Applets not running in jre7

[manchet]

Hi there,

I have simple java3d applet which was running fine with java 6. When I installed java 7 in my machine (after uninstalling java 6), my applet stopped working.

Few observations:
1) Woking fine in eclipse applet viewer even with jre7
2) Uninstalled JDK 6 too..I just tried to access my applet with everything related to java uninstalled; Then I tried to access applet through Chrome browser, Broweser prompted to install jre7 plugin, which I did.
3) Signed my jars using jarsigner
4) I am getting similar errors in other browsers too
5) Using Windows Vista OS


Here is the stacktrace

NativeLibLoader: resolving loaded C:\Program Files\Java\jre7\bin\plugin2\npjp2.d
ll
(Succeeded)
NativeLibLoader: C:\PROGRA~1\Java\jre7\lib\bin\jp2native.dll doesn't exist
NativeLibLoader: trying to load C:\PROGRA~1\Java\jre7\bin\jp2native.dll
(Succeeded)
MozillaPlugin.MozillaPlugin with browser thread ID: 5660
MozillaPlugin.setWindow sun.plugin2.main.server.MozillaPlugin@c00025 hWndControl
Window = 132340 caRenderServerName = null
Attempting to start applet
1 JavaFX runtime found.
1) JavaFX 2.2.21 found at C:\PROGRA~1\Java\jre7\
JVMLauncher.start: launcher params:
<-Xbootclasspath/a:C:\PROGRA~1\Java\jre7\lib\deploy.jar;C:\PROGRA~1 \Java
\jre7\lib\javaws.jar;C:\PROGRA~1\Java\jre7\lib\plu gin.jar>
<-Djava.class.path=C:\PROGRA~1\Java\jre7\classes>
<-Djava.ext.dirs=C:\PROGRA~1\Java\jre7\lib\ext;C:\Wi ndows\Sun\Java\Deplo
yment\lib\trusted>
<-Dsun.awt.warmup=true>
<--->
<-->
<sun.plugin2.main.client.PluginMain>
<write_pipe_name=jpi2_pid4276_pipe2,read_pipe_name =jpi2_pid4276_pipe1>
JVMLauncher.start(): now - user.startApplet(): 26203 us
JVMLauncher.processArg[0]: C:\Program Files\Java\jre7\bin\jp2launcher.exe
JVMLauncher.processArg[1]: -D__jvm_launched=2242808071
JVMLauncher.processArg[2]: -D__applet_launched=2242781868
JVMLauncher.processArg[3]: -Djava.ext.dirs=C:\PROGRA~1\Java\jre7\lib\ext;C:\Wi nd
ows\Sun\Java\Deployment\lib\trusted
JVMLauncher.processArg[4]: -Dsun.awt.warmup=true
JVMLauncher.processArg[5]: sun.plugin2.main.client.PluginMain
JVMLauncher.processArg[6]: write_pipe_name=jpi2_pid4276_pipe2,read_pipe_name= jpi
2_pid4276_pipe1
JVMLauncher.processArgs total len: 321, custArgsMaxLen: 8058
JVMLauncher.afterStart(): starting JVM process watcher
JVMInstance.start: JVMID original params array:
[0][0]: <-Xbootclasspath/a:C:\PROGRA~1\Java\jre7\lib\deploy.jar;C:\PROGR
A~1\Java\jre7\lib\javaws.jar;C:\PROGRA~1\Java\jre7 \lib\plugin.jar>
[0][1]: <-Djava.class.path=C:\PROGRA~1\Java\jre7\classes>
[0][2]: <-Djava.ext.dirs=C:\PROGRA~1\Java\jre7\lib\ext;C:\Wi ndows\Sun\Ja
va\Deployment\lib\trusted>
[0][3]: <-Dsun.awt.warmup=true>
[4][0]: <null>
JRE 1.7.0.21: Rejecting attempt to specify unsupported characters in command-lin
e argument: -Djava.ext.dirs=C:\PROGRA~1\Java\jre7\lib\ext;C:\Wi ndows\Sun\Java\De
ployment\lib\trusted
java.io.IOException: Never received connection from client side
at sun.plugin2.ipc.windows.WindowsNamedPipe.waitForCo nnection(Unknown So
urce)
at sun.plugin2.ipc.windows.WindowsNamedPipe.write(Unk nown Source)
at sun.plugin2.message.transport.NamedPipeTransport$S erializerImpl.flush
(Unknown Source)
at sun.plugin2.message.transport.NamedPipeTransport.s ignalDataWritten(Un
known Source)
at sun.plugin2.message.transport.SerializingTransport .write(Unknown Sour
ce)
at sun.plugin2.message.Pipe.send(Unknown Source)
at sun.plugin2.main.server.JVMInstance.sendMessageDir ect(Unknown Source)

at sun.plugin2.main.server.JVMInstance.sendMessage(Un known Source)
at sun.plugin2.main.server.JVMInstance.startImpl(Unkn own Source)
at sun.plugin2.main.server.JVMInstance.start(Unknown Source)
at sun.plugin2.main.server.JVMManager.getOrCreateBest JVMInstance(Unknown
Source)
at sun.plugin2.main.server.JVMManager.startAppletImpl (Unknown Source)
at sun.plugin2.main.server.JVMManager.startApplet(Unk nown Source)
at sun.plugin2.main.server.JVMManager.startApplet(Unk nown Source)
at sun.plugin2.main.server.MozillaPlugin.maybeStartAp plet(Unknown Source
)
at sun.plugin2.main.server.MozillaPlugin.setWindow(Un known Source)
java.io.IOException: Error closing WindowsNamedPipe: server: true; readPipe: jpi
2_pid4276_pipe2, readBufferSz: 4096; writePipe: jpi2_pid4276_pipe1, writeBufferS
z: 4096
at sun.plugin2.ipc.windows.WindowsNamedPipe.close(Unk nown Source)
at sun.plugin2.message.transport.NamedPipeTransport.s hutdown(Unknown Sou
rce)
at sun.plugin2.message.transport.NamedPipeTransportFa ctory.dispose(Unkno
wn Source)
at sun.plugin2.main.server.JVMInstance.disposePipe(Un known Source)
at sun.plugin2.main.server.JVMInstance.restart(Unknow n Source)
at sun.plugin2.main.server.JVMInstance.access$2800(Un known Source)
at sun.plugin2.main.server.JVMInstance$Listener.jvmEx ited(Unknown Source
)
at sun.plugin2.jvm.JVMLauncher.fireJVMExited(Unknown Source)
at sun.plugin2.jvm.JVMLauncher.access$300(Unknown Source)
at sun.plugin2.jvm.JVMLauncher$JVMWatcher.run(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
java.lang.InterruptedException
at java.lang.Object.wait(Native Method)JVMLauncher.start: launcher param
s:

<-Xbootclasspath/a:C:\PROGRA~1\Java\jre7\lib\deploy.jar;C:\PROGRA~1 \Java
\jre7\lib\javaws.jar;C:\PROGRA~1\Java\jre7\lib\plu gin.jar>
at sun.plugin2.message.Queue.waitForMessage(Unknown Source) <-Djava.
class.path=C:\PROGRA~1\Java\jre7\classes>

<-Djava.ext.dirs=C:\PROGRA~1\Java\jre7\lib\ext;C:\Wi ndows\Sun\Java\Deplo
yment\lib\trusted>
<-Dsun.awt.warmup=true>
at sun.plugin2.message.Pipe$1.run(Unknown Source) <--->
<-->
<sun.plugin2.main.client.PluginMain>

<write_pipe_name=jpi2_pid4276_pipe4,read_pipe_name =jpi2_pid4276_pipe3>
at com.sun.deploy.util.Waiter$1.wait(Unknown Source)JVMLauncher.start():
now - user.startApplet(): 1671839 us
JVMLauncher.processArg[0]: C:\Program Files\Java\jre7\bin\jp2launcher.exe

JVMLauncher.processArg[1]: -D__jvm_launched=2244453707
at com.sun.deploy.util.Waiter.runAndWait(Unknown Source)
JVMLauncher.processArg[2]: -D__applet_launched=2242781868
at sun.plugin2.message.Pipe.receive(Unknown Source)
JVMLauncher.processArg[3]: -Djava.ext.dirs=C:\PROGRA~1\Java\jre7\lib\ext;C:\Wi nd
ows\Sun\Java\Deployment\lib\trusted
at sun.plugin2.main.server.JVMInstance$WorkerThread.r un(Unknown Source)J
VMLauncher.processArg[4]: -Dsun.awt.warmup=true

JVMLauncher.processArg[5]: sun.plugin2.main.client.PluginMain
java.lang.InterruptedExceptionJVMLauncher.processA rg[6]: write_pipe_name=jpi2_pi
d4276_pipe4,read_pipe_name=jpi2_pid4276_pipe3

at java.lang.Object.wait(Native Method)JVMLauncher.processArgs total len
: 321, custArgsMaxLen: 8058

at sun.plugin2.message.Queue.waitForMessage(Unknown Source)
at sun.plugin2.message.Pipe$1.run(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.deploy.util.Waiter$1.wait(Unknown Source)
JVMLauncher.afterStart(): starting JVM process watcher
at com.sun.deploy.util.Waiter.runAndWait(Unknown Source)
JVMInstance.start: JVMID original params array:
at sun.plugin2.message.Pipe.receive(Unknown Source)
[0][0]: <-Xbootclasspath/a:C:\PROGRA~1\Java\jre7\lib\deploy.jar;C:\PROGR
A~1\Java\jre7\lib\javaws.jar;C:\PROGRA~1\Java\jre7 \lib\plugin.jar>
at sun.plugin2.main.server.JVMInstance$WorkerThread.r un(Unknown Source)
[0][1]: <-Djava.class.path=C:\PROGRA~1\Java\jre7\classes>
[0][2]: <-Djava.ext.dirs=C:\PROGRA~1\Java\jre7\lib\ext;C:\Wi ndows\Sun\Ja
va\Deployment\lib\trusted>
[0][3]: <-Dsun.awt.warmup=true>
[4][0]: <null>
JRE 1.7.0.21: Rejecting attempt to specify unsupported characters in command-lin
e argument: -Djava.ext.dirs=C:\PROGRA~1\Java\jre7\lib\ext;C:\Wi ndows\Sun\Java\De
ployment\lib\trusted

Please advise on what could be an issue; Any suggestions are greatly appreciated as we are trying to nail down from past few days without much luck.

Regards,
Mano

[prasad.chjr]

Hi manchet,

I'm facing exactly same issue when I tried to open an applet in firefox and getting java.io.IOException: Never received connection from client side exception. My application will set proxy for the browser and then we try to access applet in firefox. Unable to understand the root cause. Please let me know if you have found any solution for the same. Thanks in advance.

[gozzy]

JRE 1.7.0.21: Rejecting attempt to specify unsupported characters in command-lin
e argument: -Djava.ext.dirs=C:\PROGRA~1\Java\jre7\lib\ext;C:\Wi ndows\Sun\Java\De
ployment\lib\trusted

I'd look into whatever is introducing that spurious space ('W indows') and remove it. Maybe it's in a config file

[Norm]

@gozzy Why post on a thread that is over 1 year old?

[gozzy]

Sorry - i didn't notice the date. It was just (fairly) near the top

[Tolls]

And the space is caused by the forum software.
It tries to break up long groups of characters so it doesn't throw the page layout out.

[gozzy]

And the space is caused by the forum software.

In that case, what is causing the error message about the "command-line argument"?

[Tolls]

Who knows?
It's hard enough debugging these things when the person raising the issue is actually on the forum...but over 3 years later?
No chance.