(Regression from previous fix) 1) clean $deployment_home/log directory: 2) With full Run command line or throug browser DT: javaws http://javaweb.sfbay.sun.com/~nn136682/FxSamples/Fish.jnlp 3) Observe in $deployment_log directory pluginXXXX.trace with 0 size, where pluginXXXX.log is not empty. Observe in java console (trace level all) this stack: java.lang.NullPointerException at com.sun.deploy.trace.FileTraceListener.init(FileTraceListener.java:49) at com.sun.deploy.trace.FileTraceListener.<init>(FileTraceListener.java:44) at com.sun.deploy.trace.FileTraceListener.getOrCreateSharedInstance(FileTraceListener.java:32) at sun.plugin.JavaRunTime.initTraceEnvironment(JavaRunTime.java:244) at sun.plugin2.applet.Applet2Environment$2.run(Applet2Environment.java:301) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:722)