why cant i see the text in chatrooms?????? help plz

[Ian]

Hi i have a acer aspire 1 with linux i love chatrooms but when i log in i can see the whole chat room apart from the txt where everyone chats.?/

its says im missing plugins so when ad them its java thats missing so i try downloading but i wont download what is going on plz help its driving me mad

 

manymany thanks ian

[anyweb]

what linux distro is this ? what chatrooms ? are you using Firefox to get to these or an IRC client....

[Ian]

what linux distro is this ? what chatrooms ? are you using Firefox to get to these or an IRC client....

 

its a chatroom called --POSSIBLE-SPAM--.co.uk im using all the standard linux which comes with thw new acer aspire 1 im new at linux so not sure what a irc client is? sorry. i could use this chatroom when i was on windows on my old laptop.. my browers say mozilla firefox if thats any help.

 

manythanks for helping me Ian

[Ian]

still looking for help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[hybrid]

I tried to visit the mentioned website to determine what system the supposed chat system is and it redirected to some advertising.

 

If this really isn't spam, please explain the problem further, giving as much detail as you can.

[Ian]

hi here is the link http://www.ukchatterbox.co.uk/ i can go into chatroom no probs but the text is missing??? i think im missing a plugin

[hybrid]

Apologies, the old link was redirecting to an advertising page. The new link does appear to be correct, thanks for clarifying.

 

By the looks of things, you need to install Sun Java to use that site. Which Linux distribution are you running (Ubuntu, Fedora, Xandros etc.)?

 

(alternatively, these instructions to install Java might help you - http://fosswire.com/2007/10/17/installin...-on-linux/ but they are not specific to your Linux system)

[Ian]

used your link when i download the file and go to open it i get a message (The patch file does not available.) ????? not sure what i can do???

[hybrid]

OK, we've now ascertained that the distribution here is Linpus Linux Lite.

 

The reason the text is not appearing properly on that chat page is likely due to Linpus' default installation of Java being a pure open source version which is not always compatible with all Java applets.

 

To fix this problem, we need to install the official Java from Sun to replace the existing installation, and the applet should run properly.

 

I have found this page - http://macles.blogspot.com/2008/09/install...aspire-one.html which details the installation process for Sun Java on Linpus, specifically for the Acer Aspire One.

 

(The download it links to is http://javadl.sun.com/webapps/download/A...leId=23102)

 

Please try that process and report any errors you have back here on this thread.

 

HTH. :)

[anyweb]

OK, we've now ascertained that the distribution here is Linpus Linux Lite. 

The reason the text is not appearing properly on that chat page is likely due to Linpus' default installation of Java being a pure open source version which is not always compatible with all Java applets.

 

To fix this problem, we need to install the official Java from Sun to replace the existing installation, and the applet should run properly.

 

I have found this page - http://macles.blogspot.com/2008/09/install...aspire-one.html which details the installation process for Sun Java on Linpus, specifically for the Acer Aspire One.

 

(The download it links to is http://javadl.sun.com/webapps/download/A...leId=23102)

 

Please try that process and report any errors you have back here on this thread.

 

HTH. :)

 

nice work hybrid !