Thanks for this. Strangely (now that I check), I'm running JDK1.3.0 on Linux so this ties in with your theory but JDK1.3.1 on Windows.
Either way, I'll upgrade to the latest 1.3 release (1.3.6 I think) and see what happens. Regards Martin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Noel J. Bergman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "James Users List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 4:04 PM Subject: RE: Null Pointer Exception starting James for the first time > Martin, > > This is a known issue with Phoenix 4.0.1 and JDK 1.3.0. I don't know if > they have yet found and corrected it, or if there is really even a Phoenix > issue to fix, but the problem does not occur with JDK 1.3.1 or later. > > Yours is about the sixth such report we've had. It happened to me when we > first upgraded to Phoenix 4.0.1, and to a couple of other developers as well > as a few users. > > --- Noel > > cc: avalon-dev to give them some idea that this problem is cropping up > again. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Martin Woolley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 10:32 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Null Pointer Exception starting James for the first time > > Hi > > I'm new to James and am getting a null pointer exception when I run James > for the first time (with the objective of forcing the sar file to expand, as > per the installation instructions). I've tried on both Linux and Windows > 2000 and get exactly the same result. Results are pasted below. I would be > very grateful for some pointers. > > Thanks in anticipation > > Martin > > Using PHOENIX_HOME: C:\james\dist\james-2.1 > Using PHOENIX_TMPDIR: C:\james\dist\james-2.1\temp > Using JAVA_HOME: c:\jdk1.3 > Starting...... > > Phoenix 4.0.1 > > There was an uncaught exception: > --------------------------------------------------------- > --- Message --- > null > --- Stack Trace --- > java.lang.NullPointerException > at java.lang.System.arraycopy(Native Method) > at java.lang.String.getChars(String.java:553) > at java.lang.StringBuffer.append(StringBuffer.java:402) > at > org.apache.avalon.framework.configuration.AbstractConfiguration.getValueAsIn > teger(AbstractConfiguration.java:68) > at > org.apache.avalon.framework.configuration.AbstractConfiguration.getValueAsIn > teger(AbstractConfiguration.java:87) > at > org.apache.avalon.phoenix.components.manager.MX4JSystemManager.configure(MX4 > JSystemManager.java:63) > at > org.apache.avalon.framework.container.ContainerUtil.configure(ContainerUtil. > java:192) > at > org.apache.avalon.phoenix.components.embeddor.DefaultEmbeddor.setupComponent > (DefaultEmbeddor.java:530) > at > org.apache.avalon.phoenix.components.embeddor.DefaultEmbeddor.setupComponent > s(DefaultEmbeddor.java:507) > at > org.apache.avalon.phoenix.components.embeddor.DefaultEmbeddor.initialize(Def > aultEmbeddor.java:200) > at > org.apache.avalon.framework.container.ContainerUtil.initialize(ContainerUtil > .java:235) > at org.apache.avalon.phoenix.frontends.CLIMain.startup(CLIMain.java:194) > at org.apache.avalon.phoenix.frontends.CLIMain.execute(CLIMain.java:122) > at org.apache.avalon.phoenix.frontends.CLIMain.main(CLIMain.java:102) > at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method) > at org.apache.avalon.phoenix.launcher.Main.startup(Main.java:94) > at org.apache.avalon.phoenix.launcher.Main.main(Main.java:46) > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------T his email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. Copying this email or in any way disseminating its content to any other person is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error please notify [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------------------------------------------------------- This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. Copying this email or in any way disseminating its content to any other person is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error please notify [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
