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[Bug 237001] Re: Java applet not initialized in Firefox 3 RC1

 

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On 2009-09-02T10:36:26+00:00 Klaas wrote:

Description of problem:
When I try to start my typingcourse with Firefox I get the message: Applet not initialized

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
Firefox 3.5.2

How reproducible:
See below.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Go to: http://online3.typingmaster.com/tmonline3/login?id=unp5pb2f9
2. login with user 'test' and password 'geheim01' (just a trial-user  ;-)  )
3. try to start the first lesson of the typing course
  
Actual results:
'Applet not initialized'

Expected results:
I expect to see the lessons.. (It worked fine under Fedora 9)

Additional info:

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On 2009-09-02T10:38:27+00:00 Klaas wrote:

Created attachment 359502
Screenprint with text 'Applet not initialized'

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On 2009-09-07T15:31:48+00:00 Matěj wrote:

Shouldn't this go to Java component? Reassigning for further
investigation.

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On 2009-09-07T16:57:50+00:00 Mark wrote:

Confirmed, starting firefox from a terminal produces:

net.sourceforge.jnlp.LaunchException: Fatal: Initialization Error: Could not initialize applet.
	at net.sourceforge.jnlp.Launcher.createApplet(Launcher.java:495)
	at net.sourceforge.jnlp.Launcher.getApplet(Launcher.java:441)
	at net.sourceforge.jnlp.Launcher$TgThread.run(Launcher.java:620)
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
	at net.sourceforge.jnlp.Launcher.createApplet(Launcher.java:481)
	... 2 more
Caused by: 
java.lang.NullPointerException
	at net.sourceforge.jnlp.Launcher.createApplet(Launcher.java:481)
	at net.sourceforge.jnlp.Launcher.getApplet(Launcher.java:441)
	at net.sourceforge.jnlp.Launcher$TgThread.run(Launcher.java:620)
java.lang.NullPointerException
	at net.sourceforge.jnlp.NetxPanel.runLoader(NetxPanel.java:102)
	at sun.applet.AppletPanel.run(AppletPanel.java:380)
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:636)
java.lang.NullPointerException
	at sun.applet.AppletPanel.run(AppletPanel.java:430)
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:636)

with java-1.6.0-openjdk-plugin-1.6.0.0-27.b16.fc11.x86_64

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On 2009-10-18T14:16:08+00:00 Juha wrote:

I see the same:

ICEDTEAPLUGIN_DEBUG=true firefox \
http://www.java.com/en/download/help/testvm.xml \
2>&1 | tee console.log

Writing to JVM: plugin PluginCookieInfo http://www.java.com/applet/testVM_en_US.properties gpName=javac%3ASupport%3AHelp%3Atestvm.xml; gpChannel=javac%3ASupport%3AHelp; gpServer=www.java.com; JSESSIONID=7f0c2885e168c0c256760463e922; s_cc=true; s_sq=%5B%5BB%5D%5D
Wrote 247 bytes to pipe
ICEDTEA PLUGIN: Instance::SendMessageToAppletViewer return
Processing complete
ICEDTEA PLUGIN: Instance::ConsumeMsgFromJVM return
ICEDTEA PLUGIN: plugin_in_pipe_callback
Received message: instance 1 status exception: java.lang.StringIndexOutOfBoundsException: String index out of range: 8.
  PIPE: plugin read: instance 1 status exception: java.lang.StringIndexOutOfBoundsException: String index out of range: 8.
ICEDTEA PLUGIN: plugin_in_pipe_callback return
ICEDTEA PLUGIN: Instance::ConsumeMsgFromJVM
received message: instance 1 status exception: java.lang.StringIndexOutOfBoundsException: String index out of range: 8.
Processing complete
ICEDTEA PLUGIN: Instance::ConsumeMsgFromJVM return
Pending event processed (this) ... 1
ICEDTEA PLUGIN: plugin_in_pipe_callback
Received message: instance 1 status Start: applet not initialized.
  PIPE: plugin read: instance 1 status Start: applet not initialized.
ICEDTEA PLUGIN: plugin_in_pipe_callback return
ICEDTEA PLUGIN: Instance::ConsumeMsgFromJVM
received message: instance 1 status Start: applet not initialized.
Processing complete
ICEDTEA PLUGIN: Instance::ConsumeMsgFromJVM return
Pending event processed (this) ... 1
^C

Should i attach the whole log here?

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On 2009-10-18T14:16:56+00:00 Juha wrote:

java-1.6.0-openjdk-plugin-1.6.0.0-29.b16.fc11.x86_64

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On 2009-10-18T15:04:50+00:00 Walter wrote:

Per request, same error here, otherwise I have no troubles with OpenJDK
that I'm aware of.  java-1.6.0-openjdk-plugin-1.6.0.0-29.b16.fc11.x86_64

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On 2009-10-19T08:23:09+00:00 Juha wrote:

I tried to change data entries in Estonian business register
(https://ettevotjaportaal.rik.ee/) and they use PKI smartcards with
opensc to digitally authenticate and sign the requests with java applet.

Authentication works flawlessly. Signing does not.

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On 2009-10-19T08:27:15+00:00 Juha wrote:

For clarification, authentication uses client side SSL certificates so
that has nothing to do with java.

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On 2009-10-19T16:24:12+00:00 Matěj wrote:

Can reproduce on Rawhide, neither
http://www.java.com/en/download/help/testvm.xml
nor
http://java.com/en/download/installed.jsp?detect=jre&try=1
work as expected with java-1.6.0-openjdk-plugin-1.6.0.0-31.b16.fc12.x86_64 installed, Java enabled in the Firefox

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On 2009-11-06T13:45:42+00:00 Juha wrote:

Matej, feel free to clone this bug to rawhide if you're worried about
the future releases/downstream products. The fact is, that this is
completely broken in *production* version, which is more severe issue
than unreleased development tree.

Second fact is, that this prevents using some services, which is not a
minor visual hickup and could be ignored.

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On 2009-11-06T15:33:01+00:00 Andrew wrote:

This page works for me:

http://java.com/en/download/installed.jsp?detect=jre&try=1

but this one does not:

http://www.java.com/en/download/help/testvm.xml

java-1.6.0-openjdk-plugin-1.6.0.0-31.b16.fc12.x86_64

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On 2009-11-13T17:11:56+00:00 Deepak wrote:

The error in the original bug report is a parser bug, caused by the same
issue that causes this:

http://icedtea.classpath.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=406

As for http://www.java.com/en/download/help/testvm.xml not working --
that is a problem in the applet. The applet appears to be trying to do
something like charAt(8) on the name/version string of the vm, which
fails because IcedTea does not follow the exact same convention as Sun

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On 2009-11-18T20:32:40+00:00 Klaas wrote:

I have just installed SUN-JAVA-jre and that is just working fine.
OpenJDK disabled in Firefox.

My problem is solved.

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On 2009-11-27T09:28:35+00:00 Juha wrote:

*** Bug 538640 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

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On 2009-12-01T18:56:06+00:00 Deepak wrote:

Can you please try it again with this build:

http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=1841533 [F11-x86]
http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=1841531 [F11-x86_64]

You may have to use the --force option as the version numbers were not
bumped

I have temporarily mirrored the essential files here in case koji
deletes files from the above build:

http://dbhole.fedorapeople.org/java/

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On 2009-12-02T00:34:07+00:00 Jason wrote:

Deepak:
F11-x86 still exhibits the same "Start: applet not initialized" problem with the java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0.0-30.b16.fc11.i586.rpm and java-1.6.0-openjdk-plugin-1.6.0.0-30.b16.fc11.i586.rpm installed from http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=1841533 when testing at http://www.java.com/en/download/help/testvm.html

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On 2009-12-02T00:58:02+00:00 Juha wrote:

Jayson, try some other page with applet, that Sun's page is broken -
which is very logical when you're trying to test compatibility. Tells
quite a bit about that company.

For me it fails too but other applets elsewhere start.

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On 2009-12-02T01:01:40+00:00 Juha wrote:

Some people here might find it interesting too, that Sun's java does not
work currently in x86_64 as stated in:

  http://plugindoc.mozdev.org/faqs/java.html#Linux

and i can cofirm it, it doesn't.

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On 2009-12-02T05:34:08+00:00 Deepak wrote:


Jason:
http://www.java.com/en/download/help/testvm.xml is not fixed by the new rpms, but the originally reported site (http://online3.typingmaster.com/tmonline3/login?id=unp5pb2f9) is.

http://www.java.com/en/download/help/testvm.xml does not work due to a
presumption by the applet that the jvm version string will be in format
A.B.C_XY .. which is true for the Sun JVM, but not for IcedTea (the
openjdk in Fedora). I have sent an email to the community requesting
that we do the same with the IcedTea reported version. Once that is
addressed, the applet should start working. The e-mail I sent is here:

http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/distro-pkg-
dev/2009-December/007712.html

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On 2009-12-02T05:45:40+00:00 Deepak wrote:

Juha -- far be it from me to tout the Sun plugin :) ... But just for the
record, Sun has finally introduced support for 64-bit systems as well.
Their new plugin so is named libnpjp2.so. libjavaplugin_oji.so will not
work for 64-bit.

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On 2010-04-28T10:08:10+00:00 Bug wrote:


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On 2010-06-18T14:17:45+00:00 Andrew wrote:

I was able to load both the websites on x86_64 and x86 systems. Seems to
work with the latest plugin. Try updating your system to the latest
plugin.

java version "1.6.0_18"
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (IcedTea6 1.8) (fedora-41.b18.fc13-x86_64)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 14.0-b16, mixed mode)

java version "1.6.0_18"
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (IcedTea6 1.8) (fedora-41.b18.fc13-i386)
OpenJDK Server VM (build 14.0-b16, mixed mode)

--Andrew

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On 2010-06-18T14:38:32+00:00 Juha wrote:

You mean latest to f11?

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On 2010-06-18T15:45:42+00:00 Andrew wrote:

yes try upgrading your Icedtea to the latest version. Also note, the
support for f11 ends in a few days (June 25, 2010), and no more updates
for f11 will be provided. See comment 21 by Bug Zapper. Unless you
upgrade to f12 or f13 and the bug persists with the latest version of
icedtea, you should update the version number for this bug.

-Andrew

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On 2010-06-26T00:07:52+00:00 Jonathan wrote:

I upgraded from F12 to F13 recently. And I was using Firefox with the
new NP plugin but any Java applets were seeing incredible CPU usage but
working. With the latest OpenJDK on F13 CPU usage is normal now, but
some applets (for example the Facebook photo uploader) come up with this
'Applet not initialized' in the statusbar, and don't show up on the
page.

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On 2010-06-28T14:26:48+00:00 Bug wrote:


Fedora 11 changed to end-of-life (EOL) status on 2010-06-25. Fedora 11 is 
no longer maintained, which means that it will not receive any further 
security or bug fix updates. As a result we are closing this bug.

If you can reproduce this bug against a currently maintained version of 
Fedora please feel free to reopen this bug against that version.

Thank you for reporting this bug and we are sorry it could not be fixed.

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** Changed in: icedtea-gcjwebplugin (Fedora)
       Status: Confirmed => Won't Fix

** Changed in: icedtea-gcjwebplugin (Fedora)
   Importance: Unknown => High

** Bug watch added: Iced Tea Bugzilla #406
   http://icedtea.classpath.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=406

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Title:
  Java applet not initialized in Firefox 3 RC1

Status in icedtea-gcjwebplugin package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in icedtea-gcjwebplugin package in Fedora:
  Won't Fix

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: icedtea-gcjwebplugin

  Java-plugin don't work in Firefox3 RC1.

  Sun java-plugin test page: http://java.com/en/download/help/testvm.xml
  I have message: 'Start: applet not initialized'. The same message i have on other pages with java applets.

  OS: Kubuntu 8.04
  Firefox: 3.0~rc1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1
  icedtea-gcjwebplugin: 1.0-0ubuntu6
  openjdk-6-jre: 6b09-0ubuntu2

  On Firefox addons on Plugins tab i have:
  GCJ Web Browser Plugin (using IcedTea) 1.0

  >ls -l /etc/alternatives/mozilla-javaplugin.so
  lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 56 2008-05-18 13:33 /etc/alternatives/mozilla-javaplugin.so -> /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/jre/lib/i386/gcjwebplugin.so

  >ls -l /etc/alternatives/firefox-javaplugin.so
  lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 56 2008-05-18 13:33 /etc/alternatives/firefox-javaplugin.so -> /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/jre/lib/i386/gcjwebplugin.so

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