2009
01.08
01.08
If you have problems running BankID (Norwegian Internet bank authentication) in Firefox on Ubuntu I might have the solution. I did at least have some problems starting BankID or more correctly starting Java in Firefox on Ubuntu.
I had already installed Sun’s Java implementation following the instructions I wrote about earlier. Then I had to use this trick which I found thanks to Eirik Hoem.
First, go the the plugins folder where you have installed Firefox (using a text shell/command prompt).
cd /usr/lib/firefox-3.0/plugins$
Next, create a symlink to where you have installed the Java plugin.
sudo ln -s /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so
Finally, restart your browser and the problem should be solved.
Uh..techy!!
I guess I am a geek :p
Thanks, just what I needed to know
Glad it was of help. I was struggling a bit before I found the solution myself so I thought it would be nice to share it.
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Thank you! Been quite a while since I’ve used linux (Redhat 5.0), and this was just what I needed. Bookmarked (and rssed as soon as I get home).
Glad I could help. It is really a shame that the Norwegian banks/BankID providers don’t care to support Linux.
Thank you so much for the useful tip! I would never be able to figure that one out by myself. :0)
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