Firefox 3 crashes on Java Applets

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Firefox 3 crashes on Java Applets

Firefox crashes on pages with Java Applets, with a JNI (Java Native Interface) error, see console log snip below. Note that JNI is the Java technology allowing Java C bindings .. or "native" bindings.

As far as I can tell, any page with an Applet will fail. Here's a good "standard" test page from Sun:
http://java.sun.com/applets/jdk/1.4/demo/applets/GraphLayout/example1.html

I'm running Firefox 3.0.5, Java Standard Edition 6 .. although it will die with earlier Firefox 3 versions.

No problems with Safari and Applets, just Firefox.

Has anyone encountered this? Better yet, found a solution?

Thanks,
-- Owen

Here are my Java preferences:
http://backspaces.net/temp/JavaPreferences001.png

From the Console:
2/1/09 1:09:47 PM [0x0-0x1c81c8].org.mozilla.firefox[5417] ### MRJPlugin: getPluginBundle() here. ###
2/1/09 1:09:50 PM [0x0-0x1c81c8].org.mozilla.firefox[5417] ### MRJPlugin: CFBundleGetBundleWithIdentifier() succeeded. ###
2/1/09 1:09:50 PM [0x0-0x1c81c8].org.mozilla.firefox[5417] ### MRJPlugin: CFURLGetFSRef() succeeded. ###
2/1/09 1:09:54 PM firefox-bin[5417] Apple Applet Plugin: JNI exception (registerNatives, 423)
2/1/09 1:09:54 PM firefox-bin[5417] Exception
2/1/09 1:09:54 PM firefox-bin[5417] in thread "Thread-0"
2/1/09 1:10:03 PM com.apple.launchd[139] ([0x0-0x1c81c8].org.mozilla.firefox[5417]) Stray process with PGID equal to this dead job: PID 5429 PPID 1 crashreporter

Message was edited by: backspaces

Macbook Pro Intel, Mac OS X (10.5.5), Firefox 3.0.5, Java Standard Edition 6

Posted on Feb 1, 2009 12:26 PM

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Answer 1

nerowolfe

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13,090 points

Feb 1, 2009 1:24 PM in response to backspaces

I have FF 3.05 and the sun site you reference plays perfectly.
My FF has the Java Embedding Plugin 0.9.6.4 installed.
You might run the Java Preferences app in the Utilities directory to see what you have installed, but since you say it runs OK with Safari, I suspect the plugin.

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Answer 2

ajscam

Level 1

10 points

Feb 2, 2009 3:02 PM in response to backspaces

Yup, having this prob too.

From Java Console:

sun.misc.ServiceConfigurationError: javax.imageio.spi.ImageOutputStreamSpi: Provider com.sun.media.imageioimpl.stream.ChannelImageOutputStreamSpi not found
at sun.misc.Service.fail(Service.java:129)
at sun.misc.Service.access$000(Service.java:111)
at sun.misc.Service$LazyIterator.next(Service.java:273)
at javax.imageio.spi.IIORegistry.registerApplicationClasspathSpis(IIORegistry.java :188)
at javax.imageio.spi.IIORegistry.<init>(IIORegistry.java:120)
at javax.imageio.spi.IIORegistry.getDefaultInstance(IIORegistry.java:141)
at apple.awt.CToolkit.registerDefaultServices(CToolkit.java:1226)
at apple.awt.CToolkit.<init>(CToolkit.java:136)
at apple.awt.MyCToolkit.<init>(MyCToolkit.java:67)
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessor Impl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructor AccessorImpl.java:27)
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:494)
at java.lang.Class.newInstance0(Class.java:350)
at java.lang.Class.newInstance(Class.java:303)
at java.awt.Toolkit$2.run(Toolkit.java:833)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.awt.Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit(Toolkit.java:804)
at sun.plugin.viewer.context.WebKitAppletContext.<clinit>(WebKitAppletContext.java :26)
at jep.AppletHandlerFactory.callRegisterNatives(Native Method)
at jep.AppletHandlerFactory.initProperties(AppletHandlerFactory.java:254)

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