Bug#619140: freemind: fails to start: "Checking Java Version..." forever

[Karl Voit]

Hilko Bengen (ben...@debian.org) wrote:

> > So freemind asks for converting old config file format and asks for
> > converting my last opened mindmap but then does not start at all.
>
> Uh, this is bad. :-(
>
> Is the bug reproducable using only the old config file and without the
> contents of the last opened mindmap?

While your email was written, I submitted further information too
:-)

Here is additional analysis:

I removed ~/.freemind completely and tried to open one of my former
mindmaps. So clean config, probably old mm-file-format.

Then I get:

,----
| vk@gary ~2d % freemind test.mm
| Checking Java Version...
| java.io.FileNotFoundException: /home/vk/.freemind/auto.properties (No such file or directory)
| at java.io.FileInputStream.open(Native Method)
| at java.io.FileInputStream.<init>(FileInputStream.java:137)
| at freemind.main.FreeMindStarter.readUsersPreferences(FreeMindStarter.java:136)
| at freemind.main.FreeMindStarter.main(FreeMindStarter.java:56)
| Panic! Error while loading default properties.
| [and freemind loads forever]
`----

Interesting fact: freemind asks for converting the document format *after* the
panic message was written to stdout.

I also attached my test mm file.

--
Karl VOIT

[Eric Lavarde]

Hi,

On 21/03/11 17:19, Karl Voit wrote:
> Hilko Bengen (ben...@debian.org) wrote:
>
>>> So freemind asks for converting old config file format and asks for
>>> converting my last opened mindmap but then does not start at all.
>>
>> Uh, this is bad. :-(

It is even worse, FreeMind 0.9.0 (final version) doesn't work better.

> I removed ~/.freemind completely and tried to open one of my former
> mindmaps. So clean config, probably old mm-file-format.

Yes, 0.8.1 format, that's the problem, and that sounds definitely like
an upstream bug.

> Interesting fact: freemind asks for converting the document format *after* the
> panic message was written to stdout.

Ignore the panic message, it's not the problem, I also get it if I call
FreeMind without any file.

>
> I also attached my test mm file.

Thanks, very helpful.

If I call FreeMind without any file, and then open the file from the
GUI, I get a more explicit error (see attached file).

OK, 2 things:
1. I will try to ping upstream.
2. I guess the problem is caused originally by
java.lang.RuntimeException: Use of the extension function
'xalan://freemind.main.HtmlTools:replaceSpacesToNonbreakableSpaces' is
not allowed when the secure processing feature is set to true.
Does someone know what it actually means? What is 'secure processing
feature'? Is it something of the program, or something of the
(Java/Xalan) environment?

Cheers, Eric