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freemind package

FileNotFoundException when running FreeMind for the first time

Bug #724007 reported by Andrew on 2011-02-23

This bug affects 5 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	freemind (Ubuntu)	Confirmed	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: freemind

Running FreeMind for the first time fails with a FileNotFoundException:

ak@myo5a:~$ java -version
java version "1.6.0_24"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_24-b07)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 19.1-b02, mixed mode)
ak@myo5a:~$ freemind
Checking Java Version...
java.io.FileNotFoundException: /home/ak/.freemind/auto.properties (No such file or directory)
  at java.io.FileInputStream.open(Native Method)
  at java.io.FileInputStream.<init>(FileInputStream.java:137)
  at freemind.main.FreeMindStarter.readUsersPreferences(FreeMindStarter.java:136)
  at freemind.main.FreeMindStarter.main(FreeMindStarter.java:56)
Panic! Error while loading default properties.
java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
  at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
  at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
  at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
  at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:616)
  at freemind.main.FreeMindStarter.main(FreeMindStarter.java:63)
Caused by: java.awt.HeadlessException
  at java.awt.GraphicsEnvironment.checkHeadless(GraphicsEnvironment.java:173)
  at java.awt.Window.<init>(Window.java:437)
  at java.awt.Frame.<init>(Frame.java:419)
  at javax.swing.JFrame.<init>(JFrame.java:218)
  at freemind.main.FreeMind.<init>(FreeMind.java:201)
  at freemind.main.FreeMind.main(FreeMind.java:705)
  ... 5 more
Exception in thread "main" java.awt.HeadlessException
  at java.awt.GraphicsEnvironment.checkHeadless(GraphicsEnvironment.java:173)
  at java.awt.Window.<init>(Window.java:437)
  at java.awt.Frame.<init>(Frame.java:419)
  at java.awt.Frame.<init>(Frame.java:384)
  at javax.swing.SwingUtilities$SharedOwnerFrame.<init>(SwingUtilities.java:1758)
  at javax.swing.SwingUtilities.getSharedOwnerFrame(SwingUtilities.java:1835)
  at javax.swing.JOptionPane.getRootFrame(JOptionPane.java:1692)
  at javax.swing.JOptionPane.showOptionDialog(JOptionPane.java:864)
  at javax.swing.JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(JOptionPane.java:668)
  at javax.swing.JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(JOptionPane.java:639)
  at freemind.main.FreeMindStarter.main(FreeMindStarter.java:67)

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: freemind 0.9.0~rc7+dfsg-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-25.44-generic 2.6.35.10
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-25-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Feb 23 15:09:21 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=en_US.utf8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: freemind

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Andrew (andrewkvalheim) wrote on 2011-02-23:

Dependencies.txt Edit (222 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

summary:

- Panic! Error while loading default properties.
- (~/.freemind/auto.properties not found)
+ FileNotFoundException when running FreeMind for the first time

JanBrinkmann (jbrinkmann) on 2011-03-13

Changed in freemind (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

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Peter Rullmann (prullmann) wrote on 2011-06-18:

That freemind can't find the default properties is not the cause for it not to start.
The java.awt.HeadlessException is what's wrong here. This is because openjdk-6-jre-headless is used as the java alternative. I switched to sun-java6 and now freemind starts without problem.
From the user experience side this is still a bug in my opinion.

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Jonathan Steinhart (jsteinhart) wrote on 2015-05-19:

This happens for me too on Trusty with Oracle JVM installed and configured as default java alternative (via oracle-java8-installer).

$ java -version
java version "1.8.0_45"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_45-b14)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.45-b02, mixed mode)

$freemind
java.io.FileNotFoundException: /home/jon/.freemind/auto.properties (No such file or directory)
        at java.io.FileInputStream.open(Native Method)
        at java.io.FileInputStream.<init>(FileInputStream.java:146)
        at freemind.main.FreeMindStarter.readUsersPreferences(FreeMindStarter.java:136)
        at freemind.main.FreeMindStarter.main(FreeMindStarter.java:56)
Panic! Error while loading default properties.
java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:606)
        at freemind.main.FreeMindStarter.main(FreeMindStarter.java:63)
Caused by: java.awt.HeadlessException
        at java.awt.GraphicsEnvironment.checkHeadless(GraphicsEnvironment.java:207)
        at java.awt.Window.<init>(Window.java:535)
        at java.awt.Frame.<init>(Frame.java:420)
        at javax.swing.JFrame.<init>(JFrame.java:218)
        at freemind.main.FreeMind.<init>(FreeMind.java:201)
        at freemind.main.FreeMind.main(FreeMind.java:705)
        ... 5 more
Exception in thread "main" java.awt.HeadlessException
        at java.awt.GraphicsEnvironment.checkHeadless(GraphicsEnvironment.java:207)
        at java.awt.Window.<init>(Window.java:535)
        at java.awt.Frame.<init>(Frame.java:420)
        at java.awt.Frame.<init>(Frame.java:385)
        at javax.swing.SwingUtilities$SharedOwnerFrame.<init>(SwingUtilities.java:1756)
        at javax.swing.SwingUtilities.getSharedOwnerFrame(SwingUtilities.java:1831)
        at javax.swing.JOptionPane.getRootFrame(JOptionPane.java:1697)
        at javax.swing.JOptionPane.showOptionDialog(JOptionPane.java:863)
        at javax.swing.JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(JOptionPane.java:667)
        at javax.swing.JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(JOptionPane.java:638)
        at freemind.main.FreeMindStarter.main(FreeMindStarter.java:67)

This happens for me too on Trusty with Oracle JVM installed and configured as default java alternative (via oracle-java8-installer).

$ java -version
java version "1.8.0_45"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_45-b14)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.45-b02, mixed mode)