Minecraft won't run

[InsanePyro]

I'm posting this here because I figure its something wrong with Ubuntu itself and not Minecraft. I can't seem to get to even the main menu of the game. I got in game once but it was very laggy. I have tried the so called "black screen" fix which worked once but never again. I have even tried reinstalling Java and other things. I'm hoping maybe someone can use some sort of remote control software and fix this for me because I've tried everything I possibly can. Thanks

[T3hGamerDK]

First of all, how are you launching it? Using Sun's Java (Oracle's Java), or the OpenJDK version bundled with Ubuntu?

[derpmeifter]

openjdk is buggy as all fuck with MC. Don't even consider using it.
If you can even get it to boot you'll notice massive FPS drops even on fast graphics + no smooth lighting + tiny render. With the normal sun-java6-bin (or whatever the package is, I uninstalled linux a bit ago and I hear it's a different package now) I could usually get around 40 fps with 128x packs on [url=http://www.google.com/products/catalog?rlz=1C1CHMA_enUS364US364&q=hp+g71&um=1&ie=UTF-8&cid=1557648515038967614&sa=X&ei=jIl-TcbYFoyI0QGMxrzQAw&ved=0CCgQ8wIwAA#]some old HP laptop[/url], but somewhere around 10 with default textures on openjdk.

[InsanePyro]

Yeah openjdk because I can't get normal java to install

[ipha]

Odd, openjdk is the only one that runs well for me.

[snuwoods]

I've used openjdk fine, despite what others have said.

edit: did something happen to post counts?

[_Twitch_]

[QUOTE=snuwoods;28608743]I've used openjdk fine, despite what others have said.

edit: did something happen to post counts?[/QUOTE]

yes. many posts were archived and no longer count toward postcount

[nikomo]

[QUOTE=Derpmeifter;28605735]openjdk is buggy as all fuck with MC. Don't even consider using it.
If you can even get it to boot you'll notice massive FPS drops even on fast graphics + no smooth lighting + tiny render. With the normal sun-java6-bin (or whatever the package is, I uninstalled linux a bit ago and I hear it's a different package now) I could usually get around 40 fps with 128x packs on [URL="http://www.google.com/products/catalog?rlz=1C1CHMA_enUS364US364&q=hp+g71&um=1&ie=UTF-8&cid=1557648515038967614&sa=X&ei=jIl-TcbYFoyI0QGMxrzQAw&ved=0CCgQ8wIwAA#"]some old HP laptop[/URL], but somewhere around 10 with default textures on openjdk.[/QUOTE]
The package name is sun-java6-jre nowadays.

[Baldr]

[QUOTE=IpHa;28606411]Odd, openjdk is the only one that runs well for me.[/QUOTE]

For me only openjdk works for the launcher, and the sun for in the browser.

[rieda1589]

Openjdk doesn't work well for me. I use Sun's.

[InsanePyro]

Can someone help me with installing Sun's Java? I've tried following multiple tutorials and still can't seem to get it

[derpmeifter]

[QUOTE=InsanePyro;28626015]Can someone help me with installing Sun's Java? I've tried following multiple tutorials and still can't seem to get it[/QUOTE]

sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jre

I'm assuming you're using Ubuntu, so you should be able to set it as the default for .jar's and then just launch minecraft from there.

[InsanePyro]

aksicinski@L115C17:~$ sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jre
[sudo] password for aksicinski:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package sun-java6-jre is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
E: Package sun-java6-jre has no installation candidate
aksicinski@L115C17:~$

[Van-man]

[QUOTE=InsanePyro;28634254]aksicinski@L115C17:~$ sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jre
[sudo] password for aksicinski:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package sun-java6-jre is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
E: Package sun-java6-jre has no installation candidate
aksicinski@L115C17:~$[/QUOTE]

You'd need to enable a set of repositories that's already included with Ubuntu, but not active.
Why they did that is beyond me, but the Sun Java Jre in available via that repository.
I think it's named "partner something-something"
Should be able to enable it with Synaptic package manager.

[InsanePyro]

I can't seem to find it

[T3hGamerDK]

[QUOTE=InsanePyro;28638791]I can't seem to find it[/QUOTE]

You should be able to download it from java.com.

[InsanePyro]

[QUOTE=T3hGamerDK;28638910]You should be able to download it from java.com.[/QUOTE]

Then what do I do with it? I can't get it to install and I've tried a few times :saddowns:

[Boris-B]

On ubuntu 10.10 you might need the community PPA

This explains it pretty well

[url]http://java.dzone.com/articles/sun-java-6-ubuntu-1004-1010?utm_source=am6_feedtweet&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=toya256ForRSS[/url]

[_Twitch_]

[QUOTE=Boris-B;28644642]On ubuntu 10.10 you might need the community PPA

This explains it pretty well

[url]http://java.dzone.com/articles/sun-java-6-ubuntu-1004-1010?utm_source=am6_feedtweet&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=toya256ForRSS[/url][/QUOTE]

This worked perfectly for me.

[InsanePyro]

[QUOTE=Boris-B;28644642]On ubuntu 10.10 you might need the community PPA

This explains it pretty well

[url]http://java.dzone.com/articles/sun-java-6-ubuntu-1004-1010?utm_source=am6_feedtweet&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=toya256ForRSS[/url][/QUOTE]

Thank you! Awesome!

But it still hangs at a black screen after login... :eng99:

[_Twitch_]

[QUOTE=InsanePyro;28646138]Thank you! Awesome!

But it still hangs at a black screen after login... :eng99:[/QUOTE]

I finally got Minecraft installed and encountered the same problem..

[Boris-B]

You might want to try to delete the ~/.minecraft/bin folder, then launch the game again.

You could also launch minecraft through the terminal and post the output. If it crashes there has to be an error.

[InsanePyro]

[QUOTE=Boris-B;28651493]You might want to try to delete the ~/.minecraft/bin folder, then launch the game again.

You could also launch minecraft through the terminal and post the output. If it crashes there has to be an error.[/QUOTE]

How do I launch it through the console?

[Boris-B]

cd /path/to/minecraft/folder #Where Minecraft.jar is located
java -jar Minecraft.jar

[InsanePyro]

So upon launching the game I get

 
aaron@fmp-aaron:~/.minecraft$ java -jar Minecraft.jar
java.io.IOException: Cannot run program "javaw": java.io.IOException: error=2, No such file or directory
	at java.lang.ProcessBuilder.start(ProcessBuilder.java:460)
	at net.minecraft.MinecraftLauncher.main(MinecraftLauncher.java:31)
Caused by: java.io.IOException: java.io.IOException: error=2, No such file or directory
	at java.lang.UNIXProcess.<init>(UNIXProcess.java:148)
	at java.lang.ProcessImpl.start(ProcessImpl.java:65)
	at java.lang.ProcessBuilder.start(ProcessBuilder.java:453)
	... 1 more
java.io.FileNotFoundException: /home/aaron/.minecraft/lastlogin (No such file or directory)
	at java.io.FileInputStream.open(Native Method)
	at java.io.FileInputStream.<init>(FileInputStream.java:106)
	at net.minecraft.LoginForm.readUsername(LoginForm.java:72)
	at net.minecraft.LoginForm.<init>(LoginForm.java:42)
	at net.minecraft.LauncherFrame.<init>(LauncherFrame.java:20)
	at net.minecraft.LauncherFrame.main(LauncherFrame.java:137)
	at net.minecraft.MinecraftLauncher.main(MinecraftLauncher.java:36)

And then once it actually crashes I get

 
28
#
# A fatal error has been detected by the Java Runtime Environment:
#
#  SIGBUS (0x7) at pc=0xb7802271, pid=2403, tid=3016309616
#
# JRE version: 6.0_21-b06
# Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (17.0-b16 mixed mode, sharing linux-x86 )
# Problematic frame:
# C  [ld-linux.so.2+0x9271]
#
# An error report file with more information is saved as:
# /home/aaron/.minecraft/hs_err_pid2403.log
#
# If you would like to submit a bug report, please visit:
#   http://java.sun.com/webapps/bugreport/crash.jsp
# The crash happened outside the Java Virtual Machine in native code.
# See problematic frame for where to report the bug.
#
Aborted

The error log can be downloaded here [url]http://www.mediafire.com/?chs4mm745lq4ioz[/url] as it is somewhat lengthy

[Baldr]

Thats a problem with your graphics drivers not being installed (or not having the 3D part installed).

[InsanePyro]

[QUOTE=Baldr;28657803]Thats a problem with your graphics drivers not being installed (or not having the 3D part installed).[/QUOTE]

I had a bit of a feeling thats what it was...where do I get ATI drivers for Ubuntu?

[Baldr]

[url]https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BinaryDriverHowto/ATI[/url]

[InsanePyro]

Alright I have the drivers saved to my desktop but I can't install them. Going to additional drivers like that page says doesn't do shit

[kybalt]

Hey guys, I'm having a fun problem with this too. I got the launcher to work, but I can't log in because I'm at school, and minecraft.net is blocked. Is it possible for me to authenticate through a proxy or something?

[editline]21st March 2011[/editline]

Running ubuntu 10.whatever