Build - merlin beta2 b76, merlin beta-refresh b74
OS - Linux Redhat 7.1
Browser - NS 4.75


Steps to reproduce -

1) Install the plugin in the target machine.

2) Invoke the merlin demo SymbolTest from the following url -

http://sqesvr/deployment3/demos/plugin/merlin/applets/SymbolTest/example1.html

3) The applet loads but throws the following exception on the console. This exception is not thrown when tested with Windows.


User home directory = /root
Proxy Configuration: Manual Configuration
     Proxy: http=webcache-cup:8080,https=webcache-cup:8080,ftp=webcache-cup:8080,gopher=webcache-cup:8080
     Proxy Overrides:


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c: clear console window
f: finalize objects on finalization queue
g: garbage collect
h: display this help message
l: dump classloader list
m: print memory usage
o: trigger logging
p: reload proxy configuration
q: hide console
r: reload policy configuration
s: dump system properties
t: dump thread list
x: clear classloader cache
0-5: set trace level to <n>
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java.lang.NullPointerException
        at SymbolTest.itemStateChanged(SymbolTest.java:78)
        at java.awt.Choice.processItemEvent(Choice.java:620)
        at java.awt.Choice.processEvent(Choice.java:588)
        at java.awt.Component.dispatchEventImpl(Component.java:3501)
        at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:3363)
        at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:448)
        at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForHierarchy(EventDispatchThread.java:193)
        at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(EventDispatchThread.java:147)
        at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:141)
        at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:133)
        at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(EventDispatchThread.java:101)
rupert:/net/sqesvr/export/cft 42 %