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RE: [Wlug] Mozilla

by Keller, Tim

The solution to this is to start mozilla as root, have it download and install the plugin, close the browser and then start it up as a normal user and presto java works. Tim. -----Original Message----- From: Gregory Avedissian [mailto:avedis@ma.ultranet.com] Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2002 17:39 PM To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org Subject: [Wlug] Mozilla When I got home last night, I tried Mozilla again, and now I remember why I stopped using it. I had trouble trying to download the java plugin when I wanted to get into a chat room. After another failed attempt to download it with the browser, I tried gftp and got the file, jre131i.xpi but I have no idea what do do with it. There weren't any readme files nearby at the ftp site. Any ideas or suggestions are welcome. Thanks. Greg _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

March 15, 2002

Re: [Wlug] Mozilla

by Gregory Avedissian

Charles, Thanks for the reply. I tried this with the file I downloaded and that didn't work, so then I went back and got the same file you got, and it still didn't work. Not sure why - it all seemed to install ok. But I still get that damned box coming up. Greg On Thursday 14 March 2002 18:14, you wrote: > On Thu, Mar 14, 2002 at 05:51:48PM -0500, Charles R. Anderson wrote: > cra> /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins > > Nope. I just went and tried it myself. I couln't get the darn > automatic installation to work, so I did this: > > #!/bin/sh > # Download the jre.xpi > cd $HOME > wget --passive-ftp > ftp://ftp.netscape.com/pub/netscape6/english/6.2.1/unix/linux22/xpi/jre.xpi > > # Go to your mozilla plugin directory > cd $HOME/.mozilla/plugins > > # Make a java2 subdirectory and go into it > mkdir java2 > cd java2 > > # Unzip the xpi file here (yes, it is a ZIP file) > unzip $HOME/jre.xpi > > # Move the contents of jre-image-i386 up one directory > # and remove the istaller junk that doesn't work > mv jre-image-i386/* . > rm -rf symlink.sh install.js jre-image-i386 > > # Make a symlink in the plugin dir to the actual plugin binary > cd .. > ln -s java2/plugin/i386/ns600/libjavaplugin_oji.so . > > > It seems to work. No more annoying "download the plugin" dialog boxes. > > -- > Charles R. Anderson <cra(a)wpi.edu> / http://angus.ind.wpi.edu/~cra/ > PGP Key ID: 49BB5886 > Fingerprint: EBA3 A106 7C93 FA07 8E15 3AC2 C367 A0F9 49BB 5886 > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

March 15, 2002

Job opportunity

by Andy Stewart

HI gang, I used to post this type of thing on the WWWBoard part of our website, but that part of the website no longer functions. Please delete if uninterested in a possible job opportunity. I received e-mail from a guy looking for somebody with perl, html, linux (specifically redhat), and apache experience for website development (similar to LLBean's website). If you are interested, contact me directly and I'll forward to you the contact info. Later, Andy -- Andy Stewart Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA, USA http://www.wlug.org

March 15, 2002

Re: [Wlug] pop3 server?

by John Stoffel

David> I'm trying to pick a pop3 server, however I am having a tough David> time doing such. A few notes: David> * The pop3 server will, for the time being, mount all maildirs David> via NFS. Similarly, all passwords are retrieved via NIS+. This is just asking for trouble. Mail over NFS is a pain to get right. And do you *really* want the horror of NIS+ on your hands? I keep seeing a job announcement for Bermuda where one of the projects is to migrate from NIS+ to NIS. I feel that LDAP is the way to go in the future, but it's not quite there yet. John

March 15, 2002

Re: [Wlug] docs / latex /?

by Andy Stewart

On Thursday 14 March 2002 08:26 am, you wrote: > I need to generate some documents that look decent on the web and also > print well. Some of the documents are forms for people to fill in, > and, for the most part, the people are pretty unsophisticated. They > may even just print the form and fill it in by hand. Would you consider writing the document in DocBook? From that, you can generate HTML, PS, PDF, and perhaps more. I wrote the gimp-print users' guide this way. I've also used LyX and like it, too. It has tons of documentation that comes with the software. -- Andy Stewart Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA, USA http://www.wlug.org

March 15, 2002

Re: [Wlug] Mozilla

by Charles R. Anderson

On Thu, Mar 14, 2002 at 05:51:48PM -0500, Charles R. Anderson wrote: cra> /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins Nope. I just went and tried it myself. I couln't get the darn automatic installation to work, so I did this: #!/bin/sh # Download the jre.xpi cd $HOME wget --passive-ftp ftp://ftp.netscape.com/pub/netscape6/english/6.2.1/unix/linux22/xpi/jre.xpi # Go to your mozilla plugin directory cd $HOME/.mozilla/plugins # Make a java2 subdirectory and go into it mkdir java2 cd java2 # Unzip the xpi file here (yes, it is a ZIP file) unzip $HOME/jre.xpi # Move the contents of jre-image-i386 up one directory # and remove the istaller junk that doesn't work mv jre-image-i386/* . rm -rf symlink.sh install.js jre-image-i386 # Make a symlink in the plugin dir to the actual plugin binary cd .. ln -s java2/plugin/i386/ns600/libjavaplugin_oji.so . It seems to work. No more annoying "download the plugin" dialog boxes. -- Charles R. Anderson <cra(a)wpi.edu> / http://angus.ind.wpi.edu/~cra/ PGP Key ID: 49BB5886 Fingerprint: EBA3 A106 7C93 FA07 8E15 3AC2 C367 A0F9 49BB 5886

March 14, 2002

Re: [Wlug] Mozilla

by Charles R. Anderson

On Thu, Mar 14, 2002 at 05:38:59PM -0500, Gregory Avedissian wrote: avedis> avedis> When I got home last night, I tried Mozilla again, and now I remember why I avedis> stopped using it. I had trouble trying to download the java plugin when I avedis> wanted to get into a chat room. Heh. I remember having the same problem, but I just decided to never use java on the web. avedis> After another failed attempt to download it with the browser, I tried gftp avedis> and got the file, jre131i.xpi but I have no idea what do do with it. There avedis> weren't any readme files nearby at the ftp site. Any ideas or suggestions are avedis> welcome. Thanks. I believe it goes in the plugin directory, which is: /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins or $HOME/.mozilla/plugins depending whether you want it systemwide or not. -- Charles R. Anderson <cra(a)wpi.edu> / http://angus.ind.wpi.edu/~cra/ PGP Key ID: 49BB5886 Fingerprint: EBA3 A106 7C93 FA07 8E15 3AC2 C367 A0F9 49BB 5886

March 14, 2002

Mozilla

by Gregory Avedissian

When I got home last night, I tried Mozilla again, and now I remember why I stopped using it. I had trouble trying to download the java plugin when I wanted to get into a chat room. After another failed attempt to download it with the browser, I tried gftp and got the file, jre131i.xpi but I have no idea what do do with it. There weren't any readme files nearby at the ftp site. Any ideas or suggestions are welcome. Thanks. Greg

March 14, 2002

Re: [Wlug] docs / latex /?

by doug waud

Bill Mills-Curran wrote: > (It would be very cool if I could produce the > pdf "fill in the blanks" document.) That step is what dvipdfm is for http://gaspra.kettering.edu/dvipdfm/ (try dvi to pdf in google to get more stuff) You may also want to look at latex to html converters, for example http://cbl.leeds.ac.uk/nikos/tex2html/doc/latex2html/latex2html.html (again, try google, this time with html latex as bait.) doug

March 14, 2002

pop3 server?

by David Lee Ludwig

I'm trying to pick a pop3 server, however I am having a tough time doing such. A few notes: * The pop3 server will, for the time being, mount all maildirs via NFS. Similarly, all passwords are retrieved via NIS+. * Debian/woody packages would be nice, but not a requirement. Any thoughts? -- David Ludwig | "The Linux philosophy is laugh in the face of davidl<at>wpi.edu | danger. Oops. Wrong One. 'Do it yourself.' http://www.oflove.com | That's it." - Linus Torvalds

March 14, 2002