Hi charley, Ian Clark suggested a fix to Snow Leopard challenges for J602 in the wiki http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/System/Installation/Mac/MacSnowLeopardInstallBug . It is not exactly the problem you are describing but may move you along the path. I have seen the 'failed to get Java metrics' message as well occasionally, but the second attempt at opening J usually works. This is of course is in contravention of the universal rule of repeating the same actions and expecting different results.
Cheers, bob On 2010-11-26, at 6:57 AM, Hine Charles wrote: > Kind Sirs; > > Reposting w/o pictures of "Failed to get Java Metrics" message window, and > Java Preferences General Window. > > I cannot run j602 on 32 bit Macintosh MacBook Pro, running OS X 10.6.5. > > Apple has apparently relocated the Java Virtual Machine, and 'depricated' JVM > support, whatever that means. I would guess that each IDE will have to > package its own JVM, but I am not in the software business. > http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#releasenotes/Java/JavaSnowLeopardUpdate3LeopardUpdate8RN/NewandNoteworthy/NewandNoteworthy.html%23//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40010380-CH4-SW1 > Java SE 6 Locations The location of the Java SE 6 runtime home has > changed to/System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0.jdk/Contents/Home. > JDK bundles provided via the Developer package, developer previews, and 3rd > party JVMs should be installed in/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines or > ~/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines. Developer previews of Java can now be > installed and uninstalled without affecting the system JVM(s). > > Java IDEs In testing, some Java IDEs have shown problems navigating > into the new JDK bundle structure, and persisting the location of the new JDK > bundles. Some IDEs may have to change how they prompt users to locate a JVM > on Mac OS X, and should ideally present a list of JVMs generated from > /usr/libexec/java_home --xml, which outputs each discovered JVM, and orders > them according to the user's order in Java Preferences. > Java Deprecation As of the release of Java for Mac OS X 10.6 Update 3, > the Java runtime ported by Apple and that ships with Mac OS X is deprecated. > Developers should not rely on the Apple-supplied Java runtime being present > in future versions of Mac OS X. > When I try to load j602 I get "Failed to get Java metrics", and j602 > execution aborts. The Java Preferences panel is not as was described in a > previous jsoftware general email. > > Is there a way for me to redirect j602 to the current location of the Java > Virtual Machine, or for me to invoke the JVM prior to loading j602? > > Thanks for any assistance you can give me. > > charley hine > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
