[nflug] JRE in FC6 amd64 won't work

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To make a long story short, I reformatted my ext3fs partition and 
installed FC6 x86_64 from scratch.  Everything that I want to work works 
now, except for jre, which ironically did before.  I was even able to 
use the Blackdown jre for Firefox and Seamonkey, and the Java RPM for 
Opera.  (No 64-bit Opera AFAIK.)

I'm trying 2 approaches.

The first is downloading and running the Blackdown binary.  It installs 
fine, I can link the plugin to Firefox and Seamonkey, etc., etc., but 
when I go to a Java page (the Verify Installation page at java.com, for 
example), the browser exits.  I thought I'd pull a slick one and start 
the browser from a terminal and see debug info - no such luck.  HOWEVER, 
I got this when I tried to open ControlPanel.html:

[stay at rest ~]# seamonkey /usr/lib64/j2re1.4.2/ControlPanel.html
*** encoders
math1mono -> x-mathematica1
math4mono-bold -> x-mathematica4
math4 -> x-mathematica4
math5 -> x-mathematica5
math3mono-bold -> x-mathematica3
cmex10 -> x-ttf-cmex
math2mono-bold -> x-mathematica2
math5bold -> x-mathematica5
math1mono-bold -> x-mathematica1
mtextra -> x-mtextra
cmsy10 -> x-ttf-cmsy
math4mono -> x-mathematica4
math2mono -> x-mathematica2
math1-bold -> x-mathematica1
cmr10 -> x-ttf-cmr
math2-bold -> x-mathematica2
math3-bold -> x-mathematica3
math1 -> x-mathematica1
math5monobold -> x-mathematica5
math4-bold -> x-mathematica4
math5mono -> x-mathematica5
math2 -> x-mathematica2
math5mono-bold -> x-mathematica5
cmmi10 -> x-ttf-cmmi
math5-bold -> x-mathematica5
math3 -> x-mathematica3
math3mono -> x-mathematica3
*** cmaps
math4 -> mac_roman
math1mono -> mac_roman
math4mono-bold -> mac_roman
math3mono-bold -> mac_roman
math5 -> mac_roman
math2mono-bold -> mac_roman
math5bold -> mac_roman
cmex10 -> unicode
mtextra -> mac_roman
math1mono-bold -> mac_roman
math4mono -> mac_roman
cmsy10 -> unicode
math2mono -> mac_roman
math1-bold -> mac_roman
math2-bold -> mac_roman
cmr10 -> unicode
math3-bold -> mac_roman
math5monobold -> mac_roman
math1 -> mac_roman
math5mono -> mac_roman
math2 -> mac_roman
math4-bold -> mac_roman
math3 -> mac_roman
math5-bold -> mac_roman
math5mono-bold -> mac_roman
cmmi10 -> unicode
math3mono -> mac_roman
Java process: caught exception from sun.plugin.navig.motif.Plugin.start
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: 
/usr/lib64/j2re1.4.2/lib/amd64/libawt.so: libXp.so.6: cannot open shared 
object file: No such file or directory
         at java.lang.ClassLoader$NativeLibrary.load(Native Method)
         at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadLibrary0(Unknown Source)
         at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadLibrary(Unknown Source)
         at java.lang.Runtime.loadLibrary0(Unknown Source)
         at java.lang.System.loadLibrary(Unknown Source)
         at sun.security.action.LoadLibraryAction.run(Unknown Source)
         at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
         at java.awt.Toolkit.loadLibraries(Unknown Source)
         at java.awt.Toolkit.<clinit>(Unknown Source)
         at java.awt.Color.<clinit>(Unknown Source)
         at sun.plugin.navig.motif.Plugin.start(Unknown Source)
INTERNAL ERROR on Browser End: Could not read ack from child process
System error?:: Zasoby chwilowo niedostępne
*(translation: resources temporarily unavailable)
I pretty sure I'm missing something, but what?  xorg stuff? fonts?

The other approach, which I frankly prefer, is RPMing jre from java.com. 
  Can you say RPM hell?  (Can I somehow use yum to install local RPMs?)

(Actually, the approach I really prefer is the one that works.  RPMing 
just makes it easier to manage.  Plus, the RPM is more current than the 
Blackdown binary.)

I'm sure I'm missing key info needed to properly evaluate this.  It's 
late.  I have other things on my mind.

I'm not necessarily looking for THE answer.  A hint will do.  In fact, 
it has more potential to teach me.  I've come to a dead end, it seems, 
one which Google doesn't seem to be able to resolve.  Any bone thrown my 
way will be much appreciated, and I will happily share the solution when 
(and not, I confidently aver, if) I figure it out, once I pause dancing 
around the floor like Homer Simpson when he found out he didn't have to 
be the union boss anymore.
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