[lug] need help with a mozilla plugin

[D. Stimits]

Paul E Condon wrote:
> I'm trying to view video loops from NOAA. I'm using mozilla and firefox. 
> Both say I need a plugin, but I don't know enough to recognize what
> plugin I need. The message I get:
> 
> This page contains information of a type (application/x-java-vm) that can
> only be viewed with the appropriate Plug-in.
> 
> Two questions really: 
> 1. What plugin?
> 2. Where can I find a table of (application... plugin pairs, so that I
> don't have to bother people with dumb question like this again?
> 
> TIA
> 

Go here:
http://channels.netscape.com/ns/browsers/pi_search_pi.jsp

Then select platform Linux, All File extensions, and for MIME types, use 
  application/x-java-vm. Then hit the search button. You will find one 
Sun Microsystems plugin for that.

D. Stimits, stimits AT comcast DOT net