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

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.

[John Blackbelt Jones]

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.jarblahblahblah.jar). com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.Main

I get the error java: command not found

Any ideas?

[John Blackbelt Jones]

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.

Here is my runlime.sh
It works from anywhere
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#!/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