The files used by GNOME to associate the JAR and JNLP file extensions/mime-types can be left behind after all JRE/JDK RPM installations have been removed on Linux.  This can occur if Tiger is installed on a system that also has 1.4.2 installed.  It is caused by uninstalling Tiger, and then uninstalling 1.4.2.  It does not occur if Tiger or a higher JRE/JDK version is the last version uninstalled.

Remove the GNOME association files for JAR and JNLP file extensions/mime-types by hand.  This will require root privileges on most systems.  For example:

    rm -f ${GNOMEDIR}/share/mime-info/java-archive.keys
    rm -f ${GNOMEDIR}/share/mime-info/java-archive.mime
    rm -f ${GNOMEDIR}/share/application-registry/java-archive.applications
    rm -f ${GNOMEDIR}/share/mime-info/java-web-start.keys
    rm -f ${GNOMEDIR}/share/mime-info/java-web-start.mime
    rm -f ${GNOMEDIR}/share/application-registry/java-web-start.applications

Note: the environment variable GNOMEDIR is not defined on all systems.  If the variable is not defined, use the default GNOME installation location of /usr.

This bug will be resolved by adding a Release Note to Tiger.  Closing as
'not-a-bug'.

  xxxxx@xxxxx   2004-06-18

Evelyn G. Johnson me84tx4151@sbcglobal.net  sorry im not sure this is what my computer is doing . not sure about the problem or if its a bug? sometimes when i try to log onto a game online and i try to get on J2Se runtime tells me i have to many running and cant open the game this is the first time this has been happening to me can u help me