211151 - Browser loads Java 2 RTE plugin But Does Not Apply It

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Core Graveyard :: Java APIs to WebShell, defect)

Description

[Peter Gant]

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

When I access a webpage that uses java the browser (correctly) asks me to
install the Java 2 Runtime Environment plugin. After I click on 'yes' I am taken
to the Netscape website, the plugin is downloaded, and windows appear to
indicate that the plugin has successfully been applied.

However, when I again attempt to access the page with the browser I again get
the request to download the plugin.

System in use is a Compaq Armada 1700 Laptop PII, 96Mb RAM, RedHat 8.0 with up
to date patches

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Access internal network web page which requires java
2. Accept request to download plugin fron Netscape website
3. Plugin appears to load OK
4. Message appears telling me that installation is successful
5. Accessing web page again results in request to load the plugin

Actual Results:  
I get another request to load the java 2 RTE plugin

Expected Results:  
Mozilla should have executed the java and given me a logon page to my router.

No theme
The browser does not crash
Repeated downloading and installation of the plugin gives the same error
Error occurs if logged on as root or as local user
Error did not occur with Mozilla 1.2
Installation was a clean install of RH8.0 plus Mozilla 1.4 from the Mozilla website

Note, I am NOT a java expert so the entry in the 'Component' field may not be
correct.

Comment 1

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

Please read the release notes before you report a bug. You must install JRE1.4.2
from http://java.sun.com and create the correct symlink.

The reason : 1.4 is compiled with GCC3.2 instead of gcc2.9x (Mozilla1.2) and you
must have a Plugin that is compiled also with GCC3.2

-> invalid