This is the bugtraq shadow of bugzilla bug <http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=83826>.

Reproducible: always:

Steps to reproduce:

0. Set up your environment. Add the following lines to your /etc/hosts file:

64.61.9.202 v1.webcamnow.com
64.61.9.203 v2.webcamnow.com
64.61.9.203 v3.webcamnow.com
64.61.9.204 v4.webcamnow.com
64.61.9.205 v5.webcamnow.com
64.61.9.206 v6.webcamnow.com

Install and configure JPI 1.3.1 in Netscape 6 on Linux.

1. Visit <http://www.webcamnow.com>.

1.5. Open the java console and set the bug trace level to 2

2. In the drop down menu on the left, go to "friends and family".

When the applet comes up, you'll see a NullPointerException.

I have modified my sun.applet.AppletPanel.java file to print out the value of the applet ivar at three points in that the runLoader() method. At the beginning of the method, after the first assignment to applet, just before the first de-referencing of applet. In all three places the applet ivar is null. This is why I think it's a problem in the java side.