[jbosstools-issues] [JBoss JIRA] (JBIDE-15120) BrowserSim does not launch on Java 6 32-bit JVM Mac OS X when Java 7 or Java 5 installed

[Martin Malina (JIRA)]

    [ https://issues.jboss.org/browse/JBIDE-15120?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=12788720#comment-12788720 ] 

Martin Malina commented on JBIDE-15120:
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[~kmarmaliykov] for JBDS 7.0.0 we support the last 2 versions: 10.7 and 10.8. And there is no official way how to get java 1.5 in any of these versions. That's why it's probably not very common for people to have java 1.5 installed, but it's hard to estimate how many could be affected.
                
> BrowserSim does not launch on Java 6 32-bit JVM Mac OS X when Java 7 or Java 5 installed
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>
>                 Key: JBIDE-15120
>                 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/JBIDE-15120
>             Project: Tools (JBoss Tools)
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: browsersim
>            Reporter: Burr Sutter
>            Assignee: Konstantin Marmalyukov
>            Priority: Blocker
>              Labels: respin-a, respin-b
>             Fix For: 4.1.0.CR1
>
>         Attachments: installed-jres.png, jbosstools-diagnostics-20130703085019.zip
>
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> Version: 7.0.0.CR1
> Build id: CR1-v20130702-0605-B354
> Build date: 20130702-0605
> On Mac OS X with Java 6 32-bit JVM - Browser fails to load
> http://screencast.com/t/iYnsp7ekB1Ha
> *Steps to reproduce:*
> # You need to have Java 6 and Java 7 installed on your Mac
> # Install a 32-bit version of Eclipse and run it with Java 6
> # Go to Preferences > Java > Installed JREs and remove all JREs except Java 7
> # Try to run BrowserSim
> *Actual result:*
> BrowserSim does not start. No messages shown.
> *Update:*
> This happens because Oracle Java 7 does not support the 32-bit mode, so it cannot run 32-bit SWT libraries, which are used by BrowserSim.
> *Update 2 (reopening):*
> On step #1 you need to have Java 5 installed. This will lead to NPE when opening BrowserSim preferences
> *Workaround (if Java 7 installed):*
> # Add (do not remove) Java 6 from Preferences > Java > Installed JREs
> # Go to Preferences > JBoss Tools > BrowserSim/CordovaSim and select Java 6 to run BrowserSim
> *Workaround (if Java 5 installed):*
> Remove Java 5 from the list of installed JREs

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