By the way, the SPECIFIC issue is that in April we enabled multiprocessor parallel processing. That required Java 1.5. I'm sorry if this turns out to be a problem. Not sure precisely how to correct that....
Bob On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 4:09 PM, Robert Hanson <hans...@stolaf.edu> wrote: > Yes, the issue is definitely the Java version.We changed to 1.5 recently. > Actually, from what I could tell, we were using 1.5 functionality already > for several months. It looks like Eric is probably using Java 1.4. > > Eric, if that's the case, first thing to do is check your Java version -- > > Running one of the versions of Jmol that DOES run for you, check the Java > console. Jmol reports the Java version in the first few output lines of > program execution. If it says 1.4, that's your problem. Java 1.4 was retired > about a year and a half ago and is two versions back. > > I'm of the opinion that it is reasonable to expect users to upgrade Java. > That said, does it mean, Eric, that the applet also doesn't run for you, or > in that case is the browser doing a better job of keeping up with Java > updates? > > Bob > > > > > On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 2:01 PM, <r...@ellerbach.com> wrote: > >> Running OSX 10.5.8. >> Downloaded jmol-12.0.RC12-full.tar.gz and double clicked on the jmol.jar >> file. Error to console is: >> >> Exception in thread "main" >> May 18 14:57:39 xrayMP [0x0-0x40040].com.apple.JarLauncher[771]: >> java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: Bad version number in .class file >> May 18 14:57:39 xrayMP [0x0-0x40040].com.apple.JarLauncher[771]: at >> java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method) >> May 18 14:57:39 xrayMP [0x0-0x40040].com.apple.JarLauncher[771]: at >> java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:676) >> May 18 14:57:39 xrayMP [0x0-0x40040].com.apple.JarLauncher[771]: at >> java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(SecureClassLoader.java:124) >> May 18 14:57:39 xrayMP [0x0-0x40040].com.apple.JarLauncher[771]: at >> java.net.URLClassLoader.defineClass(URLClassLoader.java:260) >> May 18 14:57:39 xrayMP [0x0-0x40040].com.apple.JarLauncher[771]: at >> java.net.URLClassLoader.access$100(URLClassLoader.java:56) >> May 18 14:57:39 xrayMP [0x0-0x40040].com.apple.JarLauncher[771]: at >> java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:195) >> May 18 14:57:39 xrayMP [0x0-0x40040].com.apple.JarLauncher[771]: at >> java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) >> May 18 14:57:39 xrayMP [0x0-0x40040].com.apple.JarLauncher[771]: at >> java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:188) >> May 18 14:57:39 xrayMP [0x0-0x40040].com.apple.JarLauncher[771]: at >> java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:317) >> May 18 14:57:39 xrayMP [0x0-0x40040].com.apple.JarLauncher[771]: at >> sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:280) >> May 18 14:57:39 xrayMP [0x0-0x40040].com.apple.JarLauncher[771]: at >> java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:252) >> May 18 14:57:39 xrayMP [0x0-0x40040].com.apple.JarLauncher[771]: at >> java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassInternal(ClassLoader.java:375) >> >> >> On Tue, May 18, 2010 2:32 pm, Eric Martz wrote: >> > Thanks for the report, but what I need someone to test on OS X is >> > 12.0.RC12 (or RC11). I just downloaded RC12 and it too fails to >> > launch. Tests of RC12 Jmol.jar on Windows would also be welcome. Thanks, >> > -Eric >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Jmol-users mailing list >> Jmol-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jmol-users >> > > > > -- > Robert M. Hanson > Professor of Chemistry > St. Olaf College > 1520 St. Olaf Ave. > Northfield, MN 55057 > http://www.stolaf.edu/people/hansonr > phone: 507-786-3107 > > > If nature does not answer first what we want, > it is better to take what answer we get. > > -- Josiah Willard Gibbs, Lecture XXX, Monday, February 5, 1900 > -- Robert M. Hanson Professor of Chemistry St. Olaf College 1520 St. Olaf Ave. Northfield, MN 55057 http://www.stolaf.edu/people/hansonr phone: 507-786-3107 If nature does not answer first what we want, it is better to take what answer we get. -- Josiah Willard Gibbs, Lecture XXX, Monday, February 5, 1900
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