Subject: Attention: Bug ID 6364274: NetBeans ide does not start on 64-bit Mac OSX 10.5.5 using JDK 1.6.0_07 From: Apple Developer Bug Reporting Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2008 09:28:33 -0800 To: Peter.Lam@Sun.COM Hi Peter, This is a courtesy email regarding Bug ID# 6364274. Engineering has requested the following information in order to further investigate this issue: Yes, we want to know if this reproduces with a fresh user account, and ensure that this is not a side effect of unknown cruft in the user's home directory. We have tested NetBeans in 64-bit Java 5 and 6, and have not been able to reproduce this problem. Our best guess is that it is something unique to the user, or something unique to the Java installation. Bug reports requiring your attention will appear under ‘My Originated Problems’. Please review this bug report and provide the requested information via the Apple Bug Reporter. Once your report has been updated, Engineering will be alerted of the new information. Thank you for your assistance in helping us discover and isolate bugs within our products. Best Regards, KIT CHEUNG Apple Developer Connection Worldwide Developer Relations ************************************************************************** THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS MESSAGE IS UNDER NON-DISCLOSURE ************************************************************************** ------------------------------------------------------- Bug ID #: 6364274 Bug Title: NetBeans ide does not start on 64-bit Mac OSX 10.5.5 using JDK 1.6.0_07 ------------------------------------------------------- Peter Lam: Using the following version of jdk, the NetBeans ide never comes up. I have tried NetBeans versions 6.5 and 6.1 and got the same problem. It doesn't matter if NetBeans ide is started from the Finder or command line on the console terminal. If the system is in 32-bit mode, the ide starts and works properly. $ java -version java version "1.6.0_07" Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_07-b06-153) Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 1.6.0_07-b06-57, mixed mode) When starting the ide from the terminal, I got the following message and it's hanging there and ide never show up. $ ./netbeans 2008-11-12 09:16:36.920 java[21309:10b] Apple AWT Startup Exception : *** -[NSCFArray insertObject:atIndex:]: attempt to insert nil 2008-11-12 09:16:36.921 java[21309:10b] Apple AWT Restarting Native Event Thread 'system-profile.spx' was successfully uploaded Peter Lam: is it really necessary to create a new user account? I have tried with freshly downloaded Netbeans 6.1 and 6.5 and got the same problem. When I swithed the default jdk from 1.6 to 1.5, different versions of Netbeans worked properly as expected though. In fact, there are other community Netbeans users are experiencing the same problem too.