On Tuesday 14 September 2004 11:08 am, irb wrote: > You might find it easier to just do it the Slackware Way[tm] and > reinstall the mozilla-plugins package. You can get that here: > > ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.0/slackware/xap/ Thanks, irb. The problem isn't just with Mozilla, but with Konqueror, too, and Konqueror is the browser I use most. > > However, I'm not sure why you think this is a problem with Java; I'd > first suspect javascript, which is a different beast entirely. Make sure > you have Javascript enabled would be my first piece of advice. > I have enabled Javascript in all the browsers. I don't necessarily think this is a problem with Java. I just asked if it "could" be a problem with Java. Java, Javascript... it's all Greek (or Geek?) to me. Like I said, I'm really ignorant. Siri Amrit > * Quoth Siri Amrit Kaur (tigerflag@tigerflag.com), on Tue, 2004.09.14, at 10:44 -0700: > > On Tuesday 14 September 2004 10:16 am, Craig White wrote: > > > > I'm very ignorant. I don't know what you mean by exporting to my path. > > And I don't have " /usr/kerberos/ " in my system, so if I type what you > > said will it mess things up? > > You might find it easier to just do it the Slackware Way[tm] and > reinstall the mozilla-plugins package. You can get that here: > > ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.0/slackware/xap/ > > However, I'm not sure why you think this is a problem with Java; I'd > first suspect javascript, which is a different beast entirely. Make sure > you have Javascript enabled would be my first piece of advice. > > /i. > > > Thanks for your help, > > Siri Amrit > > > > > On Tue, 2004-09-14 at 09:53, Siri Amrit Kaur wrote: > > > > I was trying to create an account at a website. The page had a little > > > > box of text and numbers that I'm supposed to type into the form to > > > > insure I'm a real person and not some kind of bot. The problem is, I > > > > can't see any text and numbers in it. I tried Konqueror, Opera, > > > > Galeon and Mozilla. None of them display the contents of that little > > > > box. > > > > > > > > In addition, none of the images in Slashdot show up, either. I made > > > > sure they weren't blocked in my /etc/hosts file and have cookies > > > > enabled, but other than that, I don't know what to do. I checked > > > > /var/log/packages and it shows I have Java installed. Is this a Java > > > > problem? BTW, I'm running SLackware 10. This wasn't a problem in 9.1. > > > > > > ---- > > > are you sure the java plug-in is installed/enabled? > > > > > > In Mozilla, try Help -> about plug-ins > > > > > > see if java plug-in is installed. If not, you have to quit mozilla. > > > then locate the plug-ins folder for mozilla > > > on FC-2, it is in /usr/lib/mozilla > > > and then locate the proper java plug-in shared object > > > on FC-2, it is in /usr/java/j2re1.4.2_04/plugin/i386/ns610-gcc32/ > > > > > > and thus to link it... > > > > > > ln -s \ > > > /usr/java/j2re1.4.2_04/plugin/i386/ns610-gcc32/libjavaplugin_oji.so \ > > > /usr/lib/mozilla/plugin > > > > > > and lastly, as whatever user you are running as...you must have java > > > exported in your path... > > > # echo $PATH > > > /usr/kerberos/sbin:/usr/kerberos/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sb > > >in:/ > > > bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/java/j2re1.4.2_04/bin:/root/ > > >bin > > > > > > Craig > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss -- Beauty: What's in your eye when you have a bee in your hand. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ It is easy to be blinded to the essential uselessness of computers by the sense of accomplishment you get from getting them to work at all. 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