Java no longer works in Konqueror

[Patrick O'Callaghan]

On Tue, 2010-04-27 at 15:03 -0400, Deepak Bhole wrote:
> * Patrick O'Callaghan <pocallaghan at gmail.com> [2010-04-27 12:48]:
> > [Apologies to those who already saw this on the Fedora-KDE list. I
> > posted there 24 hours ago and got not a single reply, so I hope this
> > doesn't count as cross-posting]
> > 
> > I don't use Java much (basically just for the New York Times Acrostic
> > puzzle every two week) but it seems to have stopped working in
> > Konqueror. It definitely did work 2 weeks ago, and I'm not aware of
> > changing anything in either Java or the configuration of Konq. In fact
> > the config looks fine, the Java binary exists, Java is enabled on all
> > pages, I cleaned the Konq cache and reloaded, and nothing works. Not
> > even the Java test page at http://java.com/en/download/help/testvm.xml
> > 
> > kdebase-4.4.2-1.fc12.x86_64, F12 fully updated
> > "Path to Java executable": java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0.0-37.b17.fc12.x86_64
> > 
> 
> I think the path to java executable is the problem. I just tried it on a
> new F12 vm with all the latest updates and it works for me. I used this
> for path to executable:
> 
> /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.6.0-openjdk.x86_64/jre/bin/java

Hmm, tried that but it didn't work. Also just 'java' (which resolves to
the same file). Same thing.

> > Opening the same page in Firefox works. FF uses the same Java rpm, but
> > with the
> > plugin /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0.0.x86_64/jre/lib/amd64/IcedTeaPlugin.so
> > 
> 
> Konqueror does not use the IcedTea plugin, as it does not support the
> necessary APIs. AFAIK, konqueror can only use its own Java plugin
> (/usr/lib/kde4/kjavaappletviewer.so)

I have /usr/lib64/kde4/kjavaappletviewer.so but Konq doesn't appear to
have a config option to use it (before anyone asks, yes I also tried it
in the "Path to executable" option).

poc