209915 - Crash due to java pluggin

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Core Graveyard :: Java: OJI, defect)

Description

[Eric Valette]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030617
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030617

1.4 rc2 said it needs the 1.4.2 beta java pluggin. Fine installed it and linked
/usr/java/j2re1.4.2/plugin/i386/ns610-gcc32/libjavaplugin_oji.so topluggin
directory (note the gcc32 in the path) because the other does not work (mozilla
does not start).

The pluggin is correctly found but each time I access a page with java applet,
mozilla crash...

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install the 1.4.2 beta pluggin as suggested in the release note
2. Try to run a java applet
3.

Actual Results:  
Mozilla crash

Expected Results:  
Run the java applet correctly

Comment 1

[Patrick]

possibly :
bug 209802
bug 209755
bug 209904

Comment 2

[Joshua Xia]

This seems relate to #209904
Pete, please take a look, thanks!

Comment 3

[Pete Zha]

Reporter: what platform you are on? RH7.3 or RH8

Comment 4

[Eric Valette]

I'am on debian sid... But used the java RPM via alien. Note that the bug is
different than 209904 because the pluggin starts OK. I see it in Help->about
pluggin but the browser crash each time I load a page with an applet.

I've been using/installing java jre since 0.9.6 and this is the first time I see
this behavior. For me, it is not acceptable as many pages contains java applets...

Comment 5

[Eric Valette]

I would like to add that the backdorn 1.4.1 gcc-3.2 compiled versions works. So
the problem is the 1.4.2 beta from sun (used RPM version). So take care to make
this fixed before 1.4.2.

Additionnal note : the readme for java says to link the wrong version of pluggin... 

Comment 6

[Pete Zha]

Eric,
Seems you need to file bug for JRE. Otherwise your request can not be addressed.

Comment 7

[Eric Valette]

Well, I guess java non working for many people because of asome change in
mozilla 1.4 (probably not just the compiler) will be bad publicity...
Escpecially given the major chnage comming for 1.5.

Besides, crashing the browser when java crash while they are in different
process is rather bad IMHO.

Comment 8

[Eric Valette]

OK. I found the culprit : the debian alien package. If I use debian alien to
convert the SUN jre-1.4.2 rpm (j2re-1_4_2-beta-linux-i586.rpm.bin) to a debian
package and install it, the resulting installation does not work. If i use the
standalone installer (j2re-1_4_2-beta-linux-i586.bin), it works. Sorry folks.

The bug in the release note on the PATH of the pluggin still holds but this is
not important...