Description of problem: When I go to: http://java.com/en/download/installed.jsp?detect=jre the spinner spins. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): firefox.x86_64 18.0-1.fc18 icedtea-web.x86_64 1.3.1-3.fc18 How reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Actual results: Expected results: Additional info: Firefox prints the following to STDOUT: java version "1.7.0_09-icedtea" OpenJDK Runtime Environment (fedora-2.3.4.fc18-x86_64) OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 23.2-b09, mixed mode) Other sample java applets work fine.
Confirmed, this is a problem with icedtea-web not installing a 'javascript:' URL handler. The applet actually fails silently; the spinning disc is just a looping image. As a work-around you can use http://javatester.org/version.html. Bug filed: http://icedtea.classpath.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1271
*** Bug 985089 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
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I still see this on Fedora 19: icedtea-web-1.4.1-0.fc19.x86_64 but I have no way to update this bug.
java-1.7.0-openjdk-1.7.0.60-2.4.3.0.fc19.i686 icedtea-web-1.4.1-1.fc19.i686 When I go to http://www.java.com/en/download/installed.jsp?detect=jre, the java applet that gets run causes this in ~/.icedtea/log/java.stderr: Exception in thread "NetxPanelThread@http://java.com/en/download/installed.jsp?detect=jre" java.lang.NullPointerException at sun.applet.AppletPanel.showAppletStatus(AppletPanel.java:944) at sun.applet.AppletPanel.run(AppletPanel.java:604) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:744) (logging was enabled for icedtea using itweb-settings.itweb -> Debugging -> Enable logging)
re: comment 5 - and I just get the infamous gray box on the browser page, of course.
I removed the icedtea-web-1.4.1-1 and built a new package based on the latest icedtea-web (hg changeset 6ec72d653144), and now the java.com detection page works (detected java 7, update 45). [FYI, I didn't use the christmasSplash3.diff patch when I built a new package] If a new upstream release is not imminent, maybe adding a patch with the 0fbf6f4ac546 changeset would be useful.
(In reply to John Hein from comment #7) > I removed the icedtea-web-1.4.1-1 and built a new package based on the > latest icedtea-web (hg changeset 6ec72d653144), and now the java.com > detection page works (detected java 7, update 45). [FYI, I didn't use the > christmasSplash3.diff patch when I built a new package] > > If a new upstream release is not imminent, maybe adding a patch with the > 0fbf6f4ac546 changeset would be useful. I will try the backport and see the results. In case that no evil (or evil depndence) will be founf I will Include it into january 1.4 release.