Can not start Limewire (Mandrake8.1 JDK1.3.1_01)
 

./LimeWire
Invocation of this Java Application has caused an ExceptionInInitializerError. This application will now exit. (LAX)

Stack Trace:
java.lang.NullPointerException
at com.limegroup.gnutella.util.CommonUtils.<clinit>(C ommonUtils.java:119)
at com.limegroup.gnutella.SettingsManager.<clinit>(Se ttingsManager.java:106)
at com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.ResourceManager.<clinit >(ResourceManager.java:68)
at com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.Initializer.<init>(Init ializer.java:82)
at com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.Initializer.<clinit>(In itializer.java:42)
at com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.Main.main(Main.java:17)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at com.zerog.lax.LAX.launch(Unknown Source)
at com.zerog.lax.LAX.main(Unknown Source)

I used Sun's J2SDK 1.4.0 beta 3. You must be sure to make sure your Java classpath is set correctly. Also, you MUST run LimeWire from the directory it is installed in (it took me two weeks to get it working.

I created a small file I can use to start it...in my home directory I have a file with contents...

cd LimeWire; sh ./runlime.sh

Hope that helps...

lloyd.osten@accesscomm.ca

One thing you should do first is uninstall kaffe if you haven't done so already. It didn't work at all with kaffe installed..nothing but errors


I believe I used the tgz version of Limewire.

lloyd.osten@accesscomm.ca

same problem on mandrake 8.1
 

I'm getting the exact same problem as the original poster. I'm running mdk8.1 and have jre1.3.1_01 installed. Kaffe is totally gone from my system but I'm still getting these errors on launch. I set paths everywhere but no dice.

I've exactly the same problem as first poster.

Unfortunately, nothing constructive to add.

You need to have the following items in your classpath, or Limewire won't work. Put them into your LimeWire.lax (if they aren't already there) and try to use the static path.

.../LimeWire/swing.jar
.../LimeWire/LimeWire.jar
.../LimeWire/jl011.jar
.../LimeWire/collections.jar
.../LimeWire/xerces.jar
.../LimeWire/lax.jar
.../LimeWire/
/usr/lib/java/lib/rt.jar (or wherever your class lib is on your computer)

If it still doesn't work try starting LimeWire directly with the command:

java -classpath swing.jar:LimeWire.jar:.....:. com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.Main

note that LimeWire will work then, but some features may not be accessible.

Tried everything. About to give up. No hope. Back to windows. Billy-Bob Gates owns my soul. Its not worth this much frustration just to download a few songs.

I've tried running the following from the command prompt:

java -classpath swing.jar:LimeWire.jar:(blahblahblah.jar). com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.Main

I get the error java: command not found

Any ideas?

yes, check where your '.java_wrapper' is and create a symlink named 'java' in your /usr/bin directory. Java wasn't found in your PATH.

What I had to do...
 

Here is my runlime.sh
It works from anywhere
------------------------------
#!/bin/sh
#
# Runs LimeWire. This script must be executed in your LimeWire
# install directory.
#
# We must set the J2SE_PREEMPTCLOSE environment variable to 1 to
# work around some limitations in the JDK1.3. For more information
# see http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.3/relnotes.html#vm
#
J2SE_PREEMPTCLOSE=1; export J2SE_PREEMPTCLOSE

#replace with your LimeWire directory
limewire_dir=/home/roman/LimeWire

cd $limewire_dir

#this is all one line
/usr/java/jdk1.3.1/jre/bin/java -classpath $limewire_dir:$limewire_dir/RunLime.jar:$limewire_dir/LimeWire.jar:$limewire_dir/collections.jar:$limewire_dir/jl011.jar:$limewire_dir/lax.jar:$limewire_dir/xerces.jar com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.Main

is limewire really worth all this trouble? I dont think so I will find something else to use.

Good luck, especially if you want a stable linux client with more than just basic features.

LimeWire is relatively easy to set up. I never had any problems with it. It's not THAT hard. Well - you have to know how to use a console and what some basic error_outputs mean...

My 2 cents
 

Hey,

Some guys here are being pretty bitchy, and that's not going to solve anything.

I loaded Limewire a few days ago, and after wrangling with Java for a while, everything was fine. However, as of this morning, I get what seems to be the very popular LAX error:

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: RunLime

What I find odd is how this can just happen "overnight" without me having done anything. Aside from install blunders (which this obviously isn't), I really don't know what to do about this. I've tried the more popular 'runlime.sh' scripts, as well as checking that 'java -version' checks out.

Any ideas?

My 2 cents (pt2)
 

Allow me to add that my last post's error referred to running 'runlime.sh' from console. When I run the executable from the desktop, or 'LimeWire' from the LimeWire directory, I get the exact freak-out that the person who started this thread posted (just to save space, I'll not do that).

try installing the 1.9 beta. I'm running Mandrake 8.1 with the sun jre and got the java.lang.NullPointerException in the install log, but it started just fine

Script solved problems for me!
 

The script included in one of the previous
posts solved the problem the first poster
had. I'm using Debian Sid and JDK 1.3.1.