[tlug] java jre browserplugin under x86_64, WAS: flash player 10, x86_64, firefox crashes

[Christian Horn <chorn@example.com>]

On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 07:05:06PM +0900, Shawn wrote:
> 
> There's no x86_64 flash plugin so I am running a 32 bit version of
> firefox. 

Reminds me of an issue maybe someone can help with.
I run debian amd64 on the desktop here, its serving well except for
running the sun java browser plugin which i found only for 32bit
browsers. 

Some distros like rhel5 x86_86 directly include the 32bit-firefox so
after installation that can be used to run the plugin. Havent seen
that for debian amd64.

nspluginwrapper makes it possible to run some 32bit-plugins on a
64bit-browser, but seems like java is not one of those.

For now i debootstraped a 32bit debian in a directory, for jre-
usage i chroot in there and run the 32bit browser with plugin
- this works but is a waste of diskspace.

Someone having more elegant ideas to solve this?


Christian