JBOSS will not start on Mac OS X

[Tom Morrison]

I'm starting my fourth week of evaluation of AwareIM and all of a sudden I can not get JBOSS to start. I did recently upgrade Java on my Mac and this may be the first restart since. I thought the AwareIM installation was completely standalone -- perhaps that assumption is wrong. In any case, here's the listing from the output window.

Thanks,
Tom


18:08:19,816 INFO [Server] JBoss Release: JBoss-3.0.8 CVSTag=JBoss_3_0_8
18:08:19,836 INFO [Server] Home Dir: ../JBoss
18:08:19,836 INFO [Server] Home URL: file:/Applications/awareim.app/Contents/Resources/Java/bin/../JBoss/
18:08:19,837 INFO [Server] Library URL: file:/Applications/awareim.app/Contents/Resources/Java/JBoss/lib/
18:08:19,856 INFO [Server] Patch URL: null
18:08:19,857 INFO [Server] Server Name: bas
18:08:19,859 INFO [Server] Server Home Dir: ../JBoss/server/bas
18:08:19,887 INFO [Server] Server Home URL: file:/Applications/awareim.app/Contents/Resources/Java/JBoss/server/bas/
18:08:19,889 INFO [Server] Server Data Dir: ../JBoss/server/bas/db
18:08:19,890 INFO [Server] Server Temp Dir: ../JBoss/server/bas/tmp
18:08:19,891 INFO [Server] Server Config URL: file:/Applications/awareim.app/Contents/Resources/Java/JBoss/server/bas/conf/
18:08:19,892 INFO [Server] Server Library URL: file:/Applications/awareim.app/Contents/Resources/Java/JBoss/server/bas/lib/
18:08:19,892 INFO [Server] Root Deployemnt Filename: jboss-service.xml
18:08:19,897 INFO [Server] Starting General Purpose Architecture (GPA)...
18:08:20,109 ERROR [Server] start failed
javax.management.InstanceNotFoundException: JMImplementation:service=LoaderRepository,name=Default
at com.sun.jmx.interceptor.DefaultMBeanServerInterceptor.getMBean(DefaultMBeanServerInterceptor.java:1010)
at com.sun.jmx.interceptor.DefaultMBeanServerInterceptor.invoke(DefaultMBeanServerInterceptor.java:804)
at com.sun.jmx.mbeanserver.JmxMBeanServer.invoke(JmxMBeanServer.java:784)
at org.jboss.system.server.ServerImpl.initBootLibraries(ServerImpl.java:440)
at org.jboss.system.server.ServerImpl.doStart(ServerImpl.java:261)
at org.jboss.system.server.ServerImpl.start(ServerImpl.java:221)
at org.jboss.Main.boot(Main.java:148)
at org.jboss.Main$1.run(Main.java:381)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:613)
javax.management.InstanceNotFoundException: JMImplementation:service=LoaderRepository,name=Default
at com.sun.jmx.interceptor.DefaultMBeanServerInterceptor.getMBean(DefaultMBeanServerInterceptor.java:1010)
at com.sun.jmx.interceptor.DefaultMBeanServerInterceptor.invoke(DefaultMBeanServerInterceptor.java:804)
at com.sun.jmx.mbeanserver.JmxMBeanServer.invoke(JmxMBeanServer.java:784)
at org.jboss.system.server.ServerImpl.initBootLibraries(ServerImpl.java:440)
at org.jboss.system.server.ServerImpl.doStart(ServerImpl.java:261)
at org.jboss.system.server.ServerImpl.start(ServerImpl.java:221)
at org.jboss.Main.boot(Main.java:148)
at org.jboss.Main$1.run(Main.java:381)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:613)

[Tom Morrison]

By the way, here's the udpate I performed:
2006-04-20 23:17:25 -0400: Installed "J2SE 5.0 Release 4" (4.0)

I did follow Apple's rules and change this back to 1.4.2 -- the way it was prior to the upgrade. It made no difference.

Thanks.

[aware_support]

Tom,

this is definitely a Java 1.5 problem. Aware IM is only compatible with 1.4 and will not work with 1.5. We had several customers who had exactly the same problem.

Apple rules on going back to 1.4 may not be enough. If you download the latest Installation Guide from our web site at http://www.awareim.com/documentation

you can read detailed instructions how to go back to 1.4 in the section "Common problems with running Aware IM". Here is this section:

Start the Terminal application located in the Application/Utilities directory
• Change to the following directory:
cd /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions
• Make sure that version 1.4.2 is available by typing
ls
and verify that 1.4.2 is present in the list
• Type in the following command:
sudo rm CurrentJDK
(enter your password when asked)
• Type in the next command:
sudo ln -s 1.4.2 CurrentJDK
(enter your password when asked)
• Re-start Aware IM

Please do the changes as described above - this should fix the problem.

Please let us know the results.

Best Regards

[Tom Morrison]

Thanks for the help. I'm back on the air.

By the way, is there any easy way to see what new features are in 1.5, as I compare AwareIM with Filemaker and Servoy?

Thanks, again for the quick assisitance!

[aware_support]

Do you mean the differences between Aware IM 1.5 and Aware IM 1.4?

The only difference is that version 1.5 includes a feature that allows end users to define their own queries, documents and reports at run time in a browser without having to use the Configuration Tool.

They can use the browser-based query builder to define their own queries if queries prepared by the configurator is not enough. They can upload their own Word, Excel, Text and HTML document templates from the browser. They can use the standalone version of the Report Designer (new feature) to create their own reports (if pre-configured reports are not enough) and upload them to Aware IM using the browser. Moreover, they can also download pre-configured document templates and reports and modify them without having to use the Configuration Tool.