JDK-Info:
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Promoted jdk 6.0 b78


Operating System:
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RHAS 4.0 (Linux)/Gnome

Steps to Reproduce:
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1) Install jre*.rpm bundle on RHAS4.0/Gnome
2) Clean cache (\rm -rf ~/.java)
3) Launch Java ControlPanel
4) click on "Advanced" tab
5) Click on "Show Console"
6) Launch the following JNLP application, which uses
<applet-desc
..
..
</applet-desc>

JNLP Application:
./javaws http://ramkumar.india.sun.com:8080/Javaws/AppletJNLP/AppletJNLP.jnlp


NullPointerException is thrown. This behavior is seen on RHAS 4.0/Gnome/jre*.rpm bundle only

Java Web Start 1.6.0-beta2
Using JRE version 1.6.0-beta2 Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM
User home directory = /root
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c: clear console window
f: finalize objects on finalization queue
g: garbage collect
h: display this help message
m: print memory usage
o: trigger logging
p: reload proxy configuration
q: hide console
r: reload policy configuration
s: dump system and deployment properties
t: dump thread list
v: dump thread stack
0-5: set trace level to <n>
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Exception in thread "AWT-EventQueue-0" java.lang.NullPointerException: String is null
at sun.java2d.SunGraphics2D.drawString(Unknown Source)
at Clock.paint(Clock.java:182)
at sun.awt.RepaintArea.paintComponent(Unknown Source)
at sun.awt.X11.XRepaintArea.paintComponent(Unknown Source)
at sun.awt.RepaintArea.paint(Unknown Source)
at sun.awt.X11.XComponentPeer.handleEvent(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Component.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(Unknown Source)