Howto: Install Java plugin for Firefox (YDL 6)

[darko694]

Never mind, after a week I finally managed to regristrer.

[ACEFOMIQUZ]

I've done what you said,but JRE doesn't work!

[ppietro]

I've done what you said,but JRE doesn't work!

Exactly WHAT have you done? We say a lot of things - this doesn't help us troubleshoot your issue in the least.

And exactly WHAT doesn't work? A Java Applet in your browser? A stand-alone Java app? What EXACTLY? Can you provide an error message, please?

What version of Java did you install? What was the name of the RPM you downloaded? Did any errors occur during installation?

Please - try again. I can't even begin to figure out how to help you with the little amount of information you provided. Sheesh.

Cheers,
Paul

P.S. A good guide to question posting is here:
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

[ACEFOMIQUZ]

Ah!Sorry!I just downloaded ibm-java-ppc-jre-6.0-5.0.ppc.rpm and installed it.Then in the terminal window,insert "su -,password"&"cd /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins"&"ln -s /opt/ibm/java-ppc-60/jre/plugin/ppc/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so",restarted my PS3.Any problem would happen?It runs JRE as it hasn't been installed!
And before I installed ibm-java-ppc-jre-6.0-5.0.ppc.rpm,I tried the ppc64(ibm-java-ppc64-jre-6.0-5.0.ppc64.rpm)edition instead,but hadn't worked,either!So I uninstalled the 64bit one's and changed into 32bit one's.

[glebb]

A while back I had the same problem. Then I tried to create the symbolic link to my home folder (I'm not on my ps3 now, but I think it was ~/.mozilla/plugins/) and it started to work. I don't think there was anything else to it. I don't know why firefox didn't load the plugins from /usr/lib. Anyway, now my javaplugin works.

[ppietro]

It runs JRE as it hasn't been installed!

• First part - running Java apps stand-alone - no browser.
  
  What is the output of this command?
  
  which java
  
  and this one
  
  java -version
  
  This will test which Java has precedence in your system. Remember - YDL ships with the open-source, reverse engineered GCJ by default. You will probably have to create a symbolic link in /usr/local to put IBM's Java ahead of GCJ Java.
  
  This is because IBM installs to /opt, which is fine for IBM's AIX and Sun's Solaris - but not understood by Linux and its derivatives.
  
  If these commands are showing that GCJ is still the default, creating a symbolic link from the java binary to /usr/local/bin should fix it.
  
  The command you need to type from a terminal window looks like this for Java 6:
  ln -s /opt/ibm/java-ppc-60/jre/bin/java /usr/local/bin
  (You would need to be root user for this)
  
  
• Second part - Java in Firefox.
  
  Check to make sure the plugin is registered correctly. Start Firefox, and type "about:plugins" in the address bar. You should see something like this:
  
  Java(TM) Plug-in 1.6.0-internal-root_16_nov_2007_18_41-b00
  
  File name: libjavaplugin_oji.so
  Java(TM) Plug-in 1.6.0
  
  If you don't see an entry like this, we'll need to see the output of this command - again as root user:
  ls -la /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins

Cheers,
Paul

[Musclegunner]

When I try to install "compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-61.ppc.rpm" from the installation CD for some reason the Software Installer just freezes and flashes red on top. Does this mean I'm not able to install it at all? I'm a YDL noob so any help would be appreciated.

[ppietro]

When I try to install "compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-61.ppc.rpm" from the installation CD for some reason the Software Installer just freezes and flashes red on top. Does this mean I'm not able to install it at all? I'm a YDL noob so any help would be appreciated.

What happens if you copy it to your desktop and try installing it from there?

Cheers,
Paul

[eddie-de-francesco]

I'm a complete linux noob, i'm 16 years old and have never used linux before in my life! I have recently installed YDL 6.2 on my ps3 (no hassle there) but i am struggling with installing java! i want to be able to play runescape!! i have read countless guides, even the guides off this website to installing it by using the terminal and symbollic links, in truth i dont really have a clue what i'm doing. All the guides seem to be dated compared to my version of YDL and i seem to be having different (and a lot more) complications than other poeple. Not meaning to be too noobie but could some please give me a hand in installing java for my YDL 6.2 on my ps3. thank you

[Noons]

Hey buddy,

I would recommend starting at the top playstation 3 forum with the "read me first" thread, scroll down to where it says basic setup and start readin anything and everything that you think may apply to your needs. The more reading the better follow instructions very carefully and try to read through things a bit before just jumping in.

good luck!
Greg

[ppietro]

All the guides seem to be dated compared to my version of YDL and i seem to be having different (and a lot more) complications than other poeple. Not meaning to be too noobie but could some please give me a hand in installing java for my YDL 6.2 on my ps3. thank you

There is no difference in the procedure for installing Java for YDL 6.0, 6.1 or 6.2 - it's identical for all three.

So - what issues are you seeing, exactly?

We can help troubleshoot. To start, open a terminal window, and paste the results of these commands as a reply to this post:

rpm -qa | grep java

java -version

which java

Cheers,
Paul

[bonedome]

Hello
I don't know why but I decided to check my java version and this is what I got

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[b@localhost ~]$ java -version
Unhandled exception
Type=Segmentation error vmState=0x00000000
J9Generic_Signal_Number=00000004 Signal_Number=0000000b Error_Value=00000000 Signal_Code=00000001
Handler1=0F4364C0 Handler2=0F391E40
R0=1010101C R1=FFF2B3D8 R2=F7E79690 R3=EF909BF0
R4=EF905452 R5=00000019 R6=00000001 R7=0000006C
R8=00000069 R9=00000000 R10=EF90AB0D R11=EF905450
R12=848084A2 R13=0EB234DE R14=00000029 R15=00000029
R16=000319FD R17=0003A45B R18=00000000 R19=2E636C61
R20=00000020 R21=00000001 R22=00000019 R23=2E636C61
R24=0EC38AA8 R25=EF905452 R26=EF909BF0 R27=00000000
R28=00000019 R29=10101010 R30=EF905452 R31=0EC502B4
NIP=0EC316C0 MSR=0200C032 ORIG_GPR3=00000003 CTR=00000000
LINK=0EC502B4 XER=00000009 CCR=448044A2 MQ=00000001
TRAP=00000300 DAR=10101014 dsisr=40000000 RESULT=00000000
Module=/opt/ibm/java2-ppc-50/jre/bin/libj9dyn23.so
Module_base_address=0EC0B000
Target=2_30_20081126_26240_bHdSMr (Linux 2.6.27-1.ydl61.4)
CPU=ppc (2 logical CPUs) (0xe03e000 RAM)
JVMDUMP006I Processing Dump Event "gpf", detail "" - Please Wait.
JVMDUMP007I JVM Requesting System Dump using '/home/b/core.20090907.173701.5273.0001.dmp'
JVMDUMP010I System Dump written to /home/b/core.20090907.173701.5273.0001.dmp
JVMDUMP007I JVM Requesting Snap Dump using '/home/b/Snap.20090907.173701.5273.0002.trc'
JVMDUMP010I Snap Dump written to /home/b/Snap.20090907.173701.5273.0002.trc
JVMDUMP007I JVM Requesting Java Dump using '/home/b/javacore.20090907.173701.5273.0003.txt'
JVMDUMP010I Java Dump written to /home/b/javacore.20090907.173701.5273.0003.txt
JVMDUMP013I Processed Dump Event "gpf", detail "".


what the hell happened there ? also the result of rpm -qa | grep java

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[b@localhost ~]$ rpm -qa | grep java
ibm-java2-ppc-jre-5.0-9.0
java-1.5.0-gcj-1.5.0.0-21.ydl6.1
ibm-java-ppc-jre-6.0-3.0
[b@localhost ~]$

I just installed java 6 to see if that made any difference (not linked to /usr/local/bin), one thing I will say is the rpm I used has been back and forth to a memory stick a few times so maybe it's corrupted in some way, still it "seems" to work ok
there are 3 error logs/dumps, this one core.20090907.173701.5273.0001.dmp is 31 MBs and there is a txt file that can be read, I suppose I'm just curious to know what if anything is wrong

[ppietro]

Hello
I don't know why but I decided to check my java version and this is what I got

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[b@localhost ~]$ java -version
Unhandled exception
Type=Segmentation error vmState=0x00000000
J9Generic_Signal_Number=00000004 Signal_Number=0000000b Error_Value=00000000 Signal_Code=00000001
Handler1=0F4364C0 Handler2=0F391E40
R0=1010101C R1=FFF2B3D8 R2=F7E79690 R3=EF909BF0
R4=EF905452 R5=00000019 R6=00000001 R7=0000006C
R8=00000069 R9=00000000 R10=EF90AB0D R11=EF905450
R12=848084A2 R13=0EB234DE R14=00000029 R15=00000029
R16=000319FD R17=0003A45B R18=00000000 R19=2E636C61
R20=00000020 R21=00000001 R22=00000019 R23=2E636C61
R24=0EC38AA8 R25=EF905452 R26=EF909BF0 R27=00000000
R28=00000019 R29=10101010 R30=EF905452 R31=0EC502B4
NIP=0EC316C0 MSR=0200C032 ORIG_GPR3=00000003 CTR=00000000
LINK=0EC502B4 XER=00000009 CCR=448044A2 MQ=00000001
TRAP=00000300 DAR=10101014 dsisr=40000000 RESULT=00000000
Module=/opt/ibm/java2-ppc-50/jre/bin/libj9dyn23.so
Module_base_address=0EC0B000
Target=2_30_20081126_26240_bHdSMr (Linux 2.6.27-1.ydl61.4)
CPU=ppc (2 logical CPUs) (0xe03e000 RAM)
JVMDUMP006I Processing Dump Event "gpf", detail "" - Please Wait.
JVMDUMP007I JVM Requesting System Dump using '/home/b/core.20090907.173701.5273.0001.dmp'
JVMDUMP010I System Dump written to /home/b/core.20090907.173701.5273.0001.dmp
JVMDUMP007I JVM Requesting Snap Dump using '/home/b/Snap.20090907.173701.5273.0002.trc'
JVMDUMP010I Snap Dump written to /home/b/Snap.20090907.173701.5273.0002.trc
JVMDUMP007I JVM Requesting Java Dump using '/home/b/javacore.20090907.173701.5273.0003.txt'
JVMDUMP010I Java Dump written to /home/b/javacore.20090907.173701.5273.0003.txt
JVMDUMP013I Processed Dump Event "gpf", detail "".


what the hell happened there ? also the result of rpm -qa | grep java

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[b@localhost ~]$ rpm -qa | grep java
ibm-java2-ppc-jre-5.0-9.0
java-1.5.0-gcj-1.5.0.0-21.ydl6.1
ibm-java-ppc-jre-6.0-3.0
[b@localhost ~]$

I just installed java 6 to see if that made any difference (not linked to /usr/local/bin), one thing I will say is the rpm I used has been back and forth to a memory stick a few times so maybe it's corrupted in some way, still it "seems" to work ok
there are 3 error logs/dumps, this one core.20090907.173701.5273.0001.dmp is 31 MBs and there is a txt file that can be read, I suppose I'm just curious to know what if anything is wrong

Yeah - something looks wrong. Just for kicks, what is the output of this command:
which java

Cheers,
Paul

[bonedome]

Hello Paul

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[b@localhost ~]$ which java
/usr/local/bin/java


like I said it seems to work ok, I'll try removing the link to java 5 and link to 6 instead and see what the output is then.
edit: well the output is the same only with references to java 6 instead
hmmm I might head off to the ibm website and download a fresh rpm and see what 'appens
edit 2: downloaded and installed slightly newer versions of 5 and 6 removed and remade symbolic links to /usr/local/bin and /usr/lib/mozilla/pugins (java 5) and the clock at http://www.time.gov/timezone.cgi?Central/d/-6/java works fine, but the output of java -version is still the same, there's been lots of talk of "tinkering" on the ps3 slim thread lately, maybe I've "tinkered" somewhere I shouldn't have still it works so I'll probably leave it alone, still confusing though

[ppietro]

Hello Paul

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[b@localhost ~]$ which java
/usr/local/bin/java


like I said it seems to work ok, I'll try removing the link to java 5 and link to 6 instead and see what the output is then.
edit: well the output is the same only with references to java 6 instead
hmmm I might head off to the ibm website and download a fresh rpm and see what 'appens
edit 2: downloaded and installed slightly newer versions of 5 and 6 removed and remade symbolic links to /usr/local/bin and /usr/lib/mozilla/pugins (java 5) and the clock at http://www.time.gov/timezone.cgi?Central/d/-6/java works fine, but the output of java -version is still the same, there's been lots of talk of "tinkering" on the ps3 slim thread lately, maybe I've "tinkered" somewhere I shouldn't have still it works so I'll probably leave it alone, still confusing though

That's extremely odd. Is there any chance you accidentally uninstalled compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-61.ppc.rpm ?

A quick rpm -qa|grep compat should tell you if you still have it.

Cheers,
Paul