Re: Icedtea / OpenJDK running a Java Web Start (.jnlp) app

2012-04-15 Thread suvayu ali
On Sat, Apr 14, 2012 at 01:00, Fernando Cassia fcas...@gmail.com wrote: I think you should investigate that way... you need to register the new mime types in the browser, otherwise the browser pops up that dialog that says what app do you want to use to open this extraneous thing that the cat

Re: Icedtea / OpenJDK running a Java Web Start (.jnlp) app

2012-04-15 Thread Fernando Cassia
On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 05:48, suvayu ali fatkasuvayu+li...@gmail.com wrote: or by some script while installation (I have no idea what that could be). Exactly. IMHO. Installation should be seamless as in the Windows JRE install, where you get a fully functioning plug-in *and* Java Web Start.

Re: Icedtea / OpenJDK running a Java Web Start (.jnlp) app

2012-04-13 Thread T.C. Hollingsworth
On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 3:28 PM, Fernando Cassia fcas...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 19:25, Fernando Cassia fcas...@gmail.com wrote: So here I am, looking at a browser that tells me if I want to open a .jnlp link with a text editor, instead of looking at the Java Web Start app I

Re: Icedtea / OpenJDK running a Java Web Start (.jnlp) app

2012-04-13 Thread Deepak Bhole
* Fernando Cassia fcas...@gmail.com [2012-04-13 07:26]: On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 04:11, T.C. Hollingsworth tchollingswo...@gmail.com wrote: If you're using Firefox, just click on a JNLP file, choose Other from the Open with dropdown, enter /usr/bin/javaws, and check the Do this

Re: Icedtea / OpenJDK running a Java Web Start (.jnlp) app

2012-04-13 Thread Fernando Cassia
On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 18:46, Deepak Bhole dbh...@redhat.com wrote: Is something missing above? Deepak http://kb.mozillazine.org/File_types_and_download_actions#Managing_content_types_-_Firefox_3_and_above http://kb.mozillazine.org/Changing_media_handling_behaviour

Icedtea / OpenJDK running a Java Web Start (.jnlp) app

2012-04-12 Thread Fernando Cassia
This is unbelievable. I'm outraged. I've been going in circles trying to find what executable I need to point my browser to since I click on a Java Web Start app launching link (on a properly configured Firefox with OpenJDK java and Icedtea plug-in working, and the bwoser offers me to open the

Re: Icedtea / OpenJDK running a Java Web Start (.jnlp) app

2012-04-12 Thread Fernando Cassia
On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 19:25, Fernando Cassia fcas...@gmail.com wrote: So here I am, looking at a browser that tells me if I want to open a .jnlp link with a text editor, instead of looking at the Java Web Start app I want to launch. The Icedtea page provides no information of use, and google

Re: Icedtea / OpenJDK running a Java Web Start (.jnlp) app

2012-04-12 Thread Shakthi Kannan
Hi, --- On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 3:58 AM, Fernando Cassia fcas...@gmail.com wrote: | D'oh! there is a /bin/javaws on my system. I guess IcedTea put it there. | It's just not associated as a helper app in the browser. \-- I have icedtea-web installed on a Fedora 15 system, and it provides javaws.

Re: Icedtea / OpenJDK running a Java Web Start (.jnlp) app

2012-04-12 Thread Fernando Cassia
On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 01:03, Shakthi Kannan shakthim...@gmail.com wrote: I have icedtea-web installed on a Fedora 15 system, and it provides javaws. I just save the .jnlp file, and then run it with javaws using:  $ javaws file.jnlp SK Yes, but that's not the idea of Java Web Start. The