111350 - Mozilla 0.9.6 installer does not setup JRE 1.3 on Windows 95

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(Core Graveyard :: Java: OJI, defect)

Description

[Tim Burgess]

One of the test machines here we use for applet testing, runs Win95.
I installed the Windows talkback build of 0.9.6. The JRE was not
previously installed prior to installing 0.9.6.

Going to java.sun.com, the applet had the 'install plugin here' link.
I clicked on it, ran through the Windows JRE install and then (as suggested by
the plugin message which said 'click here
after installing', I clicked. http://java.sun.com reloaded but with
the same 'install plugin here' link.

I quit Mozilla, rebooted and started mozilla. No applet.

I removed Mozilla, then downloaded the JRE from sun.com directly and
installed it. I then installed 0.96 and went to java.sun.com.

The 0.9.6 release notes say 'it should Just Work'. The JRE README has
no information about mozilla or how to manually install the plugin.

The /Program Files/Mozilla.org/Mozilla/Plugins dir is empty.

I'll try this on a Windows ME machine and see what happens...

Comment 1

[Tim Burgess]

Seems to be the same problem on a Windows ME PC.
JRE 1.3.1_01 was already installed. Downloaded and
installed a Windows talkback build of 0.9.6. The
install procedure also installed JRE (so no detection
of the existing JRE) using the 'Complete' option.

I exited and restarted mozilla. No applet at java.sun.com.
'About plugins' on both machines show no entries other than
default.

If anyone could point me towards a manual fix, I'd appreciate
it as I want to test our applet on 0.9.6.  Tim.

Comment 2

[Peter Lubczynski]

The 0.9.6 release notes do NOT say it should "just work". Please read them again:
http://www.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla0.9.6/#java

Specifically, this section:
>> If Java doesn't work, make sure the following is true:
>> On Windows:
>> Copy the NPOJI600.DLL from C:\JDK*\jre\bin to "\plugins" directory 
>> of your installation.

Note: You'll also need to visit about:plugins once to complete the installation.

If that works, please close out this bug. Thanks!

Comment 3

[Tim Burgess]

Umm..actually it does say that. From the 0.9.6 release notes:

"Java

Windows and Linux: To run Java applets, you must install the Java Run Time
Environment (JRE) plug-in. When using installer builds, everything should Just
Work without any help.

See the Java section for more details about Java version compatibility."

I missed the reference to the DLL copy as it was under the Linux heading.

I've copied the DLL in to the plugins dir on both the Win95 and WinME
machines and they both now run applets. Thanks for your help.

Comment 4

[Patty Mac]

verified.