Howdy,

I'm writing this having gone through the troubleshooting steps so many times that I feel I could work for LimeWire on a professional basis.

I'm trying to get to the bottom of my problem, which is that LimeWire18-c will not start, quoting the following error:

STARTUP ERROR
Java version 1.3.1_01 from Sun Microsystems Inc.
Linux v. 2.4.8-26mdk on i386
Free/total memory: 18816328/19922944

java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException: java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError: java.lang.NullPointerException
at com.limegroup.gnutella.util.CommonUtils.<clinit>(C ommonUtils.java:116)
at com.limegroup.gnutella.SettingsManager.<clinit>(Se ttingsManager.java:181)
at com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.ResourceManager.<clinit >(ResourceManager.java:68)
at com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.Initializer.initialize( Initializer.java:71)
at com.limegroup.gnutella.gui.Main.main(Main.java:17)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at RunLime.main(RunLime.java:77)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at com.zerog.lax.LAX.launch(Unknown Source)
at com.zerog.lax.LAX.main(Unknown Source)

Now, I've installed/uninstalled both the vanilla jre and sdk packages of java1.3.1-01, I've installed/uninstalled LimeWire, I've checked my PATH's...everything.

Now, one thing I've noticed is that, when installed LimeWire, I get the following error at the end of the install log:

Install Action: RPMSpecFile
Status: ERROR
Additional Notes: ERROR - java.lang.NullPointerException

What exactly is this referring to, because it's also mentioned in the LAX crash?

I actually had LimeWire up and running only last week, but since this problem arose, I'm just stumped. Any help would be appreciated.