netscape 7.1 java invocation error

[Brian Davis]

I am using java to invoke my cient app.  here is the url:

http://crsp.usgs.gov/cgi-bin/mapserv?
map=/edclxs22/www/htdocs/crsp/cidr/mms/cidr.map&Version=1.1.0&Request=GetMap
&SRS=EPSG:4326&Width=400&Height=200&layers=elevation,cities,hydro,roads,boun
dary&Format=image/gif&mayscript=true

We are running 4.4.1 on RH enterprise.

InternetExploder 6.0, FireFox 1.0.4, Mozilla 1.4.4, Netscrape 7.1/8.0 all
work ok with jre 1.4.2 or greater.

Using 1.4.1_06 or older, and Netscrape 7.1, I do not get a successful
liveconnect. Instead I get:

Connecting http://edclxs22.cr.usgs.gov/crsp/cidr/mms/mapimage.class with no
proxy

Successful browser/jre configurations give me instead:
network: Connecting
http://edclxs22.cr.usgs.gov/crsp/cidr/mms/mapimage.class with proxy=DIRECT

or

basic: Loaded image: http://crsp.usgs.gov/cgi-bin/mapserv?
map=/edclxs22/www/htdocs/crsp/cidr/mms/cidr.map&Version=1.1.0&Request=GetMap
&SRS=EPSG:4326&Width=400&Height=200&layers=elevation,cities,hydro,roads,boun
dary&Format=image/gif&mayscript=true

I tried adding a proxy=DIRECT argument, but no effect.

I know the easy (and probably correct) answer is for the user to upgrade
their java.  However, other java apps work for this user.  If there is a
known problem with the browser/java combination described here, just tell
me, and I will force the user to update.  I just don't have the weight to
make it happen based on my opinion and anectdotal evidence.

If someone can point me to a place that describes the problem whose
symptoms I am seeing, I would be most grateful.

I am also open to any suggestions for how I am invoking mapserv badly.

Any ideas out there?


bdavis