Unicode characters in the install path prevent the server from starting ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Key: JBAS-7066 URL: https://jira.jboss.org/jira/browse/JBAS-7066 Project: JBoss Application Server Issue Type: Bug Security Level: Public (Everyone can see) Affects Versions: JBossAS-5.1.0.GA, JBossAS-4.2.3.GA Environment: Linux fedora.localdomain 2.6.27.24-78.2.53.fc9.i686 #1 SMP Wed May 20 23:51:32 EDT 2009 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux Reporter: Tobias Frech When trying to start JBoss from a path that contains Unicode characters the server fails to boot at all. JBoss 4.2.3 throws an Exception with "ERROR: it turns out the root cause is not always a runtime exception!" from org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl. JBoss 5.1.0 is a bit better: 20:31:25,313 ERROR [AbstractKernelController] Error installing to Instantiated: name=TransactionManager state=Described java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError: java.net.MalformedURLException: no protocol: /home/tobi/Vorträge/jboss-5.1.0.GA/server/default/conf/jbossts-properties.xml at com.arjuna.ats.arjuna.common.arjPropertyManager.<clinit>(arjPropertyManager.java:70) at com.arjuna.ats.jbossatx.jta.TransactionManagerService.<clinit>(TransactionManagerService.java:110) 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:532) at org.jboss.reflect.plugins.introspection.ReflectionUtils.newInstance(ReflectionUtils.java:149) ... -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - If you think it was sent incorrectly contact one of the administrators: https://jira.jboss.org/jira/secure/Administrators.jspa - For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira