Arch Linux
Limewire 4.12.11
JRE 6.0 update 2
JRE 1.5.0 update 11
GCC 4.2.1
NetGear DG632 ADSL Modem (NAT enabled)
(Port Forwarding not available because it is Modem, not Router)
No Firewall Software, No Anti-Virus
RAM 512x2 (400 MHz)
ISP - BSNL (INDIA)
Connection - ADSL Broadband 256 kbps
"Your Test Worked" page works fine
This is my only Home Computer

I was happily using Limewire and then suddenly 3 days ago, without any Java or Limewire update, it stopped connecting. Limewire starts and runs but then it does not connect. So I tried Frostwire and I installed JRE 6 update 2 and then i found Frostwire gets freezed at "Loading Chat Window", I waited for 30 minutes but it was still "Loading Chat Window"

Then i installed JRE 1.5 update 11 and still it was still not connecting. Frostwire freezes at "loading Chat Window", The "stack-trace" for Frostwire from Terminal suggested me to file a bug report, here is the output:


[arnuld@arch frostwire-4.13.2.noarch]$ sh runFrostwire.sh
Starting FrostWire...
Java exec found in PATH. Verifying...
Suitable java version found [java = 1.5.0_11]
Configuring environment...
Loading FrostWire:
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: irc.plugin.
at java.net.URLClassLoader*****run(Unknown Source)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassInternal(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)
at java.lang.Class.forName(Unknown Source)
at irc.IRCApplication.loadPlugin(Unknown Source)
at irc.IRCApplication.init(Unknown Source)
at com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.chat.ChatMediator.tryTo StartAndAddChat(ChatMediator.java:143)
at com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.chat.ChatMediator.<init >(ChatMediator.java:104)
at com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.chat.ChatMediator.<clin it>(ChatMediator.java:72)
at com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.MainFrame.<init>(MainFr ame.java:122)
at com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.GUIMediator.<init>(GUIM ediator.java:219)
at com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.GUIMediator.instance(GU IMediator.java:327)
at com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.Initializer.initialize( Initializer.java:256)
at com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.GUILoader.load(GUILoade r.java:52)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Nativ e Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknow n Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Un known Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
at com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.Main.main(Main.java:44)
Event dispatch in wrong thread
expected thread was [Lirc.DispatchThread;@51127a
current thread is Thread[main,5,main]
please submit a bug report to bugs@frostwire.com with the following information :
java.lang.Exception: Stack trace
at java.lang.Thread.dumpStack(Unknown Source)
at irc.EventDispatcher.dispatchEventSyncEx(Unknown Source)
at irc.ListenerGroup.sendEventEx(Unknown Source)
at irc.ListenerGroup.sendEvent(Unknown Source)
at irc.ListenerGroup.sendEvent(Unknown Source)
at irc.gui.pixx.PixxTaskBar.enter(Unknown Source)
at irc.gui.pixx.PixxTaskBar.addStatus(Unknown Source)
at irc.gui.pixx.PixxMDIInterface.statusCreated(Unknow n Source)
at irc.gui.pixx.PixxMDIInterface.sourceCreated(Unknow n Source)
at irc.IRCApplication.sourceCreated(Unknown Source)
at irc.IRCServer.enumerateSourcesAsCreated(Unknown Source)
at irc.IRCApplication.newServer(Unknown Source)
at irc.IRCApplication.init(Unknown Source)
at com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.chat.ChatMediator.tryTo StartAndAddChat(ChatMediator.java:143)
at com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.chat.ChatMediator.<init >(ChatMediator.java:104)
at com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.chat.ChatMediator.<clin it>(ChatMediator.java:72)
at com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.MainFrame.<init>(MainFr ame.java:122)
at com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.GUIMediator.<init>(GUIM ediator.java:219)
at com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.GUIMediator.instance(GU IMediator.java:327)
at com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.Initializer.initialize( Initializer.java:256)
at com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.GUILoader.load(GUILoade r.java:52)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Nativ e Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknow n Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Un known Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
at com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.Main.main(Main.java:44)
Event dispatch in wrong thread
expected thread was [Lirc.DispatchThread;@51127a
current thread is Thread[main,5,main]
please submit a bug report to bugs@frostwire.com with the following information :
java.lang.Exception: Stack trace
at java.lang.Thread.dumpStack(Unknown Source)
at irc.EventDispatcher.dispatchEventSyncEx(Unknown Source)
at irc.ListenerGroup.sendEventEx(Unknown Source)
at irc.ListenerGroup.sendEvent(Unknown Source)
at irc.ListenerGroup.sendEvent(Unknown Source)
at irc.gui.pixx.PixxTaskBar.activate(Unknown Source)
at irc.gui.pixx.PixxTaskBar.enter(Unknown Source)
at irc.gui.pixx.PixxTaskBar.addStatus(Unknown Source)
at irc.gui.pixx.PixxMDIInterface.statusCreated(Unknow n Source)
at irc.gui.pixx.PixxMDIInterface.sourceCreated(Unknow n Source)
at irc.IRCApplication.sourceCreated(Unknown Source)
at irc.IRCServer.enumerateSourcesAsCreated(Unknown Source)
at irc.IRCApplication.newServer(Unknown Source)
at irc.IRCApplication.init(Unknown Source)
at com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.chat.ChatMediator.tryTo StartAndAddChat(ChatMediator.java:143)
at com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.chat.ChatMediator.<init >(ChatMediator.java:104)
at com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.chat.ChatMediator.<clin it>(ChatMediator.java:72)
at com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.MainFrame.<init>(MainFr ame.java:122)
at com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.GUIMediator.<init>(GUIM ediator.java:219)
at com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.GUIMediator.instance(GU IMediator.java:327)
at com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.Initializer.initialize( Initializer.java:256)
at com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.GUILoader.load(GUILoade r.java:52)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Nativ e Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknow n Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Un known Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
at com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.Main.main(Main.java:44)

I am not knowledgable with Linux. However, LW will generally use the latest Java installed for Windows users. For some users, LW does not behave well with Java 1.6 so backdating to Java 1.5_10 or _11 does the trick. Also, not sure about now but originally Java 1.6 would not work properly if other versions of Java were still on the system. (for windows 1.5_10 seemed to be better.)
Sort out which Java you think you should be using first.
Then try deleting LW's preference folder whilst LW is closed; found here for Linux: ~/.limewire OR for the newer versions it may be called limewire: ~/limewire

I tried JRE 1.6 1st, then i removed it, removed the ~/.limewire and ~/.java directories, rebooted and then tried 1.5.0_11 and still no luck.

The message I posted i get when i install Limewire using the package manager named "pacman", If I download and install Limewire manually (both Latest version) then i get this error:

[arnuld@arch ~]$ sh runLime.sh
: command not foundWire/runLime.sh: line 5:
: No such file or directoryLime.sh: line 8: cd: .
: command not foundWire/runLime.sh: line 9:
: command not foundWire/runLime.sh: line 23:
'usr/local/bin/LimeWire/runLime.sh: runLime.sh: line 24: syntax error near unexpected token `
'usr/local/bin/LimeWire/runLime.sh: runLime.sh: line 24: `look_for_java()
[arnuld@arch ~]$