[IDV #MOP-176378]: WebStart of IDV nightly build fails

> Greetings,
> 
> I can WebStart the default IDV successfully from here:
> 
> http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/idv/webstart/IDV/idv.jnlp
> 
> However, when I try to WebStart the current nightly build from
> here:
> 
> http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/idv/nightly/webstart/IDV/idv.jnlp
> 
> I get "Unable to launch the application.", with the following exception:
> 
> com.sun.deploy.net.FailedDownloadException: Unable to load resource: 
> http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/idv/release/nightly/webstart/IDV/auxdata.jar
[...]

> I can wget the auxdata.jar file manually, so I'm not sure what the issue is.
> This is from a Fedora 9 Linux system, using Sun Java 1.6.0_10.  I have also
> tried with Sun Java 1.5.0_16, and that hangs while validating auxdata.jar,
> sitting forever at "Scanning entries (0% done)".
> 
> I just wanna try the radar editor!
> 

Hi Chris, 
Not sure what's going on there. Don might be able to shed some light on this 
but he's out this morning.

You could just install the nightly build for now.

-Jeff


Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: MOP-176378
Department: Support IDV
Priority: Normal
Status: Open