I forced the Java Web Start to use jdk1.6.0_18 and the console comes up. However, since I need to debug what my users are using, I would like to be able to have the console when I use jdk1.5.0_22. I would really like to figure out if this is a FF problem, a JWS problem or a Fedora problem!

*Related Firefox bug report:

This forum is for Firefox support and deals with Java issues such as [[Using the Java plugin with Firefox]] and some other [[Java-related issues]] that Firefox users may encounter. This forum doesn't really offer much help with [http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/technotes/guides/javaws/ Java Web Start] issues, aside from what other users may post who come across this thread. If you don't get help here, you may wish to try the [http://www.java.com/en/download/help/index.xml Java Help Center], the [http://forums.java.net/jive/index.jspa Java.net forums], or [http://forums.sun.com/index.jspa Sun's Oracle forums]. Note that the "Tools -> Java Console" menu item in Firefox no longer works as of Java 6 Update 10. (Starting in Firefox 3.6, JRE 6 Update 10 or higher is needed to run Java applets.) Ref: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Java#Java_Console_disabled '''Quote:'''^'''Note:''' Starting with Java 6 Update 10, the Java Console menu item in Firefox ("Tools -> Java Console") and SeaMonkey 2 ("Tools -> Web Development -> Java Console") is nonfunctional and no longer opens the Java Console. This is by design. * If you don't use the Java Console, there is no need to do anything. The Java article [http://www.java.com/en/download/help/javaconsole.xml How do I enable and view the Java Console?] explains how to open the Java Console, if you need to use it. ^ *Related Firefox bug report: [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=460244 Bug 460244 - Unable to open Java Console after installing JRE6u10]

I have the Java Console here on Linux: file:///usr/lib/jvm/java-1.6.0-sun-1.6.0/jre/bin/ControlPanel