java/81176: Java Webstart does not work

[Panagiotis Astithas]

The following reply was made to PR java/81176; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Panagiotis Astithas <past at ebs.gr>
To: Ron de Bruijn <rondebruijn at yahoo.com>
Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit at freebsd.org
Subject: Re: java/81176: Java Webstart does not work
Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 10:44:18 +0300

 Ron de Bruijn wrote:
 >>Number:         81176
 >>Category:       java
 >>Synopsis:       Java Webstart does not work
 >>Confidential:   no
 >>Severity:       critical
 >>Priority:       high
 >>Responsible:    freebsd-java
 >>State:          open
 >>Quarter:        
 >>Keywords:       
 >>Date-Required:
 >>Class:          sw-bug
 >>Submitter-Id:   current-users
 >>Arrival-Date:   Tue May 17 20:30:06 GMT 2005
 >>Closed-Date:
 >>Last-Modified:
 >>Originator:     Ron
 >>Release:        FreeBSD 5.4-STABLE i386
 >>Organization:
 > 
 > None
 > 
 >>Environment:
 > 
 > System: FreeBSD justok.thuisnetwerk.nl 5.4-STABLE FreeBSD 5.4-STABLE #0: Sat May 14 16:24:15 CEST 2005 ron at justok.thuisnetwerk.nl:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/MYKERNEL i386
 > 
 > ron at justok$ java -version
 > java version "1.4.2-p7"
 > Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 
 > 1.4.2-p7-ron_16_may_2005_21_05)
 > Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.4.2-p7-ron_16_may_2005_21_05, mixed 
 > mode)
 > 
 > 
 >>Description:
 > 
 > Java Webstart is a system to let you run applications by clicking on 
 > them, they are automatically downloaded and executed. The problem is 
 > that in the above configuration is does not work. 
 > 	
 > 
 >>How-To-Repeat:
 > 
 > Execute	/usr/local/linux-sun-jdk1.4.2/jre/javaws/javaws
 
 You are executing the linux javaws here. Perhaps you meant to try the 
 native one instead?
 
 >>Fix:
 > 
 > 
 > Partial fix:
 > 
 > #!/bin/sh
 >    JAVA_HOME=/usr/local/jdk1.4.2
 >    JAVAWS_HOME=$JAVA_HOME/jre/javaws
 >    java -cp $JAVAWS_HOME/javaws.jar:$JAVAWS_HOME/javaws-l10n.jar \
 >       -Djnlpx.jvm=$JAVA_HOME/jre/bin/java -Djnlpx.home=$JAVAWS_HOME \
 >       -Djnlpx.deployment.system.home=$JAVAWS_HOME \
 >       -Djnlpx.deployment.user.home=/home/ron/.javaws \
 >       -Djnlpx.home=$JAVAWS_HOME \
 >       -Djava.security.policy=$JAVAWS_HOME/javaws.policy \
 >       com.sun.javaws.Main "$@"
 > 
 > But it still doesn't let you run javaws applications, because "the 
 > operating system is not supported"
 > 
 > Regards, Ron de Bruijn
 > 
 >>Release-Note:
 >>Audit-Trail:
 >>Unformatted:
 >