Konqueror in fresh KDE4 install doesn't run java applets. When opening webpage with one, Konq writes to console: konqueror(19022)/kdecore (trader) mimeTypeSycocaServiceOffers: KMimeTypeTrader: mimeType "application/x-java-applet" not found Looks like default Gentoo config doesn't provide association with that mimetype. Adding it manually under 'File Management » File Associations' fixes the thing. Testcase: http://ko.kurnik.pl/misc/?gid=ku My JRE: dev-java/icedtea6-1.3.1-r1 [java-overlay] Problem noticed on all KDE4 versions, solution tested with 4.1.3. I didn't install the whole KDE, only Konq + kde-base/kdebase-data.
Fixed in kdelibs-4.1.3-r1, we did install /usr/share/mime/packages/kde.xml which defines "application/x-java-applet" but we didn't update the mime cache afterwards. Thanks for reporting! :)
I'm sure it's not very important, but I found some bogus records in kde.xml: bash# update-mime-database /usr/share/mime/ Unknown media type in type 'all/all' Unknown media type in type 'all/allfiles' Unknown media type in type 'uri/mms' Unknown media type in type 'uri/mmst' Unknown media type in type 'uri/mmsu' Unknown media type in type 'uri/pnm' Unknown media type in type 'uri/rtspt' Unknown media type in type 'uri/rtspu' Unknown media type in type 'fonts/package' Unknown media type in type 'interface/x-winamp-skin' Not sure if you want to fix it. FYI only.