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Has anyone here tell if they have got Java working for Opera 10?

I have tried all the various howto's listed here in the forums but have not been successful.

I tried the hardway listed here - http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=21505

and the pet method but with no luck. When I open a java applet the browser just freezes and I need to kill opera.

Opera support (http://www.opera.com/support/kb/view/459/) says nothing is required if Opera can validate the path from preferences which it does for me so not sure what is really wrong. I tried with symlinks/without them, edited the .deployment.properties file unde /root to include /usr/lib/opera

any help?

opera 10...ehh i had it...cant member exactly why i deleted it..but probly cuz it wasnt working properly. I do howerver have opera on this machine along with firefox. There is a opera.9.5.pet or 9 somen somehwere on these forums round here, thats what im usen and it works great, plus its one of the more less demanding full fledge browsers.


yur this one workx. and its what i am usening.

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=28317

Did you enable java in Opera's preferences? You have to enable it in Seamonkey, not sure if that's the case with Opera.

I personally installed it the DIY way and got java to work. Also, you can test java here

Hopefully it's as easy as just enabling it.

hope this helps,

wheres one

thanks for the replies...

@MOB - does Opera 9.5 have Java working?

@WO - yes, have tried that and Opera verifies that it can find the java files it is looking for..all the more strange then as to what more it is looking for...

is there a place where I can get a trace log of somekind? abouy 62 views but still no answer if anyone has got java working with Opera10 ...hmmm

Niteendlewis, could you possibly provide a link to the specific Opera .pup that you downloaded? If you wouldn't mind doing that, as I have some free time this weekend, I'd be more than happy to get a chance to play with Opera and see if I can get java to work.

Wheres One

edit:
found this, it doesn't cover version 10, but it might help.

have java(jre1.6.0_15) in opera10 working and use opera by choice over seamonkey. remember the

Java in Opera. Open Opera and click Tools -> Preferences -> Advanced -> Content. Make sure Enable Java is checked and click Java Options. Click Choose to find the path jre1.6.0_15/lib/i386. Select that and click Validate Java Path.

from http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=45244
am using this opera10in 430small.

perhaps it is an issue with the specific webpage you are trying to view, post the url and we can test it.
is java working in your seamonkey?

All right, finally got around to installing Opera and I must say that it is quite the fancy browser! I installed it according to aarf's post and, at first java didn't work. Did a little bit of poking and found this:

Java in Opera. Open Opera and click Tools -> Preferences -> Advanced -> Content. Make sure Enable Java is checked and click Java Options. Click Choose to find the path jre1.6.0_15/lib/i386. Select that and click Validate Java Path. (aarf says: if you navigate away from that "Choose to find path" pop-up without closing it, you will need to Ctrl+alt+BackSpace to restartx to continue. looks like a flaw in opera, my opera10beta2 at least. if you close the popup by selecting an option then there is no issue.)

I hit ctrl+alt+backspace, entered "startx" opened Opera, and Java worked. Thank you very much aarf!

Niteendlewis, try the above, it worked for my install of 4.3, and test Opera and java here.

thanks for the replies... I did try them out but no difference... the browser just freezes when I tried the Java Test Page. If I have Java Console I can see the class files for that site are loading.. is there some kind of log file to see what really is causing the browser to freeze up?

In Opera you can enable the console with:
Click “Tools

Just for clarities sake, since I'm still unsure of your method of installation,
would you please post your method for installing java, the specific version you installed, where you got your Opera package, and what version of puppy linux your running.

This information would be a great help.

Wheres One

Wheres One, you can find that info from my other post - http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=47322

by the way I gave up on Opera 10 with Java after I saw this post which describes exactly the problem I am experiencing - http://list.opera.com/pipermail/opera-l ... 09883.html

so what am I going to do for Java??

Solution: I tried out the Firefox 3.5 pet available here: http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=30434
and voila !! it works

so I now have 2 browsers and will use FF if I need to visit a site that uses java. cheers ! and thanks for all the help...

Yep, the different version is probably it. Sorry I couldn't be of any more help.

Anyway, glad you got java to work one way or another. Any reason why you don't use seamonkey? 1.1.18 is by far my favorite edition as it has not crashed once for me.

Wheres One

coz SeaMonkey is not included in Tipsy

Whoops.
That explains a lot!