[IDV #GQT-259781]: IDV startup problem

Manfred,

Unfortunately, IDV < 5.0 will not work with Java 7. You have 2
options:

1. Install Java 6 on your OS X machine and run IDV < 5.0 with that.

2. Download and install a relatively stable, but still in beta IDV 5.0
http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/downloads/idv/nightly/index.jsp

In some situation we have had problems with IDV 5.0 not running
smoothly on OS X 10.9. It just freezes after creating the initial map
view. Please keep us up-to-date on your progress by letting us know if
you run into this problem.

Best Wishes,

Unidata IDV Support

> I just tried to install and start IDV and get the following error message on 
> startup and if I want to create a new display:
> 
> createNewWindow-1 apple.awt.CGraphicsDevice
> 
> Please find below the details.
> 
> Looks like a mssing library to me, however I do not how to solve the problem. 
> Maybe you can give me a hint.
> 
> MacOS 10.9.2
> Java 7 - Update 55
> Integrated Data Viewer 4.1
> 
> Looks all to me pretty up to date.
> 
> Best,
> 
> Manfred
> 
> java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: apple.awt.CGraphicsDevice
> at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:366)
> at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:355)
> at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
> at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:354)
> at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:425)
> at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:358)
> at 
> javax.media.j3d.GraphicsConfigTemplate3D.<clinit>(GraphicsConfigTemplate3D.java:55)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.view.geoloc.MapProjectionDisplayJ3D.makeConfig(MapProjectionDisplayJ3D.java:501)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.view.geoloc.MapProjectionDisplayJ3D.<clinit>(MapProjectionDisplayJ3D.java:489)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.view.geoloc.MapProjectionDisplay.getInstance(MapProjectionDisplay.java:406)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.view.geoloc.MapProjectionDisplay.getInstance(MapProjectionDisplay.java:375)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.idv.MapViewManager.doMakeDisplayMaster(MapViewManager.java:483)
> at ucar.unidata.idv.ViewManager.getMaster(ViewManager.java:5304)
> at ucar.unidata.idv.ViewManager.init(ViewManager.java:912)
> at ucar.unidata.idv.NavigatedViewManager.init(NavigatedViewManager.java:291)
> at ucar.unidata.idv.MapViewManager.init(MapViewManager.java:598)
> at ucar.unidata.idv.VMManager.addViewManager(VMManager.java:515)
> at ucar.unidata.idv.ui.IdvXmlUi.getViewManager(IdvXmlUi.java:644)
> at ucar.unidata.idv.ui.IdvXmlUi.createComponent(IdvXmlUi.java:508)
> at ucar.unidata.ui.XmlUi.xmlToUi(XmlUi.java:1513)
> at ucar.unidata.ui.XmlUi.layoutContainer(XmlUi.java:1741)
> at ucar.unidata.ui.XmlUi.createComponent(XmlUi.java:2089)
> at ucar.unidata.idv.ui.IdvXmlUi.createComponent(IdvXmlUi.java:516)
> at ucar.unidata.ui.XmlUi.xmlToUi(XmlUi.java:1513)
> at ucar.unidata.ui.XmlUi.layoutContainer(XmlUi.java:1741)
> at ucar.unidata.ui.XmlUi.createComponent(XmlUi.java:2089)
> at ucar.unidata.idv.ui.IdvXmlUi.createComponent(IdvXmlUi.java:516)
> at ucar.unidata.ui.XmlUi.xmlToUi(XmlUi.java:1513)
> at ucar.unidata.ui.XmlUi.doMakeContents(XmlUi.java:1427)
> at ucar.unidata.ui.XmlUi.getContents(XmlUi.java:1382)
> at ucar.unidata.idv.ui.IdvUIManager.createNewWindow(IdvUIManager.java:4402)
> at ucar.unidata.idv.ui.IdvUIManager.createNewWindow(IdvUIManager.java:4226)
> at ucar.unidata.idv.ui.IdvUIManager.doMakeInitialGui(IdvUIManager.java:645)
> at ucar.unidata.idv.ui.IdvUIManager.initDone(IdvUIManager.java:977)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.initInner(IntegratedDataViewer.java:628)
> at ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer$3.run(IntegratedDataViewer.java:532)
> at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$3.run(Misc.java:1251)
> 
> --
> 
> 
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Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: GQT-259781
Department: Support IDV
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed