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> Full Name: brian mapes > Email Address: address@hidden > Organization: u of miami > Package Version: 5.1 build date:2015-03-11 19:53 UTC > Operating System: Mac OS X > Hardware: Java: home: /Applications/IDV_5.1/jre.bundle/Contents/Home/jre > version: 1.7.0_67 j3d:1.6.0-pre9-daily-experimental daily > Description of problem: Whenever I open IDV on my desktop machine (for > months, years now), I get an error before I even see the splash screen. > It is associated with it loading my Mapes IDV collection plugin. > I click OK, and IDV goes ahead and loads, and there is no problem except > having to click OK. > > It has always been true on my ddesktop (iincluding previous machine which I > migrated recently to new hardware). > It has never happened to me on any other machine. > > Does this ring any bells? > It's not super consequential for me, but so persistent it makes me curious > (and makes me superstitious about other things like the authentication > dialog, which is worst behaved on this of all my machines). > Brian, We believe it is the old UNAVCO plugin giving you trouble. You can uninstall this plugin and reinstall it from the plugin manager. Yuan > > Opening jars > error in opening zip file > > > java.util.zip.ZipException: error in opening zip file > at java.util.zip.ZipFile.open(Native Method) > at java.util.zip.ZipFile.<init>(ZipFile.java:215) > at java.util.zip.ZipFile.<init>(ZipFile.java:145) > at java.util.jar.JarFile.<init>(JarFile.java:154) > at java.util.jar.JarFile.<init>(JarFile.java:91) > at ucar.unidata.util.PluginClassLoader.<init>(PluginClassLoader.java:102) > at ucar.unidata.idv.PluginManager$3.<init>(PluginManager.java:1737) > at ucar.unidata.idv.PluginManager.loadJar(PluginManager.java:1736) > at ucar.unidata.idv.PluginManager.handlePlugin(PluginManager.java:1508) > at ucar.unidata.idv.PluginManager.loadPlugins(PluginManager.java:1460) > at ucar.unidata.idv.PluginManager.<init>(PluginManager.java:246) > at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method) > at > sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:57) > at > sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:45) > at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:526) > at ucar.unidata.idv.IdvBase.makeManager(IdvBase.java:255) > at ucar.unidata.idv.IdvBase.doMakePluginManager(IdvBase.java:1097) > at ucar.unidata.idv.IdvBase.getPluginManager(IdvBase.java:1109) > at ucar.unidata.idv.IdvResourceManager.init(IdvResourceManager.java:1200) > at ucar.unidata.idv.StateManager.initState(StateManager.java:421) > at ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.<init>(IntegratedDataViewer.java:305) > at ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.<init>(IntegratedDataViewer.java:224) > at ucar.unidata.idv.DefaultIdv.<init>(DefaultIdv.java:70) > at ucar.unidata.idv.DefaultIdv.main(DefaultIdv.java:151) > > > > > ****************** > Stack trace: > java.util.zip.ZipException: error in opening zip file > at java.util.zip.ZipFile.open(Native Method) > at java.util.zip.ZipFile.<init>(ZipFile.java:215) > at java.util.zip.ZipFile.<init>(ZipFile.java:145) > at java.util.jar.JarFile.<init>(JarFile.java:154) > at java.util.jar.JarFile.<init>(JarFile.java:91) > at ucar.unidata.util.PluginClassLoader.<init>(PluginClassLoader.java:102) > at ucar.unidata.idv.PluginManager$3.<init>(PluginManager.java:1737) > at ucar.unidata.idv.PluginManager.loadJar(PluginManager.java:1736) > at ucar.unidata.idv.PluginManager.handlePlugin(PluginManager.java:1508) > at ucar.unidata.idv.PluginManager.loadPlugins(PluginManager.java:1460) > at ucar.unidata.idv.PluginManager.<init>(PluginManager.java:246) > at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method) > at > sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:57) > at > sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:45) > at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:526) > at ucar.unidata.idv.IdvBase.makeManager(IdvBase.java:255) > at ucar.unidata.idv.IdvBase.doMakePluginManager(IdvBase.java:1097) > at ucar.unidata.idv.IdvBase.getPluginManager(IdvBase.java:1109) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.ui.IdvUIManager.showSupportFormInThread(IdvUIManager.java:6132) > at ucar.unidata.idv.ui.IdvUIManager.access$800(IdvUIManager.java:166) > at ucar.unidata.idv.ui.IdvUIManager$33.run(IdvUIManager.java:6063) > at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$3.run(Misc.java:1243) > > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: OLA-336062 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Closed