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openjdk-6 package

Java webstart from Konqueror incorrectly uses -viewer option

Bug #213897 reported by Michael on 2008-04-08

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #84501: Java6 Web Start just opens the Java control panel instead of running the application. Edit Remove

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	openjdk-6 (Ubuntu)	New	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

When I try to open "http://java.sun.com/products/javawebstart/apps/notepad.jnlp" in konqueror, the command line invoked is

kioexec /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/bin/javaws -viewer http://java.sun.com/products/javawebstart/apps/notepad.jnlp

which brings up a certificates viewer window. If the "-viewer" argument is dropped, the command line is correct.

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Rui Boon (ruiboon) wrote on 2008-04-08:

This should not be a bug of openjdk. Its doc specifically mentioned that the -viewer parameter is to "show the cache viewer in the java control panel". This should not be the intended result. Will take a look at the mechanism for loading the java applications in konqueror soon

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Rui Boon (ruiboon) wrote on 2008-04-10:

I was wrong to conclude that it wasnt a bug of openjdk.
In the source package of the openjdk6, the viewer option is already there

./JB-jre.mime.in:application/x-java-jnlp-file; /@basedir@/jre/javaws/javaws -viewer %s

Would removing it solve the issue?

Not sure if this is a mere coincidence, this occurrence of the extra viewer option is also found in the the sun package.
From /usr/lib/mime/packages/sun-java6-bin
"application/x-java-jnlp-file; /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun-1.6.0.05/jre/javaws/javaws -viewer %s"