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[IDV #MOP-176378]: WebStart of IDV nightly build fails

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  • Subject: [IDV #MOP-176378]: WebStart of IDV nightly build fails
  • Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2008 06:41:25 -0600
Hi Chris-

Try this again.  Sometimes the nightly build fails when it copies
files over to the web server.  I think it might be that auxdata.jar
wasn't fully copied over.  If you still have the copy you downloaded
manually, can you check on the file size?  It should be
about 14 Mb.

Don
> > I can WebStart the default IDV successfully from here:
> >
> > http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/idv/webstart/IDV/idv.jnlp
> >
> > However, when I try to WebStart the current nightly build from
> > here:
> >
> > http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/idv/nightly/webstart/IDV/idv.jnlp
> >
> > I get "Unable to launch the application.", with the following exception:
> >
> > com.sun.deploy.net.FailedDownloadException: Unable to load resource: 
> > http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/idv/release/nightly/webstart/IDV/auxdata.jar
> [...]
> 
> > I can wget the auxdata.jar file manually, so I'm not sure what the issue is.
> > This is from a Fedora 9 Linux system, using Sun Java 1.6.0_10.  I have also
> > tried with Sun Java 1.5.0_16, and that hangs while validating auxdata.jar,
> > sitting forever at "Scanning entries (0% done)".
> >
> > I just wanna try the radar editor!
> >
> 
> Hi Chris,
> Not sure what's going on there. Don might be able to shed some light on this 
> but he's out this morning.
> 
> You could just install the nightly build for now.
> 
> -Jeff
> 


Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: MOP-176378
Department: Support IDV
Priority: Normal
Status: Open