The old plugin hangs firefox 3 when loading java applets
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Sun Java |
Confirmed
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Unknown
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sun-java6 (Ubuntu) |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
I've just got a report from a user of our site, tribaltrouble2.com, that the applet we use on the site hangs with firefox 3 and the version of the java plugin provided by Ubuntu 8.10. The applet does not cause a hang on earlier java versions < 1.6 update 10, which is installed on 8.04. I've confirmed the hang, and that selecting "plugin2" instead of the legacy plugin resolves the hang.
What's special about the java 6u10 "minor" update is that SUN rewrote the browser plugin, "plugin2", (https:/
Specifically, using
jre/lib/
instead of
jre/plugin/
selects plugin2 and resolves the bug. The alternatives, doing nothing or downgrading java to an earlier version < 6u10 is suboptimal, IMHO.
Changed in sun-java: | |
status: | Unknown → Confirmed |
Details about linux installation is provided here:
https:/ /jdk6.dev. java.net/ plugin2/ #INSTALLATION