[Hardy] Firefox upgrade to 3.6.6 breaks Java plugin
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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sun-java6 (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Hardy |
Fix Released
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High
|
Chris Coulson |
Bug Description
*********** WORKAROUND ***********
With sun-java6-plugin installed, run "sudo update-alternatives --config mozilla-
Scriptable alternative:
sudo update-alternatives --set mozilla-
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Binary package hint: firefox-3.0
Over the past two nights, firefox was upgraded from 3.0.x to 3.6.6 on our Kubuntu 8.04.4 machines. Unfortunately, this upgrade broke the interaction with the Java plugin that is installed. As a result, Firefox no longer reports a Java plugin and pages containing Java cannot be viewed.
Installed packages:
firefox 3.6.6+nobinonly
sun-java6-plugin 6.20dlj-
Despite being installed, "about:plugins" does not list the Java plugin.
What I've tried so far:
- Installing sun-java5-plugin as well => no change
- Making a symbolic link from /usr/lib/
Changed in sun-java6 (Ubuntu Hardy): | |
assignee: | nobody → Chris Coulson (chrisccoulson) |
Changed in sun-java6 (Ubuntu Hardy): | |
status: | Triaged → In Progress |
Changed in sun-java6 (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Invalid |
tags: | added: ffox36-hardy |
sun-java5-plugin is not supported by FF3.6 (that was mentioned in the release notes section of the USN, and is also mentioned in the firefox changelog)
sun-java6-plugin should be working fine, but you might have another java plugin on your system that the alternatives system is pointing to instead.
Could you please post the output "update- alternatives --display mozilla- javaplugin. so"? (Also, feel free to post the same output for xulrunner- javaplugin. so and firefox- javaplugin. so)