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Bug 194125 - Nothing in install window
Summary: Nothing in install window
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: installer
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Code (show other bugs)
Version: 7.0
Hardware: PC Windows 7 x64
: P4 normal (vote)
Assignee: Libor Fischmeistr
URL:
Keywords:
: 168057 (view as bug list)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2011-01-07 16:08 UTC by jarome
Modified: 2014-02-10 14:14 UTC (History)
0 users

See Also:
Issue Type: DEFECT
Exception Reporter:


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what I see (65.60 KB, image/png)
2011-01-07 16:08 UTC, jarome
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nothing in --verbose (141.34 KB, image/png)
2011-01-12 14:59 UTC, jarome
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output file (56.55 KB, text/plain)
2011-01-12 15:43 UTC, jarome
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I have plenty of free disk space too (57.41 KB, image/png)
2011-01-12 15:54 UTC, jarome
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installer windows on windows xp home (13.08 KB, image/png)
2012-10-06 16:54 UTC, ennoborg
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Description jarome 2011-01-07 16:08:29 UTC
Created attachment 104790 [details]
what I see

In Windows 7 (64-bits) running inside of Parallels on OS X, I am unable to install 7.0 or uninstall 6.9. The installer window is blank. So is the window that pops up when I try to close the window (see attached). Other apps install and uninstall just fine. What fonts are you trying to use?
Comment 1 Ondrej Vrabec 2011-01-10 11:39:33 UTC
*** Bug 168057 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 2 jarome 2011-01-10 15:07:27 UTC
This is perhaps not the same issue as my other bug. There I saw fonts. Now I see nothing.
And I have seen no suggestions for how to fix this or work around this.
Comment 3 Ondrej Vrabec 2011-01-12 14:13:14 UTC
We tried to run the installer (latest dev build) on Win 7 inside Parallels and the installation successfully passed.
What build are you trying to install? And what JDK do you have installed? Please run the installer with --verbose and attach the output.
Comment 4 jarome 2011-01-12 14:43:06 UTC
I have the latest jdk (23). The log file I made using --verbose was empty. The installer never really gets started. It is waiting for my first user input, but there is no place to give it.
The uninstaller for the previous jdk has the same issues.
Comment 5 Ondrej Vrabec 2011-01-12 14:49:32 UTC
> The log file I made using --verbose was empty.
That's weird since the output should at least contain messages from the launcher (just before java is even started)
Comment 6 jarome 2011-01-12 14:59:37 UTC
Created attachment 104923 [details]
nothing in --verbose

The window that says "Configuring installer" works properly.
Comment 7 Ondrej Vrabec 2011-01-12 15:10:40 UTC
i am sorry, it needs to be:
netbeans-7.0beta... --verbose > out.txt
And attach the 'out.txt' file.
Comment 8 jarome 2011-01-12 15:12:58 UTC
I did that the first time. The log file I made was empty.
But if I kill the installer, the file might not get closed properly.
Comment 9 jarome 2011-01-12 15:15:23 UTC
C:\Users\jar\Downloads\NetBeans>.\netbeans-7.0beta-ml-windows.exe --verbose >ins
tall.log

C:\Users\jar\Downloads\NetBeans>dir
 Volume in drive C has no label.
 Volume Serial Number is E8BB-1CC8

 Directory of C:\Users\jar\Downloads\NetBeans

01/12/2011  09:36 AM    <DIR>          .
01/12/2011  09:36 AM    <DIR>          ..
01/12/2011  10:13 AM                 0 install.log
01/07/2011  10:53 AM       269,491,117 netbeans-7.0beta-ml-windows.exe
               2 File(s)    269,491,117 bytes
               2 Dir(s)  76,039,983,104 bytes free

C:\Users\jar\Downloads\NetBeans>dir
 Volume in drive C has no label.
 Volume Serial Number is E8BB-1CC8

 Directory of C:\Users\jar\Downloads\NetBeans

01/12/2011  09:36 AM    <DIR>          .
01/12/2011  09:36 AM    <DIR>          ..
01/12/2011  10:13 AM                 0 install.log
01/07/2011  10:53 AM       269,491,117 netbeans-7.0beta-ml-windows.exe
               2 File(s)    269,491,117 bytes
               2 Dir(s)  76,309,340,160 bytes free

C:\Users\jar\Downloads\NetBeans>
Comment 10 dlipin 2011-01-12 15:19:56 UTC
Please run
netbeans-7.0beta-windows.exe --verbose --output out.txt
Comment 11 jarome 2011-01-12 15:43:38 UTC
Created attachment 104927 [details]
output file

And, I think I briefly see a GUI when the window appears, but it disappears instantly.
Comment 12 jarome 2011-01-12 15:46:48 UTC
And java is there:

C:\Users\jar\Downloads\NetBeans>java -version
java version "1.6.0_23"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_23-b05)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 19.0-b09, mixed mode, sharing)

C:\Users\jar\Downloads\NetBeans>
Comment 13 jarome 2011-01-12 15:51:43 UTC
I thought it might be the PATH to the jdk. It was wrong, but I fixed it:

C:\Users\jar>PATH
PATH=C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Windows Live;C:\Program File
s (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Windows Live;C:\Program Files (x86)\Parall
els\Parallels Tools\Applications;C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\Syste
m32\Wbem;C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Comm
on Files\Teleca Shared;C:\Program Files (x86)\GNU\GnuPG\pub;C:\Program Files (x8
6)\Java\jre6\bin;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Shared;"C:\Program Files (x
86)\Java\jre6\bin";"C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.6.0_23\bin"

It still does not work.
Comment 14 jarome 2011-01-12 15:54:07 UTC
Created attachment 104928 [details]
I have plenty of free disk space too
Comment 15 jarome 2011-01-12 16:27:57 UTC
I re-downloaded the installer, and still get the corrupted installer message.

And, these error messages should be displayed for the user IMHO.
Comment 16 Ondrej Vrabec 2011-01-12 16:32:46 UTC
(In reply to comment #15)
> I re-downloaded the installer, and still get the corrupted installer message.
What messages? Do you mean
>   Reading value 3/32 : Installer file is corrupted
These are irrelevant, AFAIK they just tell you that message #3 has been successfully loaded from Bundle file. In other words tell you the content of the bundle file.
Comment 17 Ondrej Vrabec 2011-01-17 09:58:19 UTC
I am sorry, we tried to run the installer in Windows 7 64bit inside Parallels on Mac, but had no problem. I am afraid i cannot help you. You'll have to download the zip (select OS independent ZIP in the Platform combo on the download web page) and unpack it.
Comment 18 jarome 2011-08-02 20:17:41 UTC
I still see this in 7.01 inside of Parallels on Lion.
Maybe it is a font issue. What fonts does the installer use?
Comment 19 Shodan 2011-11-12 18:11:04 UTC
I had the same problem installing 6.9, 7.0 and 7.1beta on my Notebook (Windows XP).

The solution was, to deactivate Hardware Acceleration of my GFX-Card (Nvidia GF FX Go5200) for the duration of the installation.

Hope this helps.
Comment 20 jarome 2011-11-12 18:54:11 UTC
I will try that as a workaround, but the Java installer, for example (and every other one) does not do this so I still think this is an installer problem. Installers should do nothing fancy!
Comment 21 ennoborg 2012-10-06 16:40:19 UTC
I see the same thing here on Windows XP home, nVidia GeForce FX 5600, with 7.2 and the new beta. The installer window is blank, with two empty buttons in the lower right corner, nothing else, so I close it with the X in the upper right corner.

When I switch off hardware acceleration, everything works fine.

And here too, the Java installers (JRE and JDK) don't need these kind of tricks.
Comment 22 ennoborg 2012-10-06 16:54:39 UTC
Created attachment 125513 [details]
installer windows on windows xp home
Comment 23 Jiri Rechtacek 2012-10-07 12:58:31 UTC
Assigned to new owner.