Java applet not initialized in Firefox 3 RC1

[Alexey Androsov]

Binary package hint: icedtea-gcjwebplugin

Java-plugin don't work in Firefox3 RC1.

Sun java-plugin test page: http://java.com/en/download/help/testvm.xml
I have message: 'Start: applet not initialized'. The same message i have on other pages with java applets.

OS: Kubuntu 8.04
Firefox: 3.0~rc1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1
icedtea-gcjwebplugin: 1.0-0ubuntu6
openjdk-6-jre: 6b09-0ubuntu2

On Firefox addons on Plugins tab i have:
GCJ Web Browser Plugin (using IcedTea) 1.0

>ls -l /etc/alternatives/mozilla-javaplugin.so
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 56 2008-05-18 13:33 /etc/alternatives/mozilla-javaplugin.so -> /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/jre/lib/i386/gcjwebplugin.so

>ls -l /etc/alternatives/firefox-javaplugin.so
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 56 2008-05-18 13:33 /etc/alternatives/firefox-javaplugin.so -> /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/jre/lib/i386/gcjwebplugin.so

[Matthias Klose (doko)]

"With regard to the testvmDynamicJavaCom failure it seems this applet is wrong
(not having the source makes that slightly difficult to interpret). It seems to
try to get the system property "java.version" and then tries to find an
underscore "_" in it. But icedtea/openjdk doesn't have an underscore in their
version, it is just plain 1.6.0."

[robogeek (david-herron-sun)]

I'm unable to fully diagnose this because on my system the alternatives aren't being recognized for the plugin.

Running update-java-alternatives --set xyzzy-N-frobnitz ought to switch all aspects of the Java to the correct values, including the choice of the plugin. However on my system there's several messages giving different alternatives of "No alternatives for xyzzy-plugin" ... and then no matter which java alternative is selected the testvm.xml applet (http://java.com/en/download/help/testvm.xml?ff3) always says java 6u6.

[robogeek (david-herron-sun)]

I build another ubuntu system with only openjdk installed. In that one gcjwebplugin is used for applet support. I'm able to see the misbehavior. I've contacted the maintainer of the applet on the java.com page and he's fixed it to not fail. I've verified using my system his new applet runs correctly in gcjwebplugin. I don't know when the updated applet will be published.

[robogeek (david-herron-sun)]

You should be able to run this applet w/ the gcjwebplugin in openjdk now. We fixed the applet ....

[robogeek (david-herron-sun)]

Fixed by fixing java.com applet

[Motin (motin)]

Same problem... I tried running galternatives and setting java java_vm and javaws to from openjdk-1.6 to sun-1.6, restarted firefox but with no success.
Also tried installing sun-java5-plugin from the repos and using it with no success.
Lastly, I also tried installed update 6 build 7 from java.com (using alien on the downloadable rpm), but no new alternatives became available...

I guess I should change some setting in firefox instead? Don't know... All I want to do is to upload pictures on Facebook - and it used to work in Gutsy... Anyone have a recipe for a work-around on this issue?

Thanks!

My installed version of the plugin:
~$ sudo aptitude show icedtea-gcjwebplugin
[sudo] password for motin:
Paket: icedtea-gcjwebplugin
Tillstånd: installerat
Automatiskt installerade: ja
Version: 1.0-0ubuntu5
Prioritet: extra
Sektion: universe/web
Underhållare: Matthias Klose <email address hidden>
Uppackad storlek: 156k
Beroende: libatk1.0-0 (>= 1.20.0), libc6 (>= 2.7-1), libcairo2 (>= 1.5.14),
          libgcc1, libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.12.0), libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.12.0),
          libnspr4-0d, libpango1.0-0 (>= 1.20.0), libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1-21),
          openjdk-6-jre (>= 6b06)
Beskrivning: Java plugin based on IcedTea and gcjwebplugin
 icedtea-gcjwebplugin is a little web browser plugin to execute Java applets. It
 is targeted for Mozilla and compatible browsers that support the NPAPI.

[Klaas (klaas-redhat-bugs)]

Description of problem:
When I try to start my typingcourse with Firefox I get the message: Applet not initialized

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
Firefox 3.5.2

How reproducible:
See below.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Go to: http://online3.typingmaster.com/tmonline3/login?id=unp5pb2f9
2. login with user 'test' and password 'geheim01' (just a trial-user ;-) )
3. try to start the first lesson of the typing course

Actual results:
'Applet not initialized'

Expected results:
I expect to see the lessons.. (It worked fine under Fedora 9)

Additional info:

[Klaas (klaas-redhat-bugs)]

Created attachment 359502
Screenprint with text 'Applet not initialized'

[Matěj (matj-redhat-bugs)]

Shouldn't this go to Java component? Reassigning for further investigation.

[Mark (mark-redhat-bugs)]

Confirmed, starting firefox from a terminal produces:

net.sourceforge.jnlp.LaunchException: Fatal: Initialization Error: Could not initialize applet.
 at net.sourceforge.jnlp.Launcher.createApplet(Launcher.java:495)
 at net.sourceforge.jnlp.Launcher.getApplet(Launcher.java:441)
 at net.sourceforge.jnlp.Launcher$TgThread.run(Launcher.java:620)
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
 at net.sourceforge.jnlp.Launcher.createApplet(Launcher.java:481)
 ... 2 more
Caused by:
java.lang.NullPointerException
 at net.sourceforge.jnlp.Launcher.createApplet(Launcher.java:481)
 at net.sourceforge.jnlp.Launcher.getApplet(Launcher.java:441)
 at net.sourceforge.jnlp.Launcher$TgThread.run(Launcher.java:620)
java.lang.NullPointerException
 at net.sourceforge.jnlp.NetxPanel.runLoader(NetxPanel.java:102)
 at sun.applet.AppletPanel.run(AppletPanel.java:380)
 at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:636)
java.lang.NullPointerException
 at sun.applet.AppletPanel.run(AppletPanel.java:430)
 at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:636)

with java-1.6.0-openjdk-plugin-1.6.0.0-27.b16.fc11.x86_64

[Juha (juha-redhat-bugs)]

I see the same:

ICEDTEAPLUGIN_DEBUG=true firefox \
http://www.java.com/en/download/help/testvm.xml \
2>&1 | tee console.log

Writing to JVM: plugin PluginCookieInfo http://www.java.com/applet/testVM_en_US.properties gpName=javac%3ASupport%3AHelp%3Atestvm.xml; gpChannel=javac%3ASupport%3AHelp; gpServer=www.java.com; JSESSIONID=7f0c2885e168c0c256760463e922; s_cc=true; s_sq=%5B%5BB%5D%5D
Wrote 247 bytes to pipe
ICEDTEA PLUGIN: Instance::SendMessageToAppletViewer return
Processing complete
ICEDTEA PLUGIN: Instance::ConsumeMsgFromJVM return
ICEDTEA PLUGIN: plugin_in_pipe_callback
Received message: instance 1 status exception: java.lang.StringIndexOutOfBoundsException: String index out of range: 8.
  PIPE: plugin read: instance 1 status exception: java.lang.StringIndexOutOfBoundsException: String index out of range: 8.
ICEDTEA PLUGIN: plugin_in_pipe_callback return
ICEDTEA PLUGIN: Instance::ConsumeMsgFromJVM
received message: instance 1 status exception: java.lang.StringIndexOutOfBoundsException: String index out of range: 8.
Processing complete
ICEDTEA PLUGIN: Instance::ConsumeMsgFromJVM return
Pending event processed (this) ... 1
ICEDTEA PLUGIN: plugin_in_pipe_callback
Received message: instance 1 status Start: applet not initialized.
  PIPE: plugin read: instance 1 status Start: applet not initialized.
ICEDTEA PLUGIN: plugin_in_pipe_callback return
ICEDTEA PLUGIN: Instance::ConsumeMsgFromJVM
received message: instance 1 status Start: applet not initialized.
Processing complete
ICEDTEA PLUGIN: Instance::ConsumeMsgFromJVM return
Pending event processed (this) ... 1
^C

Should i attach the whole log here?

[Juha (juha-redhat-bugs)]

java-1.6.0-openjdk-plugin-1.6.0.0-29.b16.fc11.x86_64

[Walter (walter-redhat-bugs)]

Per request, same error here, otherwise I have no troubles with OpenJDK that I'm aware of. java-1.6.0-openjdk-plugin-1.6.0.0-29.b16.fc11.x86_64

[Juha (juha-redhat-bugs)]

I tried to change data entries in Estonian business register (https://ettevotjaportaal.rik.ee/) and they use PKI smartcards with opensc to digitally authenticate and sign the requests with java applet.

Authentication works flawlessly. Signing does not.

[Juha (juha-redhat-bugs)]

For clarification, authentication uses client side SSL certificates so that has nothing to do with java.

[Matěj (matj-redhat-bugs)]

Can reproduce on Rawhide, neither
http://www.java.com/en/download/help/testvm.xml
nor
http://java.com/en/download/installed.jsp?detect=jre&try=1
work as expected with java-1.6.0-openjdk-plugin-1.6.0.0-31.b16.fc12.x86_64 installed, Java enabled in the Firefox

[Juha (juha-redhat-bugs)]

Matej, feel free to clone this bug to rawhide if you're worried about the future releases/downstream products. The fact is, that this is completely broken in *production* version, which is more severe issue than unreleased development tree.

Second fact is, that this prevents using some services, which is not a minor visual hickup and could be ignored.

[Andrew (andrew-redhat-bugs)]

This page works for me:

http://java.com/en/download/installed.jsp?detect=jre&try=1

but this one does not:

http://www.java.com/en/download/help/testvm.xml

java-1.6.0-openjdk-plugin-1.6.0.0-31.b16.fc12.x86_64

[Deepak (deepak-redhat-bugs)]

The error in the original bug report is a parser bug, caused by the same issue that causes this:

http://icedtea.classpath.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=406

As for http://www.java.com/en/download/help/testvm.xml not working -- that is a problem in the applet. The applet appears to be trying to do something like charAt(8) on the name/version string of the vm, which fails because IcedTea does not follow the exact same convention as Sun

[Klaas (klaas-redhat-bugs)]

I have just installed SUN-JAVA-jre and that is just working fine.
OpenJDK disabled in Firefox.

My problem is solved.

[Juha (juha-redhat-bugs)]

*** Bug 538640 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

[Deepak (deepak-redhat-bugs)]

Can you please try it again with this build:

http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=1841533 [F11-x86]
http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=1841531 [F11-x86_64]

You may have to use the --force option as the version numbers were not bumped

I have temporarily mirrored the essential files here in case koji deletes files from the above build:

http://dbhole.fedorapeople.org/java/

[Jason (jason-redhat-bugs)]

Deepak:
F11-x86 still exhibits the same "Start: applet not initialized" problem with the java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0.0-30.b16.fc11.i586.rpm and java-1.6.0-openjdk-plugin-1.6.0.0-30.b16.fc11.i586.rpm installed from http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=1841533 when testing at http://www.java.com/en/download/help/testvm.html

[Juha (juha-redhat-bugs)]

Jayson, try some other page with applet, that Sun's page is broken - which is very logical when you're trying to test compatibility. Tells quite a bit about that company.

For me it fails too but other applets elsewhere start.

[Juha (juha-redhat-bugs)]

Some people here might find it interesting too, that Sun's java does not work currently in x86_64 as stated in:

  http://plugindoc.mozdev.org/faqs/java.html#Linux

and i can cofirm it, it doesn't.

[Deepak (deepak-redhat-bugs)]

Jason:
http://www.java.com/en/download/help/testvm.xml is not fixed by the new rpms, but the originally reported site (http://online3.typingmaster.com/tmonline3/login?id=unp5pb2f9) is.

http://www.java.com/en/download/help/testvm.xml does not work due to a presumption by the applet that the jvm version string will be in format A.B.C_XY .. which is true for the Sun JVM, but not for IcedTea (the openjdk in Fedora). I have sent an email to the community requesting that we do the same with the IcedTea reported version. Once that is addressed, the applet should start working. The e-mail I sent is here:

http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/distro-pkg-dev/2009-December/007712.html

[Deepak (deepak-redhat-bugs)]

Juha -- far be it from me to tout the Sun plugin :) ... But just for the record, Sun has finally introduced support for 64-bit systems as well. Their new plugin so is named libnpjp2.so. libjavaplugin_oji.so will not work for 64-bit.

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[Andrew (andrew-redhat-bugs)]

I was able to load both the websites on x86_64 and x86 systems. Seems to work with the latest plugin. Try updating your system to the latest plugin.

java version "1.6.0_18"
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (IcedTea6 1.8) (fedora-41.b18.fc13-x86_64)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 14.0-b16, mixed mode)

java version "1.6.0_18"
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (IcedTea6 1.8) (fedora-41.b18.fc13-i386)
OpenJDK Server VM (build 14.0-b16, mixed mode)

--Andrew

[Juha (juha-redhat-bugs)]

You mean latest to f11?

[Andrew (andrew-redhat-bugs)]

yes try upgrading your Icedtea to the latest version. Also note, the support for f11 ends in a few days (June 25, 2010), and no more updates for f11 will be provided. See comment 21 by Bug Zapper. Unless you upgrade to f12 or f13 and the bug persists with the latest version of icedtea, you should update the version number for this bug.

-Andrew

[Jonathan (jonathan-redhat-bugs)]

I upgraded from F12 to F13 recently. And I was using Firefox with the new NP plugin but any Java applets were seeing incredible CPU usage but working. With the latest OpenJDK on F13 CPU usage is normal now, but some applets (for example the Facebook photo uploader) come up with this 'Applet not initialized' in the statusbar, and don't show up on the page.

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