OS X V10.6 Snow Leopard :: Java Preferences Does Not Open
Apr 12, 2012
I'm doing technical support for mac users of our java application. One user's problem is that the app doesn't launch. At first, I thought his version of java is not updated but told me that it is updated based on the Software Update. Then I thought the problem's here is that the JRE's not turned on so I made him open the Java Preferences. But sadly, this doesn't open too. I made him gave me the logs on the Console to check the error.
Info:
Mac mini, Mac OS X (10.6.8), Intel Core 2 Duo Processor - 2GB Ra
Running: Mac OS X Version 10.5.8 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo I have downloaded and installed the Java For Mac OS X 10.5 Update 1 and am unable to open the Java Preferences. This is the error message I receive:
Process: Java Preferences [108] Path: /Applications/Utilities/Java/Java Preferences.app/Contents/MacOS/Java Preferences Identifier: com.apple.java.JavaPreferences Version: 12.1.0 (12.1.0) Build Info: JavaApplicationSupport-1200000~2 Code Type: X86-64 (Native) Parent Process: launchd [63] Interval Since Last Report: 3352 sec Crashes Since Last Report: 5 Per-App Interval Since Last Report: 13 sec Per-App Crashes Since Last Report: 4 Date/Time: 2009-10-03 13:15:08.118 -0400 OS Version: Mac OS X 10.5.8 (9L31a) Report Version: 6 Anonymous UUID: DC08A114-3758-4B6F-B028-B9877773BBF9 Exception Type: EXC_BREAKPOINT (SIGTRAP) Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000002, 0x0000000000000000 Crashed Thread: 1 Dyld Error Message: Symbol not found: __NSInstalledJVMVersions Referenced from: /Applications/Utilities/Java/Java Preferences.app/Contents/MacOS/Java Preferences Expected in: /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/A/JavaVM
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Here are the error details:
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