Re: Needed : Apple //gs test subjects

[Eric Rucker <bhtooefr@gmail.com>]

On Jan 24, 11:01 pm, "John B. Matthews" <nos...@nospam.com> wrote:
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>  Eric Rucker <bhtoo...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > On Jan 24, 4:46 pm, magnusfalkirk <dean.pha...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > > Okay, I've downloaded and installed the latest version of Java for the
> > > Mac, Java for OS X 10.4.11 Release 7. When I try to launch AGS I get
> > > an error message "The jar file "ags.jar" couldn't be launched. Check
> > > the Console for possible error messages. When I open up the Console
> > > here is the error message I see:
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> > > Exception in thread "main" java.lang.IllegalArgumentException:
> > > InputStream cannot be null
> > >         at javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilder.parse(DocumentBuilder.java:94)
> > >         at ags.game.Games.parseConfiguration(Games.java:139)
> > >         at ags.game.Games.readFromFile(Games.java:74)
> > >         at ags.Main.main(Main.java:74)
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> > > Any clue what is going on and how to fix it? I'd really like to try
> > > AGS on my GS, since I was the one who asked if it could be made to run
> > > on the GS. I'm using a Mac Mini G4/1.42GHz with 512MB RAM.
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> > > Dean
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> > Unfortunately, your version of Java might be too old, and if that is
> > the case, you're going to need Leopard and a 64-bit Intel processor to
> > get a new enough version (so a Core 2-based Mac.)
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> Dean: you might try the shell command "java -version". I'm sure I had
> 1.5 running under 10.4.11. I seem to recall it being included in
> software update.
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> John B. Matthews
> trashgod at gmail dot com
> <http://sites.google.com/site/drjohnbmatthews>

He says it's Release 7, which would be Java 1.5.0_16, but if BLuRry
was wrong about "5 should work," then that would explain it.