I've installed Ubuntu 5.1 (Breezy Badger) on a "new" junker in my U of O
office. It seems to have a nasty problem with Java plugin for browsers.
Despite following all the instructions on the Sun page plus a few more
hints from the web, I cannot get Java to run properly as plugin. It is
definitely there. I've tried Mozilla, Mozilla-Firefox and Opera.
Mozilla shows Java plugin installed in the list of plugins, then says it
needs to be when one goes to a java requiring site (one of our own!).
Firefox says I need to get it.
Opera implies the preferences are set wrong and that I need to install
Motif, which Ubuntu doesn't know about.
Anyone else had these troubles? I'll probably change distro (again!!!).
Seems no single distro has all the bits working that I need to do my
teaching work. It's almost enough to persuade one to use that other OS.
JN