I am seeing a problem with Web App Start running the same old jnlp.
I have been running on Mac, Darwin Kernel Version 10.8.0, forever. All of a sudden, I am not able to run the app from web start.
java -version
java version "1.6.0_37"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_37-b06-434-10M3909)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 20.12-b01-434, mixed mode)
from the console, I run
javaws ./my.jnlp
Java Web Start splash screen process exiting .....
Bad installation. No JRE found in configuration file
the jnlp file contains:
<security>
<all-permissions/>
</security>
<resources>
<j2se version="1.4+" initial-heap-size="128m" max-heap-size="256m" />
Not sure what is going on? Any ideas anyone?
Should your problem reappear, or should somebody else run into the same problem… Oracle’s Mac Java FAQ states: “Apple disables the Java plug-in and Webstart applications when the Java update is done using Software Update.” You can download Java 7 for the Mac from Oracle and use it for Webstart. See https://www.java.com/en/download/mac_download.jsp
Apple has been intermittently issuing software updates which disable Java applets and Webstart for awhile, so the problem may indeed resurface later.