FrostWire & Java 1.6

[Geppetto]

The new build of FrostWire 4.10.9 isn't loading. I know it is because I have version 1.6 of Java. When I installed FrostWire it tried to install 1.5 but I cancelled it. Now, FrostWrite isn't loading. Are there any plans to make FrostWire combatible with version 1.6 of Java any time soon? Thanks.

[ultracross]

Java 1.6 isnt out yet. You [might be] referring to Java 1.5.0_06. FrostWire does try to install 1.5.0_05.

The rest of what you said sounds like this scenario:

"The dealer who sold me the car told me to put premium gasoline in it, but instead I put regular gas in it. Now it doesn't run right. Any ideas?"

Java 1.5.0_06 in some circumstances will crash when trying to run frostwire or limewire. That is reason #1 why we do not download that version. Send your bug reports to Java as we cannot do anything about it.

[Geppetto]

Java 1.6 Beta is out. I am not talking about Java 1.5, Build 6. Thanks for telling me what I was talking about when you had no idea and for another smart *** comment as usual.

[ultracross]

Oh... its beta... that still doesnt change anything. We provided you with a known version that works. If you found problems in JRE 1.6 (aka mustang) then you need to report that to SUN. Since you are beta testing it.. right? We can't do anything about broken JRE's except use older ones that work. Java is supposed to be a backwards compatible interpreted language. e.g. Limewire is written in the java 1.4 and 1.5 API... any updates to the language should still support the older API's until it becomes depreciated. I do not see why 1.6 would change depreciate those API's from 1.4/1.5. That would p!ss off alot of developers.. 1.6 is still in the beta stage, it has plenty of time to mature.

edit: what kind of admin adds p!ss to the filters??

[hornet777]

LOL, I got scr3w filtered too, when I used it as in "scr3wed-up" meaning broken. Sorry for the leet spelling, but you know the filters....

[Grandpa]

ultracross

Just so you know LimeWire 4.10.9 does work with mustang and Frostwire 4.10.9 will not load with mustang. I have tried running both 1.6.0 Beta2 and 1.5.0.5 and 6 simultaneously which I did not think would work since the newest version of Java is the one that always runs. But 1.6 works good with LimeWire so there may be a problem in frostwire. Not that I would know anyway.

[RWW]

Exactly what happened to me. Will use Limewire until this is fixed.

[ultracross]

Originally posted by Grandpa
Just so you know LimeWire 4.10.9 does work with mustang and Frostwire 4.10.9 will not load with mustang.

Thanks, I will look into that. Its probably something to do with the way frostwire finds the JRE... maybe SUN changed it on us, who knows. By the way, my previous posts were not meant to be taken as 'offensive'.. well... I could care-less if you were offended. but i was trying to prove a point. We cant go chasing 'ghostly' bugs down when using java beta software. When mustang goes stable, then we can investigate and fix any problems frostwire might have with it. We personally test the JRE's to be sure that they are compatible with our software and will provide you with java software that is known to work. But, I am looking at the situation now to be sure that we will be ready for any final releases of mustang.

Thanks,

alkalineX/ultracross

[ultracross]

Upon further investigation, it is a Sun JRE problem. Using our EXE, we pass certain options (arguments) to the javaw.exe JRE. The JRE crashes and you can find your bug reports in your frostwire application directory "C:\Program Files\FrostWire"

Although we can probably work around this problem, please report further crashes to SUN. However, you can STILL run frostwire by executing the FrostWire.jar file directly.

Update: You can download this temporary fix of the FrostWire.exe executable here: http://www.frostwire.com/alkalinex/FrostWire.exe
Place this file into your frostwire program directory. eg "C:\Program Files\FrostWire" Also, there is a reminder in this executable that its an unofficial mod.

Report Non-FrostWire Bugs to SUN: http://bugs.sun.com/services/bugreport/crash.jsp

Thanks,
alkalineX/ultracross

[RWW]

Thank you, Ultracross! Works great, you're right on top of things.