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Theres currently work on a 64-bit plugin. Add the java-gcj-overlay and |
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emerge dev-java/gcj-jdk with the nsplugin use flag. Then 'eselect |
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java-nsplugin list' shows: |
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Available 32-bit Java browser plugins |
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Available 64-bit Java browser plugins |
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[1] gcj-jdk-4.3 current |
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and in firefox about:plugins show |
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GCJ Web Browser Plugin 0.96-pre |
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File name: libgcjwebplugin.so The GCJ Web Browser Plugin executes Java |
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applets.Quite alpha & crashes often, but definitely shows promise. |
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Wil |
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On Jan 26, 2008 12:31 PM, Beso <givemesugarr@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> well, java plugin is only build on 32bit. to have it work in firefox |
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> there's only one way: 32bit firefox. |
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> for the other extensions (that on 64bit work) to work with 32bit you need |
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> to build them for 32bit with the correct flag set into portage, on multilib |
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> systems, as yours, portage can build 32bit binaries natively. all you have |
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> to do is pass to portage the right flag to do so and to unmask the 32bit |
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> package. for how to do this search in the gentoo documentation. |
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> the other way to use java on 64bit is konqueror on kde (i don't know it |
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> nautilus does this too): konqueror would use the 64bit javavm, which was |
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> build also on 64bit, and can use flash via nspluginwrapper and |
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> netscape-flash. in this way you'd have a native 64bit web client, with flash |
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> plugin, also only 32bit version, enabled via emulation with nspluginwrapper. |
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> for having konqueror work set it recognization to firefox or iexplore in the |
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> preferences, or you might miss some sites' features that required firefox or |
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> iexploder. |
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> for nautilus on gnome you might try to see if it supports 64bit java and |
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> nspluginwrapper too. |
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> these are the actual choices for java and flash on 64bit platoforms. i |
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> really hope that firefox 3 would come out with support for javavm for linux |
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> and not with only that crappy javaplugin one. |
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> |
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> 2008/1/26, Mark Knecht <markknecht@×××××.com>: |
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> |
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> > On Jan 26, 2008 11:33 AM, M. Edward (Ed) Borasky <znmeb@×××××××.net> |
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> > wrote: |
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> > > Mark Knecht wrote: |
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> > > > On Jan 26, 2008 11:05 AM, M. Edward (Ed) Borasky <znmeb@×××××××.net> |
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> > wrote: |
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> > > > |
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> > > > <SNIP> |
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> > > > |
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> > > > This is likely the culprit: |
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> > > > |
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> > > > lightning ~ # eix nspluginwrapper |
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> > > > [I] net-www/nspluginwrapper |
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> > > > Available versions: 0.9.91.4 ~0.9.91.5 ~0.9.91.5-r1 |
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> > > > Installed versions: 0.9.91.4(12:21:31 PM 11/12/2007) |
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> > > > Homepage: |
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> > http://www.gibix.net/projects/nspluginwrapper/ |
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> > > > Description: Netscape Plugin Wrapper - Load 32bit |
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> > plugins |
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> > > > on 64bit browser |
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> > > > |
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> > > > lightning ~ # emerge -pv nspluginwrapper |
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> > > > |
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> > > > These are the packages that would be merged, in order: |
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> > > > |
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> > > > Calculating dependencies... done! |
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> > > > [ebuild R ] net-www/nspluginwrapper-0.9.91.4 0 kB |
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> > > > |
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> > > > Total: 1 package (1 reinstall), Size of downloads: 0 kB |
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> > > > lightning ~ # |
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> > > |
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> > > # emerge -pv nspluginwrapper |
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> > > |
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> > > These are the packages that would be merged, in order: |
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> > > |
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> > > Calculating dependencies... done! |
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> > > [ebuild R ] net-www/nspluginwrapper-0.9.91.5-r1 0 kB |
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> > > |
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> > > Total: 1 package (1 reinstall), Size of downloads: 0 kB |
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> > > DreamScape ~ # |
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> > > |
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> > > Well ... I uninstalled mozilla-firefox and installed |
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> > > mozilla-firefox-bin. It said, "NB -- you are installing a 32-bit |
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> > > Firefox". The good news is that it works with Java and the R search |
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> > > engine! The bad news is that it doesn't have all the *other* plugins |
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> > > that the 64-bit compiled Firefox did. Do I need to re-emerge them? |
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> > Will |
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> > > revdep-rebuild clean this up? |
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> > This is the age old problem, as far as I know, with 64-bit Linux and a |
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> > world full of 32-bit multimedia. I think this wiki will surely |
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> > explain it better than I ever could. Hopefully the basic info you need |
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> > is there: |
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> > |
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> > http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Install_firefox_with_java_on_amd64 |
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> > |
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> > I will say that my experience is that so far no single browser/plugin |
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> > combination works as well for all web media types as our 32-bit |
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> > brethren have, and that doesn't work as well as Windows. There are |
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> > issues with Java, Flash support, mplayer and other plugins for |
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> > streaming file types, so the answer is no one answer seems to be right |
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> > for everyone. My setup work *ok* for me, not well. I'm not happy with |
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> > it but I'm not motivated enough to change things. I trade stocks on a |
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> > Windows laptop so I use that machine for the numerous things I cannot |
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> > do on Linux, 32-bit or 64-bit. |
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> > Hope this helps, |
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> > Mark |
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> > -- |
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> > gentoo-amd64@l.g.o mailing list |
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> dott. ing. beso |