Bug Id: | 4358142 |
Synopsis: | Mime-types not loaded properly on Netscape - intermittent bug |
Category: | javaplugin:solaris |
Reported Against: | kest-sol-rc1 |
Closed, will not be fixed | |
Related Bugs: |   |
Submit Date: | Jul 31, 2000 |
Description: |
Version of Java: java version "1.3.0" Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.3.0-b24) Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.3.0-b24, mixed mode) System Information: SunOS deepesh 5.7 Generic_106541-10 sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-5_10 Processor Information: Status of processor 0 as of: 07/31/00 18:05:50 Processor has been on-line since 07/17/00 20:41:07. The sparcv9 processor operates at 440 MHz, and has a sparcv9 floating point processor. STEPS TO REPRODUCE: - Install build 24 of Kestrel/Solaris on your host solaris machine for sparc /net/hotvm.eng/export/sail1/jdk1.3_b24/production-1.3-b24/pkgarchive/sparc/b24 for x86 /net/hotvm-x.eng/builds/jdk1.3_b24/production-1.3-b24/pkgarchive/i386/b24 - Set the environment variable NPX_PLUGIN_PATH for sparc % setenv NPX_PLUGIN_PATH "path to build24 jre"/plugin/sparc for x86 % setenv NPX_PLUGIN_PATH "path to build24 jre"/plugin/i386 - Start netscape, select "About Plug-ins" from the "Help" menu. RESULTS: Since this is an intermittent failure, sometimes we see only a few mime-types enabled in the plugin table for "Java(TM) Plug-in 1.3.0-b24". All the mime-types should have been enabled. The problem has been noticed in both sparc and x86 solaris 6, 7 & 8. Generally mime-type 1.3, 1.2.2, 1.2.1 and 1.1.3 will be enabled whereas mime-type 1.2, 1.1.2, 1.1.1 and 1.1 will not be enabled. |
Workaround: | Exiting the browsers and rerunning it is one solution. |
Evaluation: |
Committed to 1.3.1. This is a Netscape bug/issue. At best we could probably work around it to the point where an individual user wouldn't have to restart, if they installed there own copy of netscape. A user using a common install would still have the problem. This amounts to a non-trival amount of work for very little gain. As such I think we should just live with this, or pressure Netscape to fix the actual probelm. xxxxx@xxxxx 2000-11-27 |
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