89178 - The java plugin no longer installs or operates properly in 0.92

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 84369

(Core Graveyard :: Java: OJI, defect)

Description

[jeffk]

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User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux 2.4.2-2 i686; en-US; rv:0.9) Gecko/20010507
BuildID:    20010628

Installation of the java plugin on 0.92 results in browser not being able to
start, gives message in popup like "...previous installation to complete...".
The plugin xpi appeared to install properly.

Install of jre on 0.90 works fine (0.91 might work too), java works fine,
subsequent upgrade to 0.92 (via rpm -F) results in browser hang when visiting
any site with an applet.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1.Install 0.92
2.Install JRE via .xpi
3.restart browser
OR
1. Install 0.90
2. Install jre
3. restart browser and view applet to confirm install
4. rpm -F 0.92 on top of 0.90
5. restart browser and notice hang when viewing applet page.

Actual Results:  Browser fails to start, opens popup with message about previos
installation...

or

Browser starts and hangs on any page containing an applet.

Expected Results:  Browser starts, runs applets.

System:
RedHat 7.1/x86

Comment 1

[Doug Collinge]

Me too.  Fails in the same way on a Mandake 8.0 system.

Comment 2

[shrirang khanzode]

this is a dup...gotta find it..

Comment 3

[edburns]

Xiaobin, can you please investigate?

Comment 4

[Xiaobin Lu]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 84369 ***

Comment 5

[Xiaobin Lu]

Oops, this is a dup of 84639 (not 84369).

Comment 6

[shrirang khanzode]

SPAM: reassigning OJI bugs to new QA, pmac. (227 bugs)

Comment 7

[Patty Mac]

Verified dup