I recently installed the firefox addon screengrab -http://andy.5263.org/screengrab/ and one of the things it requires is that i increase my java's memory size, however folowing thier faq leads me to a dead end. I have nothing like that in my control panal>advanced tab. Is there a way to do this from the console or something?
It works fine on small pages (about 3-4 real pages in length, I havent done a formal test) anything longer gives this error messege.
The faq says i should have a "Java Runtime Parameters field" (i expect its outdated) in advanced I have
settings
>debugging
>javaconsole
>applet tag support
>shortcyt reation
>jnlp file/mime assocation
>security
>miscelaneous
Of course ive checked under the sub-headings but no such luck. Under the regular java tab I do have 'java applet runtime settings' and 'java application runtime settings' but neither of these do anything when i click view.
Yes i dbl checked update, and I dont use java all that much so i doubt a reinstall is needed.
I went to the site you mentioned in your OP and downloaded the plugin. It
worked fine on, eg, this page but, sure enough when I tried to capture the
"andy" page, it failed as he said it would. (I got an error message about
security privileges)
So... I followed one of the links which suggested increasing the memory of
the java applet runtime settings.
In the Control Panel select Java, then in the third tab ("Java") in the top
section - Java Applet RuntimeSettings - click on the "View" button. I have two
JREs listed (1.5.0-06 and 1.6.0). In the "Java Runtime Parameters" fields at
the right hand end I added-Xmx500MThen, after OKing everything and restarting Firefox - I was able to sucessfully
capture the large "Andy" page.
This machine is XPpro SP 2 with 2Gb RAM. The resulting .png was 1.5Mb
and took quite a while (ie 5-10 seconds) to capture and save (I thought it had
killed Filefox!). Also I tried -Xmx1000M to begin with but the java plugin
wouldn't load at all with that setting.
Hope that helps.
> when I hit view, nothing opens
Using FF 1.5.0.6 I invoke the plugin from the context menu on the page. (It
shows up as a submenu titled "ScreenGrab!"). I don't go anywhere near the
"View" menu.
Also - as I said - the error I was getting on big pages referred to a security
exception rather than "null", so maybe your problem is something else. Sorry.
