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fverhoef's avatar
fverhoef
Occasional Contributor
10 years ago

Soapui not starting on Ubuntu 15.04

I've got an issue with trying to get Soapui to work on Ubuntu 15.04. I've tried several installer versions (5.1.2, 5.1.3 and 5.2.0-beta) and also the tarred linux version 5.1.3. They all get the same...
  • fverhoef's avatar
    fverhoef
    10 years ago

    Solved, by adding the following lines to bin/soapui.sh:

     

    JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS=""
export JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS

    Not exactly sure as to why.

rupert_anderson's avatar
rupert_anderson
Valued Contributor

Hi,

 

I haven't tried to recreate this on unbuntu, as I don't have it handy, but when trying to check the latest code to see where this exception is occuring I noticed that the code for the AnalyticsManager (where you are getting the nullpointer) has been updated in version SoapUI 5.2.1:

 

Whereas in the versions listed in this ticket (5.1.3 beta, 5.2.0) there is a different version, presumably matching the one you have.

 

Have you tried version 5.2.1? Sorry if you already tried this.

 

Thanks,

Rupert

sample's avatar
sample
Contributor
9 years ago

Hi,

 

I have been trying 5.2.1 version only.

 

Thanks

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    rupert_anderson
    Valued Contributor
    9 years ago

     method Hi, 

     

    Sorry that was a stupid question on my part, if I'd looked more closely at your stacktrace I would have seen the version 5.2.1 right there!

     

    The strange thing is that the line numbers in the code aren't matching up, so I thought I'd check. That makeUserId method looks fairly innocent, but is definately catching the error you're seeing:

     

    private static String makeUserId() {
        try {
            NetworkInterface e = NetworkInterface.getByInetAddress(InetAddress.getLocalHost());
            byte[] mac = e.getHardwareAddress();
            MessageDigest hasher = MessageDigest.getInstance("SHA-1");
            return createHexBinary(hasher.digest(mac));
        } catch (Exception var3) {
            log.warn("Error generating Analytics session ID - returning empty String", var3);
            return "";
        }
    }

    Possibly e is null, hard to say without debuggin it in ubuntu.. like I say none of these lines are 140...

     

    If I get a chance I'll download ubuntu and install it on a VM, other than that I think I'm not really able to help directly, sorry about that.

     

    Thanks,

    Rupert

     

     

    • rupert_anderson's avatar
      rupert_anderson
      Valued Contributor
      9 years ago

      Hi,

       

      Was just thinking, since the error seems to be in the Google Analytics code (which isn't necessary), have you tried disabling it?

       

      I noticed that you can do it in in the Preferences (which you cant see as it doesn't start up), but you can also change it in the soapui-settings.xml:

       

      <con:setting id="UISettings@disable_analytics">false</con:setting>

       

      change to 

       

      <con:setting id="UISettings@disable_analytics">true</con:setting>

       

      Hope this helps,

      Rupert

      • rupert_anderson's avatar
        rupert_anderson
        Valued Contributor
        9 years ago

        Hi,

        Anybody getting these Nullpointer exceptions in Analytics when running on Ubuntu, please can you try this host file work-around and let me know if it works:

         

        http://rupertanderson.com/blog/soapui-google-analytics-null-pointer-exception-on-ubuntu/

         

        Seemed to work for me when I tested this running SoapUI 5.2.1 (built & run from source code) on a clean install of Ubuntu 14.04.4, Java 1.7u79 and running on VirtualBox.

         

        Thanks,

        Rupert