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RyanHope

Processing won't start! Nothing happens...
Dec 15^th, 2006, 2:31pm

Help. I'm running Mac OS 10.4.8 and have the following console message...

Local Time = Fri Dec 15 13:21:06 2006
Elapsed Time = 1155
#
# The exception above was detected in native code outside the VM
#
# Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (1.4.2-50 mixed mode)
#
Dec 15 13:21:05 ryan-hopes-powerbook-g4-15 /Applications/Processing 0123.app/Contents/MacOS/JavaApplicationStub: An unexpected Java error has been detected by HotSpot Virtual Machine:
Dec 15 13:21:06 ryan-hopes-powerbook-g4-15 /Applications/Processing 0123.app/Contents/MacOS/JavaApplicationStub: If this error is reproducible, please report it with the following information:
Dec 15 13:21:06 ryan-hopes-powerbook-g4-15 /Applications/Processing 0123.app/Contents/MacOS/JavaApplicationStub: 1. Provide the steps to reproduce, a test case, and any relevant information
Dec 15 13:21:06 ryan-hopes-powerbook-g4-15 /Applications/Processing 0123.app/Contents/MacOS/JavaApplicationStub: 2. The corresponding JavaNativeCrash_pid<num>.crash.log (Java state)
Dec 15 13:21:06 ryan-hopes-powerbook-g4-15 /Applications/Processing 0123.app/Contents/MacOS/JavaApplicationStub: 3. The corresponding <name>.crash.log (native state; generated by CrashReporter)
Dec 15 13:21:06 ryan-hopes-powerbook-g4-15 /Applications/Processing 0123.app/Contents/MacOS/JavaApplicationStub: File report at: http://bugreport.apple.com/
Dec 15 13:21:07 ryan-hopes-powerbook-g4-15 crashdump[228]: JavaApplicationStub crashed
Dec 15 13:21:08 ryan-hopes-powerbook-g4-15 crashdump[228]: crash report written to: /Users/ryanhope/Library/Logs/CrashReporter/JavaApplicationStub.crash.log

fry YaBB Moderator Offline Posts: 2623 mass, usa	Re: Processing won't start! Nothing happens... Reply #1 - Dec 15^th, 2006, 3:45pm have you installed a beta version of java, or not run some system updates? this looks old: Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (1.4.2-50 mixed mode) my machine lists 1.4.2-54 as the release. also, are you running on 10.3.9 or later?

RyanHope YaBB Newbies Offline Posts: 7	Re: Processing won't start! Nothing happens... Reply #2 - Dec 15^th, 2006, 5:06pm I've always installed the latest system updates for Java on my Mac. The last was J2SE 5.0 release 4 (updated on 09/06/2006). I'm also running on OSX 10.4.8

fry YaBB Moderator Offline Posts: 2623 mass, usa	Re: Processing won't start! Nothing happens... Reply #3 - Dec 15^th, 2006, 6:29pm are you on an intel mac? do other java programs run properly?

RyanHope YaBB Newbies Offline Posts: 7	Re: Processing won't start! Nothing happens... Reply #4 - Dec 16^th, 2006, 7:03pm i'm not using an intel mac (it's a 16 month old PPC PowerBook G4). I can run other java programs and also the Processing examples in the exhibition section

fry

Re: Processing won't start! Nothing happens...
Reply #5 - Dec 16^th, 2006, 8:58pm

fwiw, it's an apple problem (you're not even getting to processing before you hit that message) but i'm trying to think of causes..

the hotspot client vm that's listed seems to be for java 1.4.2_07, which isn't the 1.4.2_09 that comes with the java update. my guess would be that your java update didn't completly 'take' properly if you already installed it.

from a terminal, what do you get when you enter:
/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.4.2/Commands/java -version

RyanHope

Re: Processing won't start! Nothing happens...
Reply #6 - Dec 16^th, 2006, 9:40pm

i get this...

/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.4.2/Commands/java -version
update_sharing command failed to execute
java version "1.4.2_09"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.4.2_09-232)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.4.2-50, mixed mode)
unknown-00-11-24-a3-e2-98:~ ryanhope$

fry

Re: Processing won't start! Nothing happens...
Reply #7 - Dec 16^th, 2006, 10:24pm

ok, this is a clue, confirming that your java update had problems: "update_sharing command failed to execute"

try this in the terminal:
/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.4.2/Commands/update_shari
ng 1.4
(all one line for that, 'update_sharing' is one word)

then try the -version command again, see if you get the update sharing error still, and if not, p5 might be working for you.

also somewhere in there, you might want to fix permissions, if you haven't already. i've never had luck with this but it seems to cure random ills such as this one sometimes... (i.e. permissions may have been broken when you ran the java update, causing something to not finish properly).

RyanHope

Re: Processing won't start! Nothing happens...
Reply #8 - Dec 17^th, 2006, 11:06am

For the first terminal entry I get this...

/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.4.2/Commands/updatesharin
g 1.4
-bash: /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.4.2/Commands/updatesharin
g: No such file or directory

Then repeating the -version command I get this...

/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.4.2/Commands/java -version
java version "1.4.2_09"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.4.2_09-232)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.4.2-50, mixed mode)

fry YaBB Moderator Offline Posts: 2623 mass, usa	Re: Processing won't start! Nothing happens... Reply #9 - Dec 17^th, 2006, 4:34pm use update_sharing, not updatesharing.

RyanHope

Re: Processing won't start! Nothing happens...
Reply #10 - Dec 17^th, 2006, 5:41pm

sorry.

now i get...

/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.4.2/Commands/update_shari
ng 1.4
unknown-00-11-24-a3-e2-98:~ ryanhope$ /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.4.2/Commands/java -version
java version "1.4.2_09"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.4.2_09-232)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.4.2-50, mixed mode)
unknown-00-11-24-a3-e2-98:~ ryanhope$

fry YaBB Moderator Offline Posts: 2623 mass, usa	Re: Processing won't start! Nothing happens... Reply #11 - Dec 17^th, 2006, 6:58pm and now try processing? (and if there's still trouble, maybe fix permissions and try processing again?)

RyanHope YaBB Newbies Offline Posts: 7	Re: Processing won't start! Nothing happens... Reply #12 - Dec 17^th, 2006, 7:52pm yeah it's working. Great! Thanks a lot.

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