Java Firefox plugins

Time for another problem  :-(

On this newly installed system (amd64, not ~amd64) I have
both 32- and 
64-bit Firefox browsers, and I can't get java plugged into
either of them.

$ eselect java-nsplugin list
Available 32-bit Java browser plugins
Available 64-bit Java browser plugins
$ java-config-1 -L
The following JDKs are available for generation-1:
*)      Blackdown JDK 1.4.2.03 [blackdown-jdk-1.4.2.03]
$ java-config-2 -L
The following VMs are available for generation-2:
1)      Blackdown JDK 1.4.2.03 [blackdown-jdk-1.4.2]
2)      Sun JDK 1.5.0.11 [sun-jdk-1.5]
*)      Sun JRE 1.6.0.01 [sun-jre-bin-1.6]
$ grep -r nsplugin /etc/* 2> /dev/null
/etc/make.conf: logrotate mono  mp3 mpeg nls nptl nsplugin
nvidia ogg opengl 
pdf png sdl smp spell svg truetype unicode usb
/etc/make.profile/no-multilib/package.mask:net-www/nspluginw
rapper

(That make.conf line is a continuation of the USE= line. I
don't believe 
this is a no-multilib system.)

$ ls -l /etc/make.profile
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 50 2007-07-09 
17:56 /etc/make.profile ->
../usr/portage/profiles/default-linux/amd64/2007.0
$ sudo emerge -1av sun-jre-bin blackdown-jdk sun-jdk

These are the packages that would be merged, in order:

Calculating dependencies... done!
[ebuild   R   ] dev-java/sun-jre-bin-1.6.0.01-r1 
USE="X alsa (-nsplugin)" 0 
kB
[ebuild   R   ] dev-java/blackdown-jdk-1.4.2.03-r15 
USE="-doc (-nsplugin)" 
0 kB
[ebuild   R   ] dev-java/sun-jdk-1.5.0.11  USE="X alsa
-doc -examples -jce 
(-nsplugin)" 0 kB

Any ideas on why I get (-nsplugin) on all these? I have
USE=nsplugin 
in /etc/make.conf, but it's being overridden. What's doing
that? Have I 
inadvertently got no-multilib somehow? I've followed the
java upgrade guide 
and its friends, but they shed no light on this one.

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On Fri, 13 Jul 2007 15:44:12 +0100
Peter Humphrey <prhgotadsl.co.uk> wrote:
> Any ideas on why I get (-nsplugin) on all these? I have
USE=nsplugin 
> in /etc/make.conf, but it's being overridden. What's
doing that? Have I 
> inadvertently got no-multilib somehow? I've followed
the java upgrade guide 
> and its friends, but they shed no light on this one.
> 
They are (-nsplugin) because they're masked on amd64, for
the 32bit
browser plugin use emul-linux-x86-java. Blackdown had a
64bit plugin,
it still exists, but is masked too because of security
issues.

On Friday 13 July 2007 15:55, Christoph Mende wrote:
> On Fri, 13 Jul 2007 15:44:12 +0100
>
> Peter Humphrey <prhgotadsl.co.uk> wrote:
> > Any ideas on why I get (-nsplugin) on all these? I
have USE=nsplugin
> > in /etc/make.conf, but it's being overridden.
What's doing that? Have I
> > inadvertently got no-multilib somehow? I've
followed the java upgrade
> > guide and its friends, but they shed no light on
this one.
>
> They are (-nsplugin) because they're masked on amd64,
for the 32bit
> browser plugin use emul-linux-x86-java. Blackdown had a
64bit plugin,
> it still exists, but is masked too because of security
issues.

Ah, I see. Thanks. (Just fetching that 60MB file now.)

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> On Fri, 13 Jul 2007 15:44:12 +0100
> Peter Humphrey <prhgotadsl.co.uk> wrote:
>> Any ideas on why I get (-nsplugin) on all these? I
have USE=nsplugin
>> in /etc/make.conf, but it's being overridden.
What's doing that? Have I
>> inadvertently got no-multilib somehow? I've
followed the java upgrade
>> guide
>> and its friends, but they shed no light on this
one.
>>
> They are (-nsplugin) because they're masked on amd64,
for the 32bit
> browser plugin use emul-linux-x86-java. Blackdown had a
64bit plugin,
> it still exists, but is masked too because of security
issues.
>

I think that emul-linux-x86-java doesn't work with 64-bit
firefox browser. It just works with mozilla-firefox-bin,
which
is 32-bit.

Reference:
http://www.gentoo.org/news/zh_cn/gwn/20070521-newsle
tter.xml


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There is a wrapper that alow 32bits plugins on 64bits
Firefox. Just
don't recall right now the name of it.
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Rodrigo Gnoatto Amaral wrote:
> There is a wrapper that alow 32bits plugins on 64bits
Firefox. Just
> don't recall right now the name of it.

nspluginwrapper


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Hi,

Beso wrote:
>> 2007/7/26, scwangios.ac.cn:
>> I think that emul-linux-x86-java doesn't work with
64-bit
>> firefox browser. It just works with
mozilla-firefox-bin, which
>> is 32-bit.
> 
> that's incorrect!!!! the emul-linux libraries are 32
bit libraries that 
> are to be used with firefox amd64  not firefox-bin for
the conversion of 
> 32 bit plugins to 64bit plugins.... or better
explained, they're a layer 
> for executing 32bit plugins on 64bit firefox
compiled.... that's why 
> they're a dependencies for the nspluginwrapper
library....
> anyway, just use the howto flash9 and java with firefox
on amd 64 from 
> http://gentoo-wiki.com/

You're both not correct. emul-linux-x86-java is, like stated
at the 
description of the package the "32bit version Sun's
J2SE Development 
Kit". So, firefox, which is compiled for 64bit can't
use the plugin 
directly, but mozilla-firefox-bin, which is also 32bit can
use that 
plugin. The reason is, that no application compiled for
64bit can be 
linked with something complied for 32bit.

Some people wanted however have 64bit firefox/konqueror/...
and also use 
  32bit plugin's like flash. (blackdown-jdk for 64bit has a
nsplugin, 
which don't work with current firefox versions anymore. So
in the past, 
that wasn't a problem, 64bit firefox and java.) So they
wrote 
nspluginwrapper, which allow to use any 32bit nsplugin. This
means, with 
nspluginwrapper you can use emul-linux-x86-java's nsplugin
in 64bit firefox.

As a side note, the emul-packages bring some precompiled
32bit libs, 
which are often present on any linux system. Those are
needed for 
packages, like opera, skype, wine, ... which are only
available for 
32bit. Search the list for more detailed answers about, why
emul 
packages exists, this was often discussed in the past.

Greetings,
Jean-Marc Hengen
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Beso wrote:
> strange.... i'm currently using blackdown on my amd64
system with 2007 
> profile....
you're right, at least some applets works. Some of them
don't (red cross 
on the upper corner, complained about unknown major version
- guess that 
special applet needed sun wm - it was sun's test applet),
others crashed.

Jean-Marc
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