User 9431187277
25-01-2007 22:22:51
You may want to try work-around below to use a pre-1.5 version of java if your MarvinSpace crashes with GLException traceback similar to below:
C:\Program Files\ChemAxon\MarvinBeans\bin>mspace.bat
Exception in thread "main" javax.media.opengl.GLException: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
at javax.media.opengl.GLCanvas.disableBackgroundErase(GLCanvas.java:352)
at javax.media.opengl.GLCanvas.addNotify(GLCanvas.java:154)
...
DETAILS...
(Windows xp-sp2,
I'm using newest current stable MarvinSpace that came with this file:
12,722,176-byte marvinbeans-4_1_5-windows.exe
Some hits on google suggested updating video-card driver, which I tried but that did not help. But 2 other hits on google (below) hinted that java
versions before 1.5 did not have the problem:
http://processing.org/discourse/yabb_beta/YaBB.cgi?board=Integrate;action=display;num=1165240481
http://processing.org/discourse/yabb_beta/YaBB.cgi?board=OpenGL;action=display;num=1166986458
Since I still also had a pre-1.5 version, I was able to get Marvin-space to run ok as shown using 4 steps below. A better way to fix may be available, but it worked for me.
Step 1. See if you have a java older than jre1.5 by looking in:
(Newer java installs generally do not remove earlier ones).
Directory of C:\Program Files\Java
07/31/2006 01:00 PM <DIR> j2re1.4.2_04
07/27/2004 12:27 PM <DIR> j2re1.4.2_05
08/10/2006 01:09 PM <DIR> jre1.5.0_06
12/08/2006 07:03 PM <DIR> jre1.5.0_09
01/10/2007 10:21 AM <DIR> jre1.5.0_10
Step 2. In this case, I found a pre-1.5 "java.exe" in the j2re1.4.2_05\bin folder. (The command "java -version" will verify version).
Step 3. No go to C:\Program Files\ChemAxon\MarvinBeans\bin
and make a backup-copy of the original mspace.bat file.
Step 4. Use NOTEPAD (or favorite editor, but NOT word) to edit MSPACE.BAT file, and at the bottom insert lines similar to following:
REM ----- Force use of pre-1.5 java as work-around for
REM ---- javax.media.opengl.GLException
set JVMPATH="C:\Progra~1\Java\j2re1.4.2_05\bin\java"
YOU'LL NEED TO USE THE ACTUAL PATH to a pre-1.5 java ON YOUR PARTICULAR PC. I PUT THE LINES JUST BEFORE java runs as shown in exerpt below
***clip***
REM ---------------- End of Marvin batch header -----------------------------
if ()==(%JVM_X_PARAM%) set JVMPARAM=%JVMPARAM% -Xmx128m
REM ----- Force use of pre-1.5 java as work-around for
REM ---- javax.media.opengl.GLException
set JVMPATH="C:\Progra~1\Java\j2re1.4.2_05\bin\java"
"%JVMPATH%" %JVMPARAM% chemaxon.marvin.space.gui.MSpace %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9
REM ----------------- Begin of Marvin batch footer --------------------------
***clip***
I'm not sure how to get the MarvinSpace.exe wrapper to run the older java... If you want an icon on desktop or menus, right-click on the working mspace.bat file and "send to desktop". That is, with this work-around, you'll need to run it by clicking on the Mspace.bat (not by clicking on the nice blue icon).
C:\Program Files\ChemAxon\MarvinBeans\bin>mspace.bat
Exception in thread "main" javax.media.opengl.GLException: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
at javax.media.opengl.GLCanvas.disableBackgroundErase(GLCanvas.java:352)
at javax.media.opengl.GLCanvas.addNotify(GLCanvas.java:154)
...
DETAILS...
(Windows xp-sp2,
I'm using newest current stable MarvinSpace that came with this file:
12,722,176-byte marvinbeans-4_1_5-windows.exe
Some hits on google suggested updating video-card driver, which I tried but that did not help. But 2 other hits on google (below) hinted that java
versions before 1.5 did not have the problem:
http://processing.org/discourse/yabb_beta/YaBB.cgi?board=Integrate;action=display;num=1165240481
http://processing.org/discourse/yabb_beta/YaBB.cgi?board=OpenGL;action=display;num=1166986458
Since I still also had a pre-1.5 version, I was able to get Marvin-space to run ok as shown using 4 steps below. A better way to fix may be available, but it worked for me.
Step 1. See if you have a java older than jre1.5 by looking in:
(Newer java installs generally do not remove earlier ones).
Directory of C:\Program Files\Java
07/31/2006 01:00 PM <DIR> j2re1.4.2_04
07/27/2004 12:27 PM <DIR> j2re1.4.2_05
08/10/2006 01:09 PM <DIR> jre1.5.0_06
12/08/2006 07:03 PM <DIR> jre1.5.0_09
01/10/2007 10:21 AM <DIR> jre1.5.0_10
Step 2. In this case, I found a pre-1.5 "java.exe" in the j2re1.4.2_05\bin folder. (The command "java -version" will verify version).
Step 3. No go to C:\Program Files\ChemAxon\MarvinBeans\bin
and make a backup-copy of the original mspace.bat file.
Step 4. Use NOTEPAD (or favorite editor, but NOT word) to edit MSPACE.BAT file, and at the bottom insert lines similar to following:
REM ----- Force use of pre-1.5 java as work-around for
REM ---- javax.media.opengl.GLException
set JVMPATH="C:\Progra~1\Java\j2re1.4.2_05\bin\java"
YOU'LL NEED TO USE THE ACTUAL PATH to a pre-1.5 java ON YOUR PARTICULAR PC. I PUT THE LINES JUST BEFORE java runs as shown in exerpt below
***clip***
REM ---------------- End of Marvin batch header -----------------------------
if ()==(%JVM_X_PARAM%) set JVMPARAM=%JVMPARAM% -Xmx128m
REM ----- Force use of pre-1.5 java as work-around for
REM ---- javax.media.opengl.GLException
set JVMPATH="C:\Progra~1\Java\j2re1.4.2_05\bin\java"
"%JVMPATH%" %JVMPARAM% chemaxon.marvin.space.gui.MSpace %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9
REM ----------------- Begin of Marvin batch footer --------------------------
***clip***
I'm not sure how to get the MarvinSpace.exe wrapper to run the older java... If you want an icon on desktop or menus, right-click on the working mspace.bat file and "send to desktop". That is, with this work-around, you'll need to run it by clicking on the Mspace.bat (not by clicking on the nice blue icon).