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Chrisir Full Member Offline Posts: 207 Germany	Start up fails Sep 10^th, 2007, 1:06am Hello all! I encounter a java error when I try to start processing. Msgbox: Title: Java virtual machine launcher Text: Fatal exception occured. Machine will exit. using processing 0125 on Win XP, no umlauts in user-name. Where can I find a install-how-to? Is there a proper setup for the installation? Thanks! Greetings Chrisir

fry YaBB Moderator Offline Posts: 2623 mass, usa	Re: Start up fails Reply #1 - Sep 12^th, 2007, 1:58pm that sounds like a bad java install. try the version that includes java and see how that works.

Chrisir Full Member Offline Posts: 207 Germany	Re: Start up fails Reply #2 - Sep 12^th, 2007, 3:36pm Hello! Well, this happens in the version that includes java. I extracted the zip and tried to start processing. Do I have to change the PATH-variable? Do I have to register a dll? What is jikes? Thanks you so much! Chrisir

fry YaBB Moderator Offline Posts: 2623 mass, usa	Re: Start up fails Reply #3 - Sep 12^th, 2007, 5:33pm hm, then maybe the version without java? try installing the latest from sun (http://java.com), then rename the 'java' subfolder in the processing directory, and try starting it. do not mess with your PATH, register any DLLs. you shouldn't have to mess with any of that stuff. jikes.exe is the java compiler used by processing.

Chrisir Full Member Offline Posts: 207 Germany	Re: Start up fails Reply #4 - Sep 13^th, 2007, 7:04pm Hello! Thank you very much! But I am still not there. If I rename the java-directory, the error message doesn't occur any longer - but processing doesn't start. Please help!

fry YaBB Moderator Offline Posts: 2623 mass, usa	Re: Start up fails Reply #5 - Sep 13^th, 2007, 7:31pm open up a command prompt and type "java". what happens?

Chrisir Full Member Offline Posts: 207 Germany	Re: Start up fails Reply #6 - Sep 13^th, 2007, 8:02pm java help screen in the dos-box. Thanks.

fry YaBB Moderator Offline Posts: 2623 mass, usa	Re: Start up fails Reply #7 - Sep 14^th, 2007, 12:39pm how about echo %PATH% echo %CLASSPATH% echo %QTJAVA% i wonder if there's garbage in there somewhere...

Chrisir Full Member Offline Posts: 207 Germany	Re: Start up fails Reply #8 - Sep 14^th, 2007, 7:39pm Yes, looks buggy. How can I change it? Thanks!!

oniongirl YaBB Newbies Offline Posts: 4	Re: Start up fails Reply #9 - Oct 8^th, 2007, 4:11pm Chrisir, did you get any more help on this? I'm having the same problem. Tried the install without Java, but didn't work with same error, and the one with java gives that error too. Any help appreciated!

fry YaBB Moderator Offline Posts: 2623 mass, usa	Re: Start up fails Reply #10 - Oct 10^th, 2007, 1:12pm Chrisir wrote on Sep 14^th, 2007, 7:39pm: Yes, looks buggy. How can I change it Thanks!! well, what does it say when you type these in

oniongirl

Re: Start up fails
Reply #11 - Oct 10^th, 2007, 6:20pm

the only one that gives any output for me is the echo %PATH%, which shows (split into lines to make it easier to read):
C:\Program Files\ThinkPad\Utilities;
C:\WINDOWS\system32;
C:\WINDOWS;
C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;
C:\Program Files\ATI Technologies\ATI Control Panel;
C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.5.0_06\bin

The other two commands just echo.

Thanks again...

Chrisir

Still FAILS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Reply #12 - Oct 21^st, 2007, 11:46pm

Hello!

Sorry, I've been away for a while,
so I couldn't reply.

My startup still fails.

I tried the expert and the non-expert version
and I also tried to rename the java-folder to
javaold and then starts.

There are two different ways of failure:
1.
nothing happens
(folder renamed javaold)
2.
error message as mentioned
(folder named java)

I think that's what oniongirl sees.
All help appreciated as I have the book on
processing.

Greetings!

Chrisir Full Member Offline Posts: 207 Germany	Re: Start up fails Reply #13 - Oct 22^nd, 2007, 12:00am Hello! By the way... It is working on another user account (with only very few installed programs) on the same machine. I still like to have it working with my primary user account. Thanks to everybody!

fry YaBB Moderator Offline Posts: 2623 mass, usa	Re: Start up fails Reply #14 - Oct 22^nd, 2007, 1:18am i can't help unless you respond to my original question. what is produced when you enter the echo statements i listed?

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