I created a patch to get past the NPE exception, basically set a default width and height of 1 if none is present in the tag. I wasn't able to confirm that this applet works since it requires LiveConnect, but I get past the original exception
** Attachment added: "icedtea-gcjwebplugin_1.0-0ubuntu6tgr1.diff.gz" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/14571712/icedtea-gcjwebplugin_1.0-0ubuntu6tgr1.diff.gz -- applet fails to load with nullpointerexception https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/199732 You received this bug notification because you are a member of OpenJDK, which is subscribed to icedtea-gcjwebplugin in ubuntu. Status in Source Package "icedtea-gcjwebplugin" in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Binary package hint: icedtea-java7-plugin I am trying to access an applet from http://www.jigzone.com. The applet fails to load with error: Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException at sun.applet.PluginMain.start(PluginMain.java:211) at sun.applet.PluginMain.main(PluginMain.java:73) I am running Hardy Alpha 6 (firefox3, icedtea-java7). The applet works just fine on my Gutsy box (firefox2, sun6). I have attached the complete console output ProblemType: Bug Architecture: i386 Date: Fri Mar 7 23:13:26 2008 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04 Package: firefox 3.0~b3+nobinonly-0ubuntu4 PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: firefox-3.0 Uname: Linux 2.6.24-11-generic i686 _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openjdk Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/people/+me/+editemails More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
