219231 - Crashes with J2SDK 1.4.2_01 & doesn't load any plug-in version

Status: RESOLVED EXPIRED

(Core Graveyard :: Java: OJI, defect)

Description

[Fabrizio Lozada]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; 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 update my mozilla to 1.4 it didn't load any Java Plug-In anymore (I tried
with Java versions 1.3.1, 1.4.0, 1.4.1; all from sun, but it doesn't report any
problem or error. Today I update my J2SK to version 1.4.2_01 and update to the
newest plug-in but it just crash immediately. If I remove the plug-in it worrks
fine. I have also installed Acrobat, MozPlugger 1.1.1, ShockWave Flash 6.0r79.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Copy or softlink Java Plug-In from any version to Mozilla plug-in folder.
2. Start mozilla.
3. if previous to 1.4.2 J2SDK doesn't load the plug-in else crashes

Actual Results:  
The same

Expected Results:  
Load normally?

Mandrake Linux 9.1
Java 2 SDK Sun 1.4.2_01

Comment 1

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

Have you correctly symlined the JRE1.4.2 plugin from the gcc3.2 directory ?
Do you read the help from plugindoc ? (second link in help/about:plugins)

Comment 2

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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