[Klug-general] jre on a 64-bit system

[Michael E. Rentell]

Martin A. Brooks wrote:
> On 24/12/2009 15:48, Michael E. Rentell wrote:
>
>> So all is now Mandriva 2010 64-bit and works fine except that the jre
>> don't work. I've downloaded and installed several versions - including
>> the preferred Mandriva version from their repository but none work when
>> I click on websites known to have java bits.
>
> The JRE on its own won't help you.  You also need a browser plugin to 
> support Java.
>
>
> Mart.
>
>
Thanks for that suggestion Martin. I had actually tried to do that too 
by browsing around the Firefox plugins. I thought I'd got something and 
it all seemed to install OK, but it still don't work. Hence the bleat.
MikeR