Firefox and 64 bit Java Plugin
Because the lazy bastards at Sun still didn't manage to make a 64 bit version of their Java plugin, you have to go through all sorts of hoops to make it actually work. Normally I wouldn't really care about this, but unfortunately my bank decided to require Java working in the browser for authentication. Four hours of my time later, I managed to get it working. To save others from some of the pain, here is how I did that:
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Download from ftp://ftp.tux.org/pub/java/JDK-1.4.2/amd64/ the file j2sdk-1.4.2-03-linux-amd64.bin .
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I downloaded it to ~/install, so go into that directory and run:
chmod +x j2sdk-1.4.2-03-linux-amd64.bin
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Run:
./j2sdk-1.4.2-03-linux-amd64.bin
and wait until it's done installing (make sure it mentions "Uncompressing Blackdown Java 2 Standard Edition SDK v1.4.2-03" at some point).
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Now, to make it work as a plugin, you have to link (not copy, as that makes the browser crash) the plugin to your mozilla directory. For me:
cd /home/derick/.mozilla/plugins ln -s /home/derick/install/j2sdk1.4.2⇢ /jre/plugin/amd64/mozilla/libjavaplugin_oji.so .
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Restart the browser and check whether the blackdown java plugin shows up if you go to about:plugins .
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hi... have you got a 64-bit Windows java plugin installation image for java 5 ? thx
@tony: Sorry, I don't do Windows.
Hi, that sounds great. Do you have possibility to build and publish the working SUN-Java6-JRE-Plugin for AMD64 thing?
Best regards, Kris
Will this work on Intel 64bit architecture?
Interesting. On FF3 on RHEL4.7, symlinking the plugin kills the browser.
I'm itching to use a version of java for a browser that can handle more than 4GB of RAM! Seriously, why are we using 64-bit browsers?
Lazy bastards at Sun? I'm assuming you have a 100% complete understand of all the intricacies they might have encountered when trying to cater for the 64-bit browser, right? Really, without having a technical concept of what was needed to be done, are you really in a position to call them lazy bastards? Is it frustrating? Sure. Does it justify name-calling? I don't think so.
Hi, 64bit Java plugin for Firefox should be available since JRE 6u12:
http://blogs.sun.com/joshis/entry/finally_it_s_here_java
Hope this helps...
I have tried the new jre1.6.0_12 64 bit plugin under openSUSE 10.2 with 64 bit Firefox 3.0.5 but I get the following error.
LoadPlugin: failed to initialize shared library /opt/java/jre1.6.0_12/lib/amd64/libnpjp2.so [/opt/java/jre1.6.0_12/lib/amd64/libnpjp2.so: wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS64]
Petr: no it doesn't, because the 64-bit beta03 plug doesn't work on FF3.0.5 on RHEL4.7.
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I think this was my favourite photo of the set that I took. It's not at maximum coverage, but it does have a sun spot group (4508) just on the cusp of the terminator.
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No totality here in London, but still had a great evening out in the local park and taking some snaps.
I did have a nice Solar Filter that I made for my lens, and had many conversations with people from different backgrounds. Kids loves to look through my filter after I was done (ran out of battery power).
More photos later...
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Is there somebody who runs PHP on native windows (with Xdebug) and can run a simple script for me?
It must be in a file (`test.php`):
```
<?php
echo microtime(true), "\n";
xdebug_connect_to_client();
echo microtime(true), "\n";
```And run like:
php -dxdebug.log_level=11 -dxdebug.log=c:\temp\xdebug-i.log -dxdebug.client_host=localhost -dxdebug.client_port=9111 -dxdebug.mode=debug c:\temp\test.php
With the port 9111 not open.
Would love to see the output and log file (in a DM).
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I got myself a sheet of Sun-safe filter material, and McGuyvered a pop-up filter for my lens.
The first attempt sort of worked, but I didn't get the filter 100% straight. Luckily I have more material.
But this is sort of my first attempt, and a few sunspots are clearly visible on the right of the image.
Warning: Never look at the Sun without protection!
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