How to fix icedteanp plugin error?

Question

I'm using openSUSE 11.3 with "latest updates". I have installed vimprobable and uzbl.

Whenever I start one of those two browsers, I get the error message:

icedteanp plugin error: Failed to run etc/alternatives/../../bin/java.
For more detail rerun "firefox -g" in a terminal window.

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After some time (about 1 minute), the message disappears by itself (or when I click the "close" button). The browser(s) continue loading and again, this error appears on specific sites.

What can I do to fix this problem?

Answer 1

Your java alternative is not configured properly, the webbrowser cannot find the binary.

Update your alternatives:

update-alternatives --config java

This should output only one (with a path) or multiple alternatives to choose from. If only one, check if the path exists, else select your alternative.

Try again opening a page containing java elements.

Still the same error?

First, find out what provides java:

rpm -q --whatprovides java

If this returns nothing, you have to install java first.
Otherwise, check where exactly the binary lies:

rpm -ql <package-from-above> | egrep '/bin/java$'

This should show the java binary.

Now update your alternatives to refer to that binary:

update-alternatives --set java <path-from-above>

Answer 2

I had this problem and resolved it by going into YaST Software Manager and deleting the OpenJDK version of Java.