119488 - java plugin 1.4 causes mozilla to fail on startup if present on first startup

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Core Graveyard :: Java: OJI, defect)

Description

[Brian Vancil]

Recent nightlies of mozilla have ceased to run on my machine, running Redhat 7.2.

Steps to reproduce:

1.  Download and unpack mozilla-i686-pc-linux-gnu.tar.gz
2.  cd into mozilla directory and run ./mozilla
      Expected: a pretty browser window opens 
      Actual: generic error:
      /usr/local/mozilla/mozilla/run-mozilla.sh: line 72: 29478 Segmentation
fault      $prog ${1+"$@"}
3.  Now try running ./mozilla-bin directory
      Expected: a pretty browser window opens, as in formal releases
      Actual: this error:
./mozilla-bin: relocation error: ./mozilla-bin: undefined symbol:
__vt_24nsASingleFragmentCString

If you need any more information from me, such as library versions, I'll be
happy to provide it.  If a trace would be helpful, just tell me what to do with
gdb. :)

Comment 1

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

Are you unpacking into a clean directory or on top of an older install?

Comment 2

[Brian Vancil]

Sorry about the mysteriousness of the bug, but I've tracked it down.  I had a
 script to download the latest build, unpack it, and copy in some plugins.
  Specifically, it was running the following commands to create a symbolic link
 to the java 1.4 plugin:


    export JAVA_HOME=/usr/local/j2sdk1.4.0
    export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/jre/bin:$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH
    ln -s $JAVA_HOME/jre/plugin/i386/ns610/libjavaplugin_oji140.so
mozilla/components/libjavaplugin_oji140.so

If one runs these commands before running mozilla for the first time, one gets 
the error as I previously described it.  However, if one installs the plugin 
after mozilla has run once, there is no error.  

There is no problem with the java 1.3.1 plugin.  Feel free to close this out
if it has nothing to do with mozilla.
(Oh, and I am unpacking cleanly.)

Comment 3

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

to OJI

Comment 4

[Frederic Crozat]

Confirmed on Linux BuildID 2002011921 using a fresh install.

This is a regression since Moz 0.9.7 :((

Comment 5

[Knut J]

Java beta3 1.4 work by using ./regxpcom
/path_to_java_1.4_plugin/libjava_oji140.so.

Comment 6

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

this should be fixed with JRE 1.4RC

Comment 7

[Patty Mac]

Change to Chris Petersen as a new QA contact for OJI component.

Comment 8

[Patty Mac]

Change to Chris Petersen as a new QA contact for OJI component.

Comment 9

[Patty Mac]

Chris Petersen is a new QA contact for oji component. His email is:
[e-mail]

Comment 10

[Patty Mac]

Chris Petersen is a new QA contact for oji component. His email is:
[e-mail]

Comment 11

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

fixing small error for [e-mail] (filter with : SPAMMAILSUCKS)

Comment 12

[Pulsebot]

https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/mozilla-inbound/rev/108cd7f55f80

Comment 13

[Wes Kocher (:KWierso) (Not reading bugmail; email directly if needed)]

https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/108cd7f55f80