[Bug 1204130] [NEW] IcedTea Web Control Panel fails to start

[Launchpad Bug Tracker]

You have been subscribed to a public bug:

Problem: the IcedTea-7 Web Control Panel fails to start, using menu or
terminal (command line below).

$ /usr/bin/itweb-settings
/usr/bin/itweb-settings: 10: /usr/bin/itweb-settings: /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk-i386/jre/bin/java: not found
$

Apport did not help. There is no trace of this in /var/crash/.

System:
$ cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=13.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=raring
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 13.04"
$

Versions of packages:
$ dpkg -l icedtea* | grep ii
ii  icedtea-7-jre-jamvm:i386                  7u25-2.3.10-1ubuntu0.13.04.2         i386         Alternative JVM for OpenJDK, using JamVM
ii  icedtea-7-plugin:i386                     1.3.2-1ubuntu1.1                     i386         web browser plugin based on OpenJDK and IcedTea to execute Java applets
ii  icedtea-netx:i386                         1.3.2-1ubuntu1.1                     i386         NetX - implementation of the Java Network Launching Protocol (JNLP)
ii  icedtea-netx-common                       1.3.2-1ubuntu1.1                     all          NetX - implementation of the Java Network Launching Protocol (JNLP)
$

$ java -version
java version "1.7.0_25"
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (IcedTea 2.3.10) (7u25-2.3.10-1ubuntu0.13.04.2)
OpenJDK Server VM (build 23.7-b01, mixed mode)
$

Solved with:
$ env LC_ALL=C sudo update-alternatives --config itweb-settings
There are 2 choices for the alternative itweb-settings (providing /usr/bin/itweb-settings).

  Selection    Path                                                     Priority   Status
------------------------------------------------------------
* 0            /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk-i386/jre/bin/itweb-settings   1061      auto mode
  1            /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk-i386/jre/bin/itweb-settings   1061      manual mode
  2            /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-i386/jre/bin/itweb-settings   1060      manual mode

Press enter to keep the current choice[*], or type selection number: 2
update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-i386/jre/bin/itweb-settings to provide /usr/bin/itweb-settings (itweb-settings) in manual mode
$


I used env LC_ALL=C just to obtain this message in English, for this
report.

It happens in Ubuntu, Lubuntu and other variants. But not for a fresh
install of Mint-17. So should probably be the case for fresh install of
the original Ubuntu or relatives.

Perhaps or probably, left-overs from version 6 are the reason for the
problem.

For this package (itweb-settings), have not found a filled bug.

** Affects: icedtea-web (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

-- 
IcedTea Web Control Panel fails to start
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1204130
You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Foundations Bugs, which is subscribed to icedtea-web in Ubuntu.