[Bug 1204130] Re: IcedTea Web Control Panel fails to start

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Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

** Changed in: icedtea-web (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Confirmed

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Title:
  IcedTea Web Control Panel fails to start

Status in “icedtea-web” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  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.

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