JDK-6411479 : Javaws can not load the proxy configuration from Firefox browser
  • Type: Bug
  • Component: deploy
  • Sub-Component: webstart
  • Affected Version: 5.0u6,6
  • Priority: P3
  • Status: Closed
  • Resolution: Fixed
  • OS: generic,solaris_nevada
  • CPU: generic,sparc
  • Submitted: 2006-04-11
  • Updated: 2010-09-29
  • Resolved: 2006-07-26
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JDK 6
6 b92Fixed
Related Reports
Duplicate :  
JDK-6422511 - plugin/webstart fail to detect firefox proxy settings
Relates :  
JDK-6396680 - javaws can not load the proxy configuration from Firefox browser
Description
I open this CR for 6396680, pls re-evaluate. 

Snv 34, vermillion 06, jdk1.5.0_06 b04.

Firefox is the default browser on Vermillion. 

reproduce steps:
1. Start firefox
2. Load http://java.sun.com/products/javawebstart/apps/draw.jnlp

see the following exceptions:
com.sun.deploy.net.FailedDownloadException: Unable to load resource: http://java.sun.com/products/javawebstart/apps/draw.jar
	at com.sun.deploy.net.DownloadEngine.actionDownload(DownloadEngine.java:926)
	at com.sun.deploy.net.DownloadEngine.getCacheEntry(DownloadEngine.java:1024)
	at com.sun.deploy.net.DownloadEngine.getResourceCacheEntry(DownloadEngine.java:1099)
	at com.sun.deploy.net.DownloadEngine.getResourceCacheEntry(DownloadEngine.java:1033)
	at com.sun.deploy.net.DownloadEngine.getResource(DownloadEngine.java:141)
	at com.sun.javaws.LaunchDownload.downloadJarFiles(LaunchDownload.java:833)
	at com.sun.javaws.LaunchDownload.downloadEagerorAll(LaunchDownload.java:749)
	at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.downloadResources(Launcher.java:1068)
	at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.prepareLaunchFile(Launcher.java:455)
	at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.prepareToLaunch(Launcher.java:164)
	at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.launch(Launcher.java:94)
	at com.sun.javaws.Main.launchApp(Main.java:299)
	at com.sun.javaws.Main.continueInSecureThread(Main.java:209)
	at com.sun.javaws.Main$1.run(Main.java:106)
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:626)

The same issue on Mustang.

Change the setting on ControlPanel, General -> Network Settings -> Use proxy server
Address webcache.prc.sun.com Port 8080, the draw app is launched correctly.

Not reproducible with root user.
Comments
WORK AROUND just specify the desired proxy setting using the Java Control Panel
18-06-2006
EVALUATION i am now planning to target this to Java 6 Update 1. the reasons are: 1. there is more to the fix than i originally thought 2. there is a simple work-around
18-06-2006
EVALUATION the comments indicate that this is caused by the change from using "appreg" to using "profiles.ini" in recent Firefox releases. the fix should be just a matter of reading the config data from the new location.
08-06-2006