IcedTea out of date / Java applets don't run on Chrome 21

[Ibrahim M. Ghazal]

When trying to run Java applets on Google Chrome (for example, http://java.com/en/download/testjava.jsp ), I get the following message: "IcedTea was blocked because it is out of date. [Run this time] [Update plug-in...]"

Clicking [Update plug-in...] takes me to http://icedtea.classpath.org/wiki/Main_Page and doesn't update it.

Clicking [Run this time] gives the message "Could not load IcedTea-Web Plugin (using IcedTea-Web 1.2 (1.2-2ubuntu1.1))." and the applet refuses to run. I also get the following if I ran chrome from the command line:

/build/buildd/icedtea-web-1.2/build/../plugin/icedteanp/IcedTeaNPPlugin.cc:2072: thread 0x7fe984710500: Error: Invalid plugin function table.
/build/buildd/icedtea-web-1.2/build/../plugin/icedteanp/IcedTeaNPPlugin.cc:2072: thread 0x7fe984710500: Error: Invalid plugin function table.
[56:56:10318065731:ERROR:webplugin_delegate_proxy.cc(364)] PluginMsg_Init returned false
[56:56:10318065796:ERROR:webplugin_impl.cc(269)] Couldn't initialize plug-in

Notes:
- Chrome is Version 21.0.1180.75.
- Java applets do work on Firefox.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: icedtea-plugin 1.2-2ubuntu1.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-27.43-generic 3.2.21
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-27-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu12
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Aug 11 10:44:57 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: icedtea-web
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.