220547 - Java plugin gone missing

Status: RESOLVED EXPIRED

(SeaMonkey :: General, defect)

Description

[Rob Green]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X Mach-O; en-GB; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X Mach-O; en-GB; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624

My original Mozilla 1.2.1 runs Java applets perfectly, however every install
since does not run them.  I am currently running 1.4 and Java just doesn't work,
though it still works on 1.2.1.

I have tied un-installing all versions of Mozilla, all Mozilla files I can find
the then re-installing Mozilla 1.4, but to no avail. I continue to have 1.2.1
installed just so I can run applets when neccessary.

This may be a bug with the installer or the 'first run' process.



Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Install and run Mozilla 1.2.1
2.Install Mozilla 1.4
3.Run an applet in 1.4, Java just isn't found.

Actual Results:  
Nothing, Java just doesn't start.

Expected Results:  
Start a Java applet.

Comment 1

[Ludovic Hirlimann [:Usul]]

Reporter could you please add :
OS version you are using.
JVM version you are using if you know it.
give us an URL of a faulty Applet not working ?
Could you also test with a recent 1.5-RC2 ?

Comment 2

[Rob Green]

URL for testing:
http://www.qtac.edu.au/Apply_Now/Twelve_To_Tertiary/TTT_Applicant_Declaration.htm

Select the 4 check boxes then click "Yes" at the bottom.  If Java is working, an
applet will start.  If not, a page comes up saying Java isn't working.

OS: Mac OS X 10.1.5

MRJ 2.2.6 (latest from Apple using software update).  I have also seperately
downloaded MRJ 2.2.6 to see if installing it makes any difference.  I think it
impliments the 1.1.2 Java spec.

Will test with 1.5 RC2 as soon as I get home (about 6 hours from now - say 0900 UT)

Comment 3

[Rob Green]

Java works fine in 1.2.1 - here is what is in the package:

Contents/MacOS/Plug-ins/MRJPluginCarbon.plugin

There is no equivalent in Mozilla 1.3 or later.

I have tried going here:

http://www.mozilla.org/oji/MRJPluginCarbon.html

and installing the plugin as recommended but it seems to do nothing.  In the
~/Library/Mozilla/pluginreg.dat file there is an entry:

<boot disk>:Library:Internet Plug-Ins:MRJPluginCarbon.plugin

Which is where I put the MRJPluginCarbon.plugin file.

I have installed Mozilla 1.5rc2, same deal.  

Either the MRJ plugin should be in the package (a la 1.2.1) or the MRJ plugin in
the boot Library should work.

Comment 4

[David Lawhon]

I can confirm that the bug occurs at the reported URL using Mozilla 1.8a4
(8/28/04 build) under MacOSX 10.3.5.

I mark the four boxes and click "Yes." The site then shows a list of
requirements and which ones I do or don't meet. It indicates that Java is
disabled. (Looking in Mozilla's "About Plug-ins" shows that all of the Java
Plug-in and Java Plug-in (CFM) features are enabled.)

If I try the same site in Internet Explorer 5.2.3, it shows Java is enabled.

-- David Lawhon

Comment 5

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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Comment 6

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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