Use WebEx with Linux

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WebEx allows you to control a computer's desktop over the network, even using proxies through firewalls. There is a possibility to use a free trial: http://www.webex.com.

Here is a description how to set up Java for use with WebEx.

SLES 11 x64

I could use WebEx under SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 x64 on 2010-12-14 with Firefox 3.6.12 and Java 1.6.0. Later on, after I applied the latest updates, I had to downgrade java to sr8. Here is all I did:

yast -i java-1_6_0-ibm
  • downgrade java to sr8 as to be seen in the screenshot below:

Snapshot-java.png

  • install the java plugin
  • for every user (in this case root)
    • make sure the Mozilla plugin directory exists:
    • mkdir -p /root/.mozilla/plugins
    • link the plugin from java to mozilla:
    • ln -s /usr/lib64/jvm/java-1_6_0-ibm-1.6.0/jre/lib/amd64/libnpjp2.so /root/.mozilla/plugins/
  • restart your firefox twice
  • test if it works by surfing to about:plugins

SUSE Linux 11.4

You will have to uninstall icedtea-web and install Sun's Java plugin.

Debian

ln -s /opt/j2sdk1.4.2_04/jre/plugin/i386/ns610-gcc32/libjavaplugin_oji.so
 /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/plugins

generic

  • find out what your jre directory is. In its lib/amd64 path you will find libnpjp2.so
  • find out what your mozilla plugin directory is
  • Link libnpjp2.so to from the one directory to the other
  • Verify this has worked by surfing to about:plugins

TroubleShooting

You know the whole thing about Avatar's story as being done before is altaucly kind of a lame criticism. Yeah, similar stories have been told, so it's not like it broke any story telling barriers but let's face it, there are literally, what, a dozen or so (18, if I remember correctly) different types of stories in the world (by this I mean; man versus God, man versus nature, man versus man, etc.) Despite this there are still thousands of stories are in existence. Take Romeo and Juliette- that story is everywhere but with different characters, slightly different plots and slightly different endings. Guy likes girl, guy loses girl then maybe happy ending or maybe sad ending; depending on the writer, culture, moral lesson to be learned, etc. A handful of stories turned into thousands- the point here folks, is that it's not the story itself but the journey the reader/ watcher/ listener sees/ hears/imagines. And no, I'm not saying you have to like Avatar, you can hate it or love it as much as you want but don't hate it or love it JUST because of the story is like any other thing out there. There are after all some stories that don't click well for some people and by the same token there are some stories that click well with others.

Competitors

See also