[ubuntu-uk] BT speedtester and java

[Colin Law]

On 21 October 2012 16:42, Tony Arnold <tony.arnold at manchester.ac.uk> wrote:
> Colin,
>
> On 21/10/12 15:46, Colin Law wrote:
>> I find I am unable to run the bt speedtester [1] on ubuntu 12.10 in
>> Firefox or Chromium.  It says "We have detected that Java is not
>> installed or enabled on your device.To use the diagnostic tests on
>> this Performance Tester Java must be installed on your device and
>> enabled in the browser".  I believe that I have got (a) java
>> installed.  update-java-alternatives -l shows
>> java-1.6.0-openjdk-i386 1061 /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.6.0-openjdk-i386
>>
>> The Beta tester linked to from that page (which uses flash I think)
>> works ok but it does not show the current BT profile speed which is
>> what I am trying to find and I believe is shown in the java test.
>>
>> I can't see anywhere in the browsers to enable java.  Can anyone offer
>> suggestions?
>
> You probably need the plugin. Install icedtea-plugin, which is the one
> that is part of openjdk.

icedtea-6-plugin in fact.

Thanks

Colin

>
> Regards,
> Tony.
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