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kmckiou
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13 years ago

Unable to launch application - Linux Install

Hi,

I have read your FAQ on failure to launch issues and am not having any luck. Could you please help?

Operating System: Red Hat Linux Kernel version: 2.6.18-238.e15

LoadUI installed without complaint.

I made two changes to the loadUI.sh file:

  • "jre/bin/javaws" changed to "/opt/jdk1.6.0_16/bin/javaws"

  • loadUI.jnpl change to /opt/eviware/loadUI-1.5.0/loadUI.jnlp


When I launch loadUI.sh I see Java start and then I get a pop-up box labeled "Downloading application". Then I get second pop-up window "Application Error" with a banner "Unable to launch application." When I click the "details" button I get pop-up window with a banner across the top: "Error: Unable to load resource: http://dl.javafx.com/1.3/javafx-rt.jnlp".

BTW, I did try removing the "+" from <j2se version="1.6+", but it made no difference.

Also, I tried ping dl.javafx.com and I got responses from dl-javafx.oracle.com (137.254.16.78). So, it looks like I have network connectivity.

There are also four tabs:

Launch File
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<jnlp spec="1.0+" codebase="file:." href="loadUI.jnlp">
<information>
<title>loadUI</title>
<vendor>eviware</vendor>
<homepage href="http://www.loadui.org/"/>
<description>loadUI</description>
<offline-allowed/>
</information>
<resources>
<j2se version="1.6+" java-vm-args="-Xms128m -Xmx768m -XX:MaxPermSize=128m -Dsun.java2d.noddraw=true"/>
<extension name="JavaFX Runtime" href="http://dl.javafx.com/1.3/javafx-rt.jnlp"/>
<jar href="lib/loadui-launcher-1.5.0.jar" main="true"/>
<jar href="lib/org.apache.felix.main-3.0.9-patched.jar"/>
<jar href="lib/commons-cli-1.2.jar"/>
<jar href="lib/jna-3.2.7.jar"/>
<jar href="lib/platform-3.2.7.jar"/>
</resources>
<security>
<all-permissions/>
</security>
<application-desc main-class="com.eviware.loadui.launcher.LoadUILauncher" />
<update check="timeout" policy="always" />
</jnlp>


Exception
com.sun.deploy.net.FailedDownloadException: Unable to load resource: http://dl.javafx.com/1.3/javafx-rt.jnlp
at com.sun.deploy.net.DownloadEngine.actionDownload(DownloadEngine.java:1347)
at com.sun.deploy.net.DownloadEngine.getCacheEntry(DownloadEngine.java:1487)
at com.sun.deploy.net.DownloadEngine.getCacheEntry(DownloadEngine.java:1465)
at com.sun.deploy.net.DownloadEngine.getResourceCacheEntry(DownloadEngine.java:1568)
at com.sun.deploy.net.DownloadEngine.getCachedFile(DownloadEngine.java:583)
at com.sun.javaws.LaunchDownload.downloadExtensionsHelper(LaunchDownload.java:599)
at com.sun.javaws.LaunchDownload.downloadExtensions(LaunchDownload.java:542)
at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.downloadResources(Launcher.java:1300)
at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.prepareLaunchFile(Launcher.java:838)
at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.prepareToLaunch(Launcher.java:306)
at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.prepareToLaunch(Launcher.java:183)
at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.launch(Launcher.java:104)
at com.sun.javaws.Main.launchApp(Main.java:403)
at com.sun.javaws.Main.continueInSecureThread(Main.java:250)
at com.sun.javaws.Main$1.run(Main.java:111)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619)

Wrapped Exception
java.lang.NullPointerException
at com.sun.deploy.net.proxy.DeployProxySelector.select(DeployProxySelector.java:171)
at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.plainConnect(HttpURLConnection.java:796)
at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.connect(HttpURLConnection.java:726)
at com.sun.deploy.net.BasicHttpRequest.doRequest(BasicHttpRequest.java:185)
at com.sun.deploy.net.BasicHttpRequest.doGetRequestEX(BasicHttpRequest.java:63)
at com.sun.deploy.net.DownloadEngine.actionDownload(DownloadEngine.java:1127)
at com.sun.deploy.net.DownloadEngine.getCacheEntry(DownloadEngine.java:1487)
at com.sun.deploy.net.DownloadEngine.getCacheEntry(DownloadEngine.java:1465)
at com.sun.deploy.net.DownloadEngine.getResourceCacheEntry(DownloadEngine.java:1568)
at com.sun.deploy.net.DownloadEngine.getCachedFile(DownloadEngine.java:583)
at com.sun.javaws.LaunchDownload.downloadExtensionsHelper(LaunchDownload.java:599)
at com.sun.javaws.LaunchDownload.downloadExtensions(LaunchDownload.java:542)
at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.downloadResources(Launcher.java:1300)
at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.prepareLaunchFile(Launcher.java:838)
at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.prepareToLaunch(Launcher.java:306)
at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.prepareToLaunch(Launcher.java:183)
at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.launch(Launcher.java:104)
at com.sun.javaws.Main.launchApp(Main.java:403)
at com.sun.javaws.Main.continueInSecureThread(Main.java:250)
at com.sun.javaws.Main$1.run(Main.java:111)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619)


Console
Java Web Start 1.6.0_16
Using JRE version 1.6.0_16-b01 Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM
User home directory = /root
----------------------------------------------------
c: clear console window
f: finalize objects on finalization queue
g: garbage collect
h: display this help message
m: print memory usage
o: trigger logging
p: reload proxy configuration
q: hide console
r: reload policy configuration
s: dump system and deployment properties
t: dump thread list
v: dump thread stack
0-5: set trace level to <n>
----------------------------------------------------
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: port out of range:-1
at java.net.InetSocketAddress.<init>(InetSocketAddress.java:118)
at com.sun.deploy.net.proxy.DynamicProxyManager$1.run(DynamicProxyManager.java:135)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at com.sun.deploy.net.proxy.DynamicProxyManager.getProxy(DynamicProxyManager.java:117)
at com.sun.deploy.net.proxy.DynamicProxyManager.getProxyList(DynamicProxyManager.java:83)
at com.sun.deploy.net.proxy.DeployProxySelector.select(DeployProxySelector.java:166)
at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.plainConnect(HttpURLConnection.java:796)
at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.connect(HttpURLConnection.java:726)
at com.sun.deploy.net.BasicHttpRequest.doRequest(BasicHttpRequest.java:185)
at com.sun.deploy.net.BasicHttpRequest.doGetRequestEX(BasicHttpRequest.java:63)
at com.sun.deploy.net.DownloadEngine.actionDownload(DownloadEngine.java:1127)
at com.sun.deploy.net.DownloadEngine.getCacheEntry(DownloadEngine.java:1487)
at com.sun.deploy.net.DownloadEngine.getCacheEntry(DownloadEngine.java:1465)
at com.sun.deploy.net.DownloadEngine.getResourceCacheEntry(DownloadEngine.java:1568)
at com.sun.deploy.net.DownloadEngine.getCachedFile(DownloadEngine.java:583)
at com.sun.javaws.LaunchDownload.downloadExtensionsHelper(LaunchDownload.java:599)
at com.sun.javaws.LaunchDownload.downloadExtensions(LaunchDownload.java:542)
at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.downloadResources(Launcher.java:1300)
at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.prepareLaunchFile(Launcher.java:838)
at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.prepareToLaunch(Launcher.java:306)
at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.prepareToLaunch(Launcher.java:183)
at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.launch(Launcher.java:104)
at com.sun.javaws.Main.launchApp(Main.java:403)
at com.sun.javaws.Main.continueInSecureThread(Main.java:250)
at com.sun.javaws.Main$1.run(Main.java:111)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619)
#### Java Web Start Error:
#### Unable to load resource: http://dl.javafx.com/1.3/javafx-rt.jnlp

1 Reply

  • kmckiou's avatar
    kmckiou
    New Contributor
    Hi again.

    I was hoping there might be some help here....but, not so far...Anyone got an idea what my problem is? Similar problem with Linux install of LoadUI?

    I haven't solved the problem yet, but I did do maybe the next best thing. I am running LoadUI on my PC and agents are running on several Linux servers. It works remarkably well. Kudos for that.

    Now. Anybody got an idea what I am doing wrong on the Linux install of LoadUI?

    Thanks!