JRE on 4.0.1

[Adam W. Lent]

After numerous test runs, I have determined the following (at least of 
this system install of 4.0.1 with all YDL yum updates).

Changed File: /profile.d/java.sh to reflect 
PATH=$PATH:/opt/IBMJava2-ppc-1xx/jre/bin
(Yellowdog HOWTO did not have "jre" in front of "bin".)
No processor type line, since machine is PPC750.

GNOME environment (logged in as user)
Applets load in a separate window.

1.3.1 sound ok, video ok, dragable window
1.4.1 sound ok, video ok, modal window
1.4.2 sound ok, video ok, modal window

KDE Environment (logged in as user)
Java execution is displayed in the Java Console, but no window is opened up.

1.3.1 sound ok, video none
1.4.1 sound ok, video none
1.4.2 sound no, video none

It appears that the current Java support, through ydl 4.0.1, is 
requiring a new and separate window be opened for the applet to run 
within.  This is external to the Konqueror browser.  This is operating 
via GNOME, however JRE 1.4.1 and 1.4.2 have modal windows "attached" to 
the upper left corner of the screen.  KDE is not allowing these windows 
to open.  I tried a default root user log-in, with KDE, and the result 
was the same.  If anyone has any suggestions for modifying KDE in some 
way which will allow these windows to open, I'd greatly appreciate any 
input!  Thanks!!



Adam W. Lent sent the following on 6/17/05 12:22 AM:

> Would you think that these changes are necessary, given that I have 
> not experienced any other audio related issues in KDE.  In fact, when 
> I first did the 4.0.1 ISO install, audio did not work properly.  A day 
> or two later I did an rpm update KDE* and a number of KDE related 
> items were updated (approx 6).  After this, all sound worked fine.  
> The only sound issues are accompanied by the lack of Java applet 
> execution while in Konqueror or via the Terminal.  I'd hate to mess 
> things further.  Interestingly, I noticed that the Konqueror settings 
> menu has an option to "Enable Java Globally" and has a path to the 
> Java executable.  Believing that this may be in conflict with the 
> /etc/profile.d/java.sh file along with the 
> PATH=$PATH:/opt/IBMJava2-ppc-142/bin, I deleted java.sh.  I received 
> the same applet progress in the Konqueror Java Console as when the 
> PATH was specified in the java.sh file.  However, if I put the java.sh 
> path back in place and deselected the "Enable Java Globally" option, 
> Java execution is completely disabled within Konqueror.  Is it 
> possible that there are permissions problems with the Java JRE and or 
> the PATH setting in the etc/ directory?  Something must be our of 
> order here.  Thanks for your continued help with this.
>