You have been subscribed to a public bug: To reproduce: Go to http://download.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/uiswing/misc/printtext.html Click on the Launch button for a web start demo application Click OK when presented with the Open With dialog (There I see IcedTea Java Web Start (default) option selected)
Error box appears reading: " /tmp/TextAreaPrintingDemo.jnlp could not be opened, because an unknown error occurred. Try saving to disk first and then opening the file. " In the same time, running /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/jre/bin/javaws http://download.oracle.com/javase/tutorialJWS/uiswing/misc/ex6/TextAreaPrintingDemo.jnlp in console launches the application. lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu natty (development branch) Release: 11.04 java -version java version "1.6.0_21" OpenJDK Runtime Environment (IcedTea6 1.10pre) (6b21~pre3-0ubuntu1) OpenJDK Client VM (build 20.0-b10, mixed mode, sharing) ls -l / .... drwxrwxrwt 12 root root 4096 2011-02-27 19:13 tmp ... Clean install on VirtualBox 4.0.4. ** Affects: openjdk-6 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- JNLP files can not be launched out of Firefox https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/726096 You received this bug notification because you are a member of OpenJDK, which is subscribed to openjdk-6 in ubuntu. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openjdk Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openjdk More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

