BUG: Webstart Windows 8.1

[dlindner]

5.0.8 testing: Webstart didn't work for me on Windows 8.1 (Java 1.8.0_31).

Launch File:

<jnlp codebase="https://octopus.openmicroscopy.org/latest/static/webstart/jars/" href="https://octopus.openmicroscopy.org/latest/webstart/jars/insight.jnlp">
  <information>
    <title>OMERO.insight</title>
    <vendor>The Open Microscopy Environment</vendor>
    <homepage href="http://www.openmicroscopy.org"/>
    <icon href="/latest/static/webstart/img/icon-omero-insight.png"/>
    <shortcut online="false">
      <desktop/>
    </shortcut>
    <offline-allowed/>
  </information>
  <security>
    <all-permissions/>
  </security>
  <resources>
    <j2se version="1.5+" max-heap-size="1024m"/>
    <jar href="omero.insight.jar"/>
    <jar href="assumeng.jar"/>
    <jar href="gluegen-rt.jar"/>
    <jar href="guava.jar"/>
    <jar href="commons-validator.jar"/>
    <jar href="java-image-scaling.jar"/>
    <jar href="commons-io.jar"/>
    <jar href="model-psql.jar"/>
    <jar href="commons-httpclient.jar"/>
    <jar href="serializer.jar"/>
    <jar href="common-javadoc.jar"/>
    <jar href="formats-bsd.jar"/>
    <jar href="ols-client.jar"/>
    <jar href="hibernate-jpa-2.0-api.jar"/>
    <jar href="gicentreUtils.jar"/>
    <jar href="ome-xml.jar"/>
    <jar href="blitz-javadoc.jar"/>
    <jar href="java-getopt.jar"/>
    <jar href="jaxrpc.jar"/>
    <jar href="commons-collections.jar"/>
    <jar href="swingx.jar"/>
    <jar href="ai_path.jar"/>
    <jar href="ehcache-core.jar"/>
    <jar href="JWlz.jar"/>
    <jar href="physics.jar"/>
    <jar href="perf4j.jar"/>
    <jar href="TableLayout.jar"/>
    <jar href="ome-java.jar"/>
    <jar href="commons-codec.jar"/>
    <jar href="commons-digester.jar"/>
    <jar href="jfreechart.jar"/>
    <jar href="netcdf.jar"/>
    <jar href="grib.jar"/>
    <jar href="formats-api.jar"/>
    <jar href="ice.jar"/>
    <jar href="logback-core.jar"/>
    <jar href="backport-util-concurrent.jar"/>
    <jar href="commons-logging.jar"/>
    <jar href="formats-gpl.jar"/>
    <jar href="turbojpeg.jar"/>
    <jar href="jogl.jar"/>
    <jar href="formats-common.jar"/>
    <jar href="specification.jar"/>
    <jar href="logback-classic.jar"/>
    <jar href="commons-discovery.jar"/>
    <jar href="ome-poi.jar"/>
    <jar href="kryo.jar"/>
    <jar href="common.jar"/>
    <jar href="mdbtools-java.jar"/>
    <jar href="model-psql-javadoc.jar"/>
    <jar href="native-lib-loader.jar"/>
    <jar href="common-sources.jar"/>
    <jar href="ini4j.jar"/>
    <jar href="JHotDraw.jar"/>
    <jar href="commons-lang.jar"/>
    <jar href="xalan.jar"/>
    <jar href="poi.jar"/>
    <jar href="metakit.jar"/>
    <jar href="lwf-stubs.jar"/>
    <jar href="bufr.jar"/>
    <jar href="axis.jar"/>
    <jar href="wsdl4j.jar"/>
    <jar href="platform.jar"/>
    <jar href="joda-time.jar"/>
    <jar href="saaj.jar"/>
    <jar href="processing-core.jar"/>
    <jar href="jna.jar"/>
    <jar href="blitz-sources.jar"/>
    <jar href="model-psql-sources.jar"/>
    <jar href="ij.jar"/>
    <jar href="slf4j-api.jar"/>
    <jar href="processing-controlP5.jar"/>
    <jar href="jai_imageio.jar"/>
    <jar href="blitz.jar"/>
    <jar href="nanoxml.jar"/>
    <jar href="jcommon.jar"/>
    <property name="jnlp.omero.host" value="localhost"/>
    <property name="jnlp.omero.port" value="4064"/>
  </resources>
  <application-desc main-class="org.openmicroscopy.shoola.Main"/>
</jnlp>

Exception:

com.sun.deploy.net.JARSigningException: Found unsigned entry in resource: https://octopus.openmicroscopy.org/latest/static/webstart/jars/commons-httpclient.jar
	at com.sun.javaws.security.SigningInfo.getCommonCodeSignersForJar(Unknown Source)
	at com.sun.javaws.security.SigningInfo.check(Unknown Source)
	at com.sun.javaws.security.JNLPSignedResourcesHelper.checkSignedResourcesHelper(Unknown Source)
	at com.sun.javaws.security.JNLPSignedResourcesHelper.checkSignedResources(Unknown Source)
	at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.prepareResources(Unknown Source)
	at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.prepareAllResources(Unknown Source)
	at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.prepareToLaunch(Unknown Source)
	at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.prepareToLaunch(Unknown Source)
	at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.launch(Unknown Source)
	at com.sun.javaws.Main.launchApp(Unknown Source)
	at com.sun.javaws.Main.continueInSecureThread(Unknown Source)
	at com.sun.javaws.Main.access$000(Unknown Source)
	at com.sun.javaws.Main$1.run(Unknown Source)
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)

[pwalczysko]

@rleigh kindly agreed to test at his home Win 8 setup. For me, with the same Java version on Windows 8 in Firefox and Chrome and IE11 it works.

[pwalczysko]

@dlindner : What browser exactly did you use please ?

[pwalczysko]

I tried also trout merge (5.1 line) with addition of trout to java security exception. It worked fine in Firefox.

[rleigh]

I've tested with Windows 8.1. I have a valid .jnlp file association (which Petr's system was missing), and everything works fine in both Firefox (32-bit) and IE (32-bit and 64-bit).

Note: ​http://bugs.java.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=7086260 may explain why Petr's system was missing the file association.

Also note: ​http://winaero.com/blog/how-to-enable-64-bit-internet-explorer-processes/ for how to run 64-bit Java if you have a 64-bit JRE installed (otherwise it tries to install 32-bit Java in addition). The details at the end might be worth adding to the webstart docs.

[dlindner]

Still doesn't work on my Windows 8.1 (with Parallels), e. g. just tried with nightshade, interestingly there it's about an other jar file (see below). But if it's working for everyone else, than it's probably just a Parallels issue.

com.sun.deploy.net.JARSigningException: Found unsigned entry in resource: https://nightshade.openmicroscopy.org/static/webstart/jars/axis.jar
	at com.sun.javaws.security.SigningInfo.getCommonCodeSignersForJar(Unknown Source)
	at com.sun.javaws.security.SigningInfo.check(Unknown Source)
	at com.sun.javaws.security.JNLPSignedResourcesHelper.checkSignedResourcesHelper(Unknown Source)
	at com.sun.javaws.security.JNLPSignedResourcesHelper.checkSignedResources(Unknown Source)
	at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.prepareResources(Unknown Source)
	at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.prepareAllResources(Unknown Source)
	at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.prepareToLaunch(Unknown Source)
	at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.prepareToLaunch(Unknown Source)
	at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.launch(Unknown Source)
	at com.sun.javaws.Main.launchApp(Unknown Source)
	at com.sun.javaws.Main.continueInSecureThread(Unknown Source)
	at com.sun.javaws.Main.access$000(Unknown Source)
	at com.sun.javaws.Main$1.run(Unknown Source)
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)

[pwalczysko]

@gusferguson : do you want to have a go with your Win8 setup please ? (just execute webstart from Nightshade on any browser). Thank you

[jburel]

Marking this ticket as "invalid" since we are removing webstart in 5.2.0