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Created attachment 100570 [details] The CVS error message While using any of the CVS features (checkout, checkin/commit, update, diff, etc.), NB always presents the message "Connection Failed", with the reason "java.lang.NullPointerException". Tried with Windows Firewall on and off, using "No Proxy", using "System Proxy Settings" using "Manual Proxy Settings" but the error keeps happening. The SVN features just work fine. While using Netbeans6.7.1, in the same machine and using the same projects, none of this happens! The machine has WinCVS2.0.2.4_build4, TortoiseCVS1.10.10 and "Concurrent Versions System (CVSNT) 2.5.03 (Scorpio) Build 2382 (client/server)" installed. In the NB about menu, we can see: Product Version: NetBeans IDE 6.9 (Build 201006101454) Java: 1.6.0_20; Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM 16.3-b01 System: Windows XP version 5.1 running on x86; Cp1252; pt_PT (nb) ...
Please attach the message log after the connection fails (~/.netbeans/6.9/var/log/message.log)
Created attachment 100572 [details] The NB69 message.log file right after the error ...
duplicate of bug #187186, should be fixed in 6.9.1 java.lang.NullPointerException at org.netbeans.modules.proxy.ProxySocketFactory.proxyToCs(ProxySocketFactory.java:448) at org.netbeans.modules.proxy.ProxySocketFactory.createSocket(ProxySocketFactory.java:419) at org.netbeans.modules.proxy.ProxySocketFactory.createSocket(ProxySocketFactory.java:386) at org.netbeans.modules.proxy.ProxySocketFactory.createSocket(ProxySocketFactory.java:252) at org.netbeans.lib.cvsclient.connection.PServerConnection.openConnection(PServerConnection.java:220) at org.netbeans.lib.cvsclient.connection.PServerConnection.open(PServerConnection.java:359) at org.netbeans.lib.cvsclient.Client$1.run(Client.java:325) [catch] at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619) *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 187186 ***