FULL PRODUCT VERSION : java full version "1.6.0_03-b05" ADDITIONAL OS VERSION INFORMATION : Linux (Ubuntu Gutsy beta) on x86, kernel 2.6.22-14-generic EXTRA RELEVANT SYSTEM CONFIGURATION : Intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU 3.40GHz, 2GB RAM, GeForce 7600GT 256MB RAM. A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM : The Java plugin fails working with Firefox (2.0.0.6). After installing the plugin and visiting a page with a java applet, there's no sign of Java activity, instead a file "plugin_stack.trace" appears in the home directory with the following content: [code] java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Could not initialize class com.sun.deploy.config.Config at sun.plugin.AppletViewer.initEnvironment(Unknown Source) at sun.plugin.navig.motif.Plugin.doit(Unknown Source) at sun.plugin.navig.motif.Plugin.start(Unknown Source) [/code] STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM : 1. Install the plugin: open a terminal window and go to the Firefox plugin directory, then type "ln -s path_to_the_java_plugin.so". 2. Restart Firefox and go to some site with an applet. 3. The plugin doesn't work, instead there's appears a new file in user's home dir called "plugin_stack.trace". REPRODUCIBILITY : This bug can be reproduced always. CUSTOMER SUBMITTED WORKAROUND : Don't use java 6 update 3. Release Regression From : 6u2 The above release value was the last known release where this bug was not reproducible. Since then there has been a regression.
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