Java - problems again ?

[Till Krech]

Hi,
On Friday 28 June 2002 07:36, Pavel Troller wrote:
> Hi!
>   I see big changes in java support in HEAD last days, but I have to inform
> that after a short period, when java worked for me, it doesn't work again.
You mean improvements - not changes :-)
>   Especially one of my "testbeds" for java - http://www.pi-voda.cz doesn't
> work. It currently freezes the jvm - it starts, shows the java console, and
> then freezes. The java console begins unresponsive and cannot be even
> closed. Stays there, although konqueror is already closed. I must killall
> java from other console to get rid of it.
Try ctrl-alt-esc and then klick onto the java console. This is more 
comfortable.
But seriously. You are right and I noticed that too. It occurs sometimes and 
reloading the page often 'solves' the problem here. As a workaround, I 
recommend, that you set the timeout for the java server to 0 in konqi java 
settings. Then the console will close when you leave the page, even when it 
is freezed. And reloading the jvm lasts not as long as the first time grace 
to unix caching mechanisms. 
It seems to be a problem with some wrong synchronization in the java code. 
I'll try to fix it next week, earlier isn't possible.
>   My other testbed, http://sinux.sinus.cz/cgi-bin/shellinabox.cgi , seems
> to work better. Sometimes it works really well but sometimes the applet is
> embedded in a really very small window rendered at the top of the page in
> the middle. Although the applet seems to be running OK, in such a graphical
> representation it's useless.
No doubt, that it is useless. This is a problem which persists since a long 
time. In a fresh browser, the first time it works, afterwards it is always 
too small. Even closing the browser and reopening a new one doesn't help - 
only restarting kde. Does this ring bells in anyones brain ??
This is definitively not a problem in the java part. I guess it has something 
to do with the size of the applet set to width=100%, height=100% in the 
applet tag. It needs further investigation and debugging. Feel free to do so. 
A simple testcase would be very useful.
Hint: on http://www.shellinabox.com, the same applet works always.
>   This behaviour of both cases stands for a longer time (at least a week)
> with no visible progress related to the changes in CVS.
>                                                  With regards, Pavel
> Troller
Not all problems can be solved in one day (or week ;). But I'm sure we'll sort 
them out. Perhaps with your help and a bit more information:
- which jvm
- steps to reproduce (always reproducable?)
- where does it stop ? does the bean blink ?
- connection speed
- cpu speed

Greetings, till