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APwrs
03-14-2005, 04:32 AM
Right now, I'm running the 64-bit edition of Mandrake Cooker. I'm also running the 64-bit edition of Firefox (as released by Mandrake).
I would very much like to get Java and Flash plugins up and running. However, even though there is an x86_64 version of Java available, it doesn't come with a plugin because they haven't made it yet. And so far, Macromedia only has a 32-bit edition of Flash, so that doesn't work in my browser as a plugin.
I was curious if anyone knew how to get Java and Flash working in Firefox on a 64-bit system? Thank you :).
XiaoKJ
03-14-2005, 06:42 AM
IIRC you can get the processor to run 32-bit programs right?
If so, you can use the 32-bit versions while they get the 64-bit one out...
je_fro
03-14-2005, 06:51 AM
you won't have any luck getting a 64 bit flash going, but blackdown-java has a 64bit version with the java plugin.
APwrs
03-14-2005, 05:23 PM
Thank you, I'll have to check that Blackdown Java out.
As for the running 32-bit programs, it's true that with some tinkering you can run 32-bit programs in 64-bit Linux. However, to the best of my knowledge and experience, because my install of Firefox is 64-bit, all the plugins have to be 64-bit as well or they won't work.
I could always try to install a 32-bit version of Firefox which could then probably use the plugins that are out there, but I'd really rather stick with the 64-bit version.
i think some people are doing some sort of chroot environment to get this to work with a 32-bit firefox under amd64. check out the gentoo forums, they have a section dedicated to amd64.
APwrs
03-15-2005, 05:29 AM
I installed the x86_64 version of Blackdown Java 1.4.2-fcs, and then I created the appropriate symlink in the appropriate plugins directory of Firefox. The only problem is, when I go to a Java site, Firefox starts to load the plugin, then just crashes. Any ideas?
je_fro
03-15-2005, 05:45 AM
ls -l your symlink like this:
jeff@speedy jeff $ ls -l /usr/lib/MozillaFirefox/plugins/libjavaplugin_oji.so
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 69 Mar 12 01:07 /usr/lib/MozillaFirefox/plugins/libjavaplugin_oji.so -> /opt/blackdown-jre-1.4.2.01/plugin/amd64/mozilla/libjavaplugin_oji.so
what does that give you?
APwrs
03-15-2005, 10:21 PM
This is what that gives me:
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 56 Mar 15 18:19 /usr/lib64/mozilla-firefox-1.0.1/plugins/libjavaplugin_oji.so -> /usr/j2re1.4.2/plugin/amd64/mozilla/libjavaplugin_oji.so*