298567 - Java: Always Crash when selecting Help menu->Installed Plug-Ins

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Camino Graveyard :: Plug-ins, defect)

Description

[Janus]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X Mach-O) Gecko/20040906 Camino/0.8+
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X Mach-O) Gecko/20040906 Camino/0.8+

Crashes when selecting Help menu->Installed Plug-Ins

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Click on Help menu
2. Select Installed Plug-Ins

Actual Results:  
Crashed in 5 seconds

Expected Results:  
showing the about plugin page

Comment 1

[Mike Pinkerton (not reading bugmail)]

you're using a build that's about 10 months old (20040906). can you try this in
a newer build?

Comment 2

[Janus]

No, actually I was reporting this bug by a custom build PPC7450 optimized version.

However, I first discovered this bug on the Camino 0.9a1 while I was trying to
verify my zh_TW translation on it.

I have tested it on nightly build 20050618 as well.  Including this Unofficial
build, all three versions always crash.

Comment 3

[Mike Pinkerton (not reading bugmail)]

works for me with 09a1.

Comment 4

[Smokey Ardisson (offline for a while; not following bugs - do not email)]

I don't see this either with 2005062208 (v0.9a1+) on 10.3.9 (it takes forever to
load but does't beachball or crash).  Can you *attach* a crash log?

Comment 5

[Wevah (Nate Weaver)]

WFM, too.

Yes, attach a crash log!

Comment 6

[Janus]

Attachment: A crash log of the incident

This is the crash log of a single crash.

I have sent back 2 incidents by TalkBack Agent as well.  The incident ID's are:

TB6937069E and
TB6937226W

Comment 7

[Janus]

I have forgotten to mention.  It is generated by Camino 0.9a1.

Comment 8

[Mina]

WFM too, version 2005062008 (0.9a1) Mac OS X 10.4.1

Comment 9

[Mike Pinkerton (not reading bugmail)]

looks like a crash starting up java. wonder if maybe he's got a weird java
issue. reporter: does any java content work for you?

Comment 10

[Steven Michaud [:smichaud] (Retired)]

The reporter is running Mac OS X 10.4.1 (Tiger).  He's using a version
of the Java Embedding Plugin (0.9.0) that's incompatible with Tiger.
He needs to upgrade to the current version (0.9.2), which _is_
compatible.

http://javaplugin.sourceforge.net/

Hooray for crash logs! :-)

Comment 11

[Janus]

Bro Steven,

You are my hero.  After installed JEP 0.9.2, it has been solved!

Thanks a lot!

Comment 12

[Steven Michaud [:smichaud] (Retired)]

> After installed JEP 0.9.2, it has been solved!

Glad to hear it, and you're most welcome.

But you should expect to have to upgrade some of your software when
you upgrade to a new OS version (I assume that's what you did).

The Java Embedding Plugin shouldn't have trouble with a "minor
version" OS upgrade (e.g. from OS X 10.4.1 to 10.4.2).  But due to the
fact that the JEP uses undocumented, low-level APIs, current versions
are unlikely to be compatible with OS X 10.5 ... whenever that comes
out (and whatever "cat" it gets named after).

Comment 13

[Samuel Sidler (old account; do not CC)]

Resolving INVALID as this was an issue with JEP.

Comment 14

[Janus]

Bro Steve,

Sorry for the trouble I have caused.

Yeah, I thought I have the latest JEP installed but obviously I have missed it. ;-P