Bug#573123: iceweasel: java does not work

[Juha Mäkinen]

Package: iceweasel
Version: 3.5.8-1
Severity: normal


I cannot get java working on my iceweasel, no matter what I do.

when I run the sun.com/download verify applet it tells me
Start: applet not initialized

-- this ought to be the ided-tea plugin 

I am all for free sw such as OpenJDK, only my netbank disagrees, 
so I do need at least an install of java that works in my iceweasel, 
and furthermore, preferably one that is acceptable to my netbank.

(if I try "fakeroot make-jpkg ..."  I am told that:

=========================================================
$ fakeroot make-jpkg jdk-6u18-linux-i586.bin 
Creating temporary directory: /tmp/make-jpkg.9yujaJYPGP
Loading plugins: blackdown-j2re.sh blackdown-j2sdk.sh common.sh ibm-j2re.sh ibm-j2sdk.sh j2re.sh j2sdk-doc.sh j2sdk.sh j2se.sh sun-j2re.sh sun-j2sdk-doc.sh sun-j2sdk.sh

Detected Debian build architecture: i386
Detected Debian GNU type: i486-linux-gnu

No matching plugin was found.
Removing temporary directory: done
=========================================================

So that is no help either)

-- Package-specific info:

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-trunk-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=fi_FI.utf8, LC_CTYPE=fi_FI.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL set to fi_FI.utf8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages iceweasel depends on:
ii  debianutils                   3.2.2      Miscellaneous utilities specific t
ii  fontconfig                    2.8.0-2    generic font configuration library
ii  libc6                         2.10.2-6   Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii  libgcc1                       1:4.4.2-9  GCC support library
ii  libglib2.0-0                  2.22.4-1   The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgtk2.0-0                   2.18.6-1   The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libnspr4-0d                   4.8.3-1    NetScape Portable Runtime Library
ii  libstdc++6                    4.4.2-9    The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii  procps                        1:3.2.8-7  /proc file system utilities
ii  psmisc                        22.10-1    utilities that use the proc file s
ii  xulrunner-1.9.1               1.9.1.6-1  XUL + XPCOM application runner

iceweasel recommends no packages.

Versions of packages iceweasel suggests:
ii  latex-xft-fonts        1.6.5-1           TrueType versions of some TeX font
ii  libgssapi-krb5-2       1.8+dfsg~alpha1-7 MIT Kerberos runtime libraries - k
pn  mozplugger             <none>            (no description available)
ii  ttf-lyx                1.6.5-1           TrueType versions of some TeX font
pn  ttf-mathematica4.1     <none>            (no description available)
ii  xfonts-mathml          4                 Type1 Symbol font for MathML
pn  xprint                 <none>            (no description available)

Versions of packages xulrunner-1.9.1 depends on:
ii  libasound2              1.0.22-2         shared library for ALSA applicatio
ii  libatk1.0-0             1.28.0-1         The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libbz2-1.0              1.0.5-4          high-quality block-sorting file co
ii  libc6                   2.10.2-6         Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii  libcairo2               1.8.8-2          The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii  libdbus-1-3             1.2.20-2         simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libfontconfig1          2.8.0-2          generic font configuration library
ii  libfreetype6            2.3.11-1         FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii  libgcc1                 1:4.4.2-9        GCC support library
ii  libglib2.0-0            2.22.4-1         The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgtk2.0-0             2.18.6-1         The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libhunspell-1.2-0       1.2.8-6          spell checker and morphological an
ii  libjpeg62               6b-16.1          The Independent JPEG Group's JPEG 
ii  libmozjs2d              1.9.1.6-1        The Mozilla SpiderMonkey JavaScrip
ii  libnspr4-0d             4.8.3-1          NetScape Portable Runtime Library
ii  libnss3-1d              3.12.5-2         Network Security Service libraries
ii  libpango1.0-0           1.26.2-1         Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libpng12-0              1.2.43-1         PNG library - runtime
ii  libreadline6            6.1-1            GNU readline and history libraries
ii  libsqlite3-0            3.6.22-1         SQLite 3 shared library
ii  libstartup-notification 0.10-1           library for program launch feedbac
ii  libstdc++6              4.4.2-9          The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii  libx11-6                2:1.3.3-1        X11 client-side library
ii  libxrender1             1:0.9.5-1        X Rendering Extension client libra
ii  libxt6                  1:1.0.7-1        X11 toolkit intrinsics library
ii  zlib1g                  1:1.2.3.4.dfsg-3 compression library - runtime

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