Java and jpeg's in Linux

[travis4prez]

Couple of Q's.
New to Linux. Running Mandrake 9.1
On some pages I get the little puxxle piece in the place of something that should exist there. I click on it and get a Default Plugin mesage that reads "this page contains information of a type (application/x-java-vm) that can only be viewed with the appropriate plugin."
Where do I find this plugin and how do I make it work?
Other pages ask me which program I want to use to open a jpeg file. I can't seem to find any of those page at the moment but I do recall that it asked me if I wanted to save to disk or open with xxx.
Any ideas with that would also be appreciated. Remember, I a noob.

[cunokyle]

What browser are you using?

As for the java plug in, if you are using mozilla or Netscape, the plugin is called j2re-1_4_1_01-fcs-linux-i586.rpm you should ba able to find it by doing a search. If you are using Netscape(my preferred browser) or Mozilla the jpeg files open in a new window or you can select open in new tab.

[CMonster]

I have the latest Sun Java installed and had a similar problem when using Mozilla with just the java applet on this site www.lagunaclay.com (only when using Mozilla -Opera and Konqueror worked fine) -I upgraded to Mozilla 1.3.1 and linked to the NS610 plugin in the /usr/java/j2re1.4.1_01/plugin/i386/ns610 (where Sun Java is on my sys) directory and haven't had a problem since.

[travis4prez]

Thanks for the info. I got java running and everything works great. Still having trouble with the jpeg's though. Opening in a new window is not an option. The options that pop up are 'Open With" and then a blank field and a browse button or "Save to disk"

[cunokyle]

when you click "Open With" what options does it give you? If listed you could select Mozilla and then it should open them.

[travis4prez]

Well the problem is different than I thought. Most of the time, pics open fine. I can look through the gallery here just fine. There are certain instances where I click on a link and I get that message. I remember something about pjpeg and assumed it had to do with jpeg's. The next time I come across it, I will look for Mozilla and post more details. Thanks

[Telexen]

I'm having that problem too with JPEG images also...it's doing it on my laptop, but not on my desktop computer :\

IE is the default browser...IE opens all JPEGs and JPGs just fine...who knows.

[CMonster]

Once I linked a URL to a forum and put the //// backwards like http:\\www.somesite.com\dumbuserswebspace\image and IE actually displayed the image whereas Netscape, Mozilla, and Opera all balked at it....

[the jester]

CMonster - your link's broken

[pbharris]

hi jester - i think cmonster meant this to be an example link - not a real one.