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Bug 160261

Summary: NetBeans doesn't even start
Product: editor Reporter: Peter Nabbefeld <epdv>
Component: SettingsAssignee: Vitezslav Stejskal <vstejskal>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED    
Severity: blocker CC: mmirilovic, mslama
Priority: P1 Keywords: RANDOM, THREAD
Version: 6.x   
Hardware: PC   
OS: All   
Issue Type: DEFECT Exception Reporter:
Attachments: The log file
dump

Description Peter Nabbefeld 2009-03-13 15:19:25 UTC
NetBeans stops completely (still with splashscreen) while it should start
Comment 1 Peter Nabbefeld 2009-03-13 15:20:46 UTC
Created attachment 78148 [details]
The log file
Comment 2 Martin Schovanek 2009-03-18 15:20:07 UTC
Can you please attach a Thread Dump? For more information see:
http://wiki.netbeans.org/GenerateThreadDump
Comment 3 Peter Nabbefeld 2009-03-18 17:02:07 UTC
Do You really expect me to have a non-starting IDE installed for about a week????
Comment 4 Martin Schovanek 2009-03-19 15:22:24 UTC
We can't do anything in this case. If you encounter this issue again please attach the thread dump and reopen it.
Comment 5 Peter Nabbefeld 2009-03-19 18:30:26 UTC
I'll not use current daily builds, either, as even the hudsun build system almost fails since several weeks :-(
Comment 6 Peter Nabbefeld 2009-03-20 13:10:50 UTC
Created attachment 78515 [details]
dump
Comment 7 Peter Nabbefeld 2009-03-20 13:11:37 UTC
crash, s.above
Comment 8 mslama 2009-03-23 10:06:10 UTC
Reason is that editor settings instantiate Swing component out of AWT thread => deadlock between Awt and Folder Instance
Processor threads. Passing to editor.
Comment 9 Vitezslav Stejskal 2009-03-23 11:41:18 UTC
I'll have a look.
Comment 10 Vitezslav Stejskal 2009-03-23 12:36:44 UTC
http://hg.netbeans.org/jet-main/rev/54cbd2021c6c
Comment 11 Quality Engineering 2009-03-25 09:28:12 UTC
Integrated into 'main-golden', will be available in build *200903250219* on http://bits.netbeans.org/dev/nightly/ (upload may still be in progress)
Changeset: http://hg.netbeans.org/main-golden/rev/54cbd2021c6c
User: Vita Stejskal <vstejskal@netbeans.org>
Log: #160261 - do not instantiate objects that claim to be Action, but in fact are not