Java WebStart slow, requesting libraries from invalid folder

Question

Problem and question: Java webstarted app looking for its classes in base folder instead of ./lib.

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Answer 1

The "mydebian.mydomain" hostname hints you are running on Debian, where OpenJDK is the default Java implementation.

The Sun Java WebStart implementation is not part of OpenJDK, so an alternative implementation is used. As Java WebStart does not have an official TCK there are subtle differences and even bugs in the OpenJDK implementation which needs to be found manually (as there is no official TCK).

I would suggest trying with a Sun JVM (e.g. on Windows) and see if the behaviour changes.