ALL Browsers crash on loading java applet

[lvsumanth]

I have downloaded and installed jre from sun's site.

I use fedora 8.

I also have set the PATH and JAVA_HOME variables correctly..
I have read a lot on forums on how to do that.
What is did is,
edited the ~/.bashrc and added
export PATH=$PATH:/path/to/java/bin
export JAVA_HOME=/path/to/java/folder

when i log in i type
echo $PATH
and
echo $JAVA_HOME

and the path displayed in both the cases is CORRECT.

i have also created a symlink in the firefox plugins directory to
<path to javafolder>/jre/plugin/i386/ns7-gcc29/libjavaplugin_oji.so

(atleast this is what i was asked to do by the sun's website.)

also i have given the correct path to java executable in
opera's advanced settings. during validation, the browser says
path seems fine and valid!

also the path to the executable in konqueror's setting is fine.

when the browser encounters a java applet,
it says "loading applet..."
then asks for some certificate and stuff
and after accepting the certificate, it again
shows "loading applet..." and then crashes.

this is happening in all the three browsers:
Firefox, Opera and Konqueror.


kindly help me with this problem

[2Fast]

Have you tried re-installing the java again ?

[lvsumanth]

yeah, i have re-installed many times. but no use.
problem still persists. Verification on sun's site
detects jre correctly including the version number.
but why does it crash on loading certain applets?
is there a bug or something?