Description of problem: New update to JDK breaks Applet plugin Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): [gerry@achiles ~]$ java -version java version "1.6.0_18" OpenJDK Runtime Environment (IcedTea6 1.8) (fedora-39.b18.fc13-i386) OpenJDK Client VM (build 14.0-b16, mixed mode) How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Open browser (Firefox in this case, as Epiphany obviously doesn't like Java anyway). 2. Navigate to http://www.java.com/en/download/help/testvm.xml 3. Observe no Java 4. Confirm this by typing "about:plugins" in the location bar in Firefox - observe there are no registered Java plugins. Actual results: No Java plugins seem to be registered after this recent JDK update. Expected results: There should be a Java applet plugin registered Additional info: Running alternatives provides the following information: [gerry@achiles ~]$ alternatives --config libjavaplugin.so There are 2 programs which provide 'libjavaplugin.so'. Selection Command ----------------------------------------------- *+ 1 /usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.6.0-openjdk/lib/i386/IcedTeaNPPlugin.so 2 /usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.6.0-openjdk/lib/i386/IcedTeaPlugin.so Workaroud: Switch to the 2nd plugin above and restart Firefox. This makes the Java applet plugin work in Firefox again. [gerry@achiles ~]$ alternatives --display libjavaplugin.so libjavaplugin.so - status is manual. link currently points to /usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.6.0-openjdk/lib/i386/IcedTeaPlugin.so /usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.6.0-openjdk/lib/i386/IcedTeaNPPlugin.so - priority 16000 /usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.6.0-openjdk/lib/i386/IcedTeaPlugin.so - priority 16000 Current `best' version is /usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.6.0-openjdk/lib/i386/IcedTeaNPPlugin.so.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 602906 ***