210583 - Java plugin won't work with Mozilla 1.4 RC3

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 210622

(Core Graveyard :: Java: OJI, defect)

Description

[Brian McEntire]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624

Downloaded and installed the Mozilla 1.4 RC3, followed the link to
j2re-1.4.2-beta  and downloaded and installed that too. Made a link in
/usr/local/mozilla/plugins :
  libjavaplugin_oji.so -> /usr/java/j2re1.4.2/plugin/i386/ns610/libjavaplugin_oji.so

(also tried the ns610-gcc32 and ns4 versions to no avail.)

When starting up the browser, I get the following error and it fails to start:

mozilla INTERNAL ERROR on Browser End: No manager for initializing factory

I am running a fully patched (up to date) Redhat 7.2 OS.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install mozilla
2. Install j2re-1.4.2-beta
3. Make link /usr/local/mozilla/plugins/libjavaplugin_oji.so ->
/usr/java/j2re1.4.2/plugin/i386/ns610/libjavaplugin_oji.so
4. Try to start Mozilla with /usr/local/mozilla/mozilla

Actual Results:  
mozilla INTERNAL ERROR on Browser End: No manager for initializing factory

and back to prompt, browser fails to start

Expected Results:  
Normal browser start up and pluggins page should list Java plugin

Comment 1

[Drew Gibson]

I am experiencing identical symptoms with Mozilla 1.4RC3 on RedHat 7.3 (fully
patched as per RH)

Comment 2

[afunkebr]

J2RE 1.4.2 comes with 2 different plugins for NS6.10 (and consequently mozilla),
one of them is compiled with gcc 3.2 while the other isn't. According to your
report, you are using the "ns610" plugin. Please try to use the gcc-3.2 compiled
plugin, e.g.:

cd /usr/local/mozilla/plugins

ln -sf /usr/java/j2re1.4.2/plugin/i386/ns610-gcc32/libjavaplugin_oji.so

It works fine for me (J2re 1.4.1 failed with the same error message you reported
above, but it doesn't offer the plugin version compiled with gcc 3.2...).

(Mozilla/5.0 X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.4 Gecko/20030628)

Comment 3

[afunkebr]

Sorry, I didn't notice you have already tried the gcc-3.2 version of the plugin.
Anyway, I'm not using Red Hat (I'm using Linux Mandrake 9.0 with several updates).

Comment 4

[joeja]

I have the same experience with mozilla 1.4 release and Redhat 9.  I wish this
was in the release notes.  Guess I'll get 1.3.1

Comment 5

[timeless]

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Comment 6

[Joshua Xia]

If you use mozilla built by gcc 3.x, please use java plugin in ns610-gcc32 directory

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 210622 ***