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data 98junkiee
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I recently started playing Minecraft and I'm addicted, but I recently updated my operating system from XUbuntu 9.10 to Ubuntu 10.10 and now minecraft refuses to run, I login, the menus load up fine, I select a blank save slot to start a new game and the window just closes immediately without warning. I keep checking the updates every day to see if the problem is solved but to no avail, there have been a few Java updates but none of them have made any difference. As far as I'm aware I'm using the same Java runtime as I was with XUbuntu 9.04.

I will be extremely grateful if anyone can offer help to me and others with the problem.
I will attach the most recent error log so those of you who can understand it can diagnose what the actual problem is.

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Make sure you have sun's version of the java runtime

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I just tried the official Sun version and I'm getting the exact same problem, thanks anyway though.

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It looks as if the problem is something to do with the ability of the Java runtime to write data but its a guess and I don't know any more than that, I've removed the write protections from the ".jar" file but still no luck. Anyone have any more ideas?

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Posted: 2nd Dec 2010 23:03 Edited at: 2nd Dec 2010 23:03
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Quote: "It looks as if the problem is something to do with the ability of the Java runtime to write data but its a guess and I don't know any more than that, I've removed the write protections from the ".jar" file but still no luck. Anyone have any more ideas?"


are you running it as yourself in a directory where you have write permissions?

Can you open up the jar from an existing terminal window and advise any errors that occur?

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I used to have this problem, I fixed it by:

1. Uninstall any and all linux distros
2. Install the infinitely better than linux and mac, Windows.
3. Enjoy

Pretty simple solution.

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Windows better than Linux? I laugh at the idea. But for gaming, I'd have to agree. That said, Minecraft is linux compatible so there's something wrong with your config somewhere.

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I'm running it in my home/documents directory which i have set write permissions for. here is the output of terminal, sorry i cant make too much sense of it personally.



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Quote: "Windows better than Linux? I laugh at the idea. But for gaming, I'd have to agree. That said, Minecraft is linux compatible so there's something wrong with your config somewhere."


It is though, it's FACT. I have some books you should read.

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Quote: "JRE version: 6.0_20-b20"


You're using openjdk, you need to install sun-jre if I recall

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Quote: "It is though, it's FACT. I have some books you should read."


Well, I have read some books, but more importantly I have some real-world experience

Feel free to email me some links and I'll check em out, and maybe offer a few links of my own. This is hardly a thread about linux vs windows though.

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Quote: "it's FACT"


No operating system is better than any other. It's all OPINION.

And it has a lot to do with what one NEEDS. Video editing+other media: Mac. Gaming: Windows. Everything else: Linux.

But that's just my opinion.

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You have an opinion, I have a FACT, 2 different things.

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Fact pl0x.


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Like i said i tried with the official one as well and this is what i got from that:



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I don't think java's properly installed. What happens when you run this?

http://java.com/en/download/help/testvm.xml

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According to that, its installed correctly and working, it didn't before i deleted 'openjdk' however so I think I'm going in the right direction

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can you run it as root?

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ill give it a go, Ubuntu makes it pretty hard to do things as root but i can use the sudo command which I think will give me root privileges.

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yep, sudo.

To maintain root in ubuntu, type sudo su

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did it but ran into the same problem i think:


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Quote: "I used to have this problem, I fixed it by:

1. Uninstall any and all linux distros
2. Install the infinitely better than linux and mac, Windows.
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Pretty simple solution."


Go home troll...

As much "facts" as you may have, its still all about oppinion


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Posted: 3rd Dec 2010 16:39 Edited at: 3rd Dec 2010 16:39
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Quote: "You have an opinion, I have a FACT, 2 different things."


I dont see any facts that you have presented. You sir, fail.



@ Linux problem

Sorry, i dont use linux.

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After trying a few scripts still had no luck its looking pretty hopeless at the moment=

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Do previous versions work?, does any other 3d app work?


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Wanna see a fact? Look at the great lengths you have to go through just to get Minecraft running properly, THAT'S A FACT.

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Quote: "Wanna see a fact? Look at the great lengths you have to go through just to get Minecraft running properly, THAT'S A FACT."


Then you will be glad to hear i also had great problems getting minecraft to work on windows

Now, stop trolling and do something productive with your time then bashing an os you probably have little experience with.

To bring bring this close to the origional topic, its probably javas fault its not running correctly, not to do with the linux kernal

(Also just a thought, try modifing some graphics settings?)


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Quote: "Wanna see a fact? Look at the great lengths you have to go through just to get Minecraft running properly, THAT'S A FACT."


Not really it worked fine on the previous version of Ubuntu, Also Linux isn't the operating system it's the kernel. The quality, reliability and performance is dependent on the software built of top of the kernel.
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Quote: "does any other 3d app work? "
well open arena is running brilliantly so I cant see any problems with the graphics card/drivers.

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Quote: "Wanna see a fact? Look at the great lengths you have to go through just to get Minecraft running properly, THAT'S A FACT."


Wanna see a fact? Your fanboyism for Windows doesn't grant you the ability to create facts at will. OMG HE HAD A SINGLE PROBLEM WITH LINUX! IT MUST BE THE WORST OPERATING SYSTEM EVAR!

If people quit using an operating system every time there was a problem, nobody would use any operating system. That's simply the nature of software.

But then again, I guess nobody has EVER had a problem with Windows, right?

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Rofl!!!

Win.

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Quote: "Wanna see a fact? Look at the great lengths you have to go through just to get Minecraft running properly, THAT'S A FACT."


Yeah, I blame Linux for two pieces of closed source software not working properly

That makes a whole lot of sense.

Don't be too hard on him though, he's probably still pissed that his unsupported, proprietary software driven wifi adapter never worked.

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That made my day...lol

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^this

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For some reason i feel the need to grab hold of the window to stop it from going, never works though, it just gets snatched out of my hand

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Oh, this time it didn't close but it give me a crash report within the window


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I have experience with linux!!! I SAW SOME PICTURES ONCE!

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Enjoy your break Satchmo, Hopefully you will grow up and learn to stop trolling.

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How long did he get the banhammer for>


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I found a chaps blog on this issue, it has a list of instructions for getting minecraft to work on Ubuntu 10.10.
http://timashley.me/node/596
I'll let you all know how it goes when I've done it

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No luck there anyone got any more ideas?

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Does minecraft have any support forums? Have you tried those?
Also, a great source of help could be AskUbuntu.com. I linked to a question that has to do with minecraft but I assume you already did that, so you might just ask a question of your own. You could even try their chat room they have for asking questions for quicker feedback.

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you oughta be kidding me, source?


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@JoelJ I haven't tried asking at any of the forums yet, although I have been looking at forum threads on other forums which seem to be describing the same problem as mine but all the solutions offered to them haven't worked for me. So I might try asking at the official forums and the Minecraft forums and see what response I get, If I don't get any help there I'll try other places and if all else fails I can probably dual boot another OS that defiantly does support Minecraft out of the box. Thanks everyone for you help, if i find a solution i will post on this thread or make another one (I think a lot of people may be having the same problem as me so this should help them out.)

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I would try the ubuntu forums. You're likely to have a gajillion gurus there who can fix anything.

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We'll I've asked http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1639074
just have to wait to see if anyone comes up with a good solution now:/

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I have just discovered today that there is something broken with default OpenJDK istallaction on Lucid Lynx 10.04 LTS. Every application that needs graphic user interface crashes with HeadlessException.

It seems that OpenJDK is actually only partially installed. To fix the installation, run



this will fix the installation and GUI applications will start.

Free software supporters have also used such software when it was way worse than proprietary alternatives. There are other reasons for that.

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Didnt work I'm afraid since heard a rumor that the propriety ATI Catalyst drivers are the culprit, never-mind i suppose Wine will have to do for now

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