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From: The Natural Philosopher on 18 Apr 2010 21:50 Ant wrote: > Hello. > > I am having problems getting my Mozilla's SeaMonkey v2.0.4 (from > mozilla.org) and Debian's IceWeasel v3.5.8 (aka Firefox) to use my Sun > JRE v1.6.0u20 (and earlier builds from Sun.com). I also tried Debian's > apt-get install with b16 (yeah, a bit old). My Java plugin used to work, > but I think the newer OpenOffice version and its requirements of Java > broke it when I apt-get upgraded a few weeks ago. > I think it does. You may find it best to do what I did, set up backports as a preferred repository, and use latest open office, kernel and java. Its got a much later open office, and mine all works pretty much fine.
From: The Natural Philosopher on 20 Apr 2010 02:09 Ant wrote: > On 4/19/2010 12:49 PM PT, Tauno Voipio typed: > >>>> You may find it best to do what I did, set up backports as a preferred >>>> repository, and use latest open office, kernel and java. >>>> >>>> Its got a much later open office, and mine all works pretty much fine. >>> >>> What do you mean by backports? >> >> Have a look at http://backports.org/ > > Interesting. Do many people use it in Debian? I did it to get a later kernel than 'stable' which seems to work better with my Intel video stuff. Mind you., its just blown away google earth. there's a version mismatch in the backports 32 bit compatibility libraries. Sigh.
From: Ant on 20 Apr 2010 09:21 On 4/19/2010 11:09 PM PT, The Natural Philosopher typed: >>>>> You may find it best to do what I did, set up backports as a preferred >>>>> repository, and use latest open office, kernel and java. >>>>> >>>>> Its got a much later open office, and mine all works pretty much fine. >>>> >>>> What do you mean by backports? >>> >>> Have a look at http://backports.org/ >> >> Interesting. Do many people use it in Debian? > > I did it to get a later kernel than 'stable' which seems to work better > with my Intel video stuff. > > Mind you., its just blown away google earth. > > there's a version mismatch in the backports 32 bit compatibility libraries. Ugh, I use 32-bit libraries. I will pass then since I already have enough problems. Thanks though! :) -- "... [Let us inquire] what glory there was in an omnipotent being torturing forever a puny little creature who could in no way defend himself? Would it be to the glory of a man to fry ants?" --Charlotte Perkins Gilman /\___/\ Phil./Ant @ http://antfarm.ma.cx (Personal Web Site) / /\ /\ \ Ant's Quality Foraged Links: http://aqfl.net | |o o| | \ _ / If crediting, then use Ant nickname and AQFL URL/link. ( ) If e-mailing, then axe ANT from its address if needed. Ant is currently not listening to any songs on this computer.
From: The Natural Philosopher on 20 Apr 2010 10:46 Ant wrote: > On 4/19/2010 11:09 PM PT, The Natural Philosopher typed: > >>>>>> You may find it best to do what I did, set up backports as a >>>>>> preferred >>>>>> repository, and use latest open office, kernel and java. >>>>>> >>>>>> Its got a much later open office, and mine all works pretty much >>>>>> fine. >>>>> >>>>> What do you mean by backports? >>>> >>>> Have a look at http://backports.org/ >>> >>> Interesting. Do many people use it in Debian? >> >> I did it to get a later kernel than 'stable' which seems to work better >> with my Intel video stuff. >> >> Mind you., its just blown away google earth. >> >> there's a version mismatch in the backports 32 bit compatibility >> libraries. > > Ugh, I use 32-bit libraries. I will pass then since I already have > enough problems. Thanks though! :) well somehow I made it use backports for everything, not just what I probably needed. So I got a later sound library that fixes some issues with VLC I think. Which I needed for something else.. If you don't need the latest you don't HAVE to use ALL the backports.
From: Ant on 19 Apr 2010 15:05
On 4/18/2010 6:50 PM PT, The Natural Philosopher typed: > You may find it best to do what I did, set up backports as a preferred > repository, and use latest open office, kernel and java. > > Its got a much later open office, and mine all works pretty much fine. What do you mean by backports? -- "Where the sugar is, there will the ant be also." --Philippines /\___/\ Phil./Ant @ http://antfarm.ma.cx (Personal Web Site) / /\ /\ \ Ant's Quality Foraged Links: http://aqfl.net | |o o| | \ _ / If crediting, then use Ant nickname and AQFL URL/link. ( ) If e-mailing, then axe ANT from its address if needed. Ant is currently not listening to any songs on this computer. |