008-09-11 06:42 /etc/alternatives/libjavaplugin.so.x86_64 -> /usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.6.0-openjdk.x86_64/lib/amd64/gcjwebplugin.so I installed all the debuginfo files for FF and `firefox -g' showed nothing other than some problem with Firebug. I disabled all FF extensions (Firebug, ABP, Web Developer, etc.) and that didn't help, either.
That is odd. What does this command show? for file in /usr/lib*/mozilla/plugins/*; do readlink -f $file; done Also, are you certain that no firefox i386 installed? and that if it is, that the 64-bit one is the one that runs?
[root@brad ~]# for file in /usr/lib*/mozilla/plugins/*; do readlink -f $file; done /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0.0.x86_64/jre/lib/amd64/gcjwebplugin.so /usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins/librhythmbox-itms-detection-plugin.so /usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins/libtotem-basic-plugin.so /usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins/libtotem-cone-plugin.so /usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins/libtotem-gmp-plugin.so /usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins/libtotem-mully-plugin.so /usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins/libtotem-narrowspace-plugin.so /usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins/npwrapper.libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/flash-plugin/libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/nppdf.so >Also, are you certain that no firefox i386 installed? and that if it is, that the 64-bit one is the one that runs? [root@brad ~]# rpm -q firefox firefox-3.0.1-1.fc10.x86_64 [root@brad ~]#x The x86_64 totem plugins work fine for me, just not java. I tried verifying the RPM to make sure there's no data corruption: [root@brad ~]# rpm -Vv java-1.6.0-openjdk-plugin ........ /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0.0.x86_64/jre/lib/amd64/gcjwebplugin.so ........ /usr/share/doc/java-1.6.0-openjdk-plugin-1.6.0.0 ........ d /usr/share/doc/java-1.6.0-openjdk-plugin-1.6.0.0/README.plugin
Hmm, everything appears fine. The only one thing I can think of is check ~/.mozilla/plugins .. is it is a symlink to /usr/lib64/plugins? if it is not a link, can you create a link in ~/.mozilla/plugins to /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0.0.x86_64/jre/lib/amd64/gcjwebplugin.so , and then try about:plugins to see if it loads it then? That will narrow the problem to either firefox (not finding the plugin) or the plugin not loading properly.
I started a new profile and the Sun Java test page works fine in it. Somewhere along the line of switching back and forth between operating systems and Firefox versions my profile corrupted. Now I don't think there's anything wrong with the package.