Hi,
I know that some people already posted this problems but when I try the solutions, nothing worked out for me.
This is my java version:
java version "1.6.0_36"
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (IcedTea6 1.13.8) (6b36-1.13.8-0ubuntu1~14.04)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 23.25-b01, mixed mode)
and this is what happen when i follow the instruction from the readme.txt in the IGV2.3 file
user@user$ java -Xmx750m -jar igv.jar
INFO [2015-11-02 16:18:38,725] [DirectoryManager.java:163] [main] IGV Directory: /home/user/igv
INFO [2015-11-02 16:18:38,725] [DirectoryManager.java:163] IGV Directory: /home/user/igv
INFO [2015-11-02 16:18:38,729] [Main.java:99] [main] Startup IGV Version 2.3.63 (90)10/30/2015 11:41 AM
INFO [2015-11-02 16:18:38,730] [Main.java:100] [main] Java 1.6.0_36
INFO [2015-11-02 16:18:38,730] [DirectoryManager.java:72] [main] Fetching user directory...
INFO [2015-11-02 16:18:38,839] [Main.java:101] [main] Default User Directory: /home/user
INFO [2015-11-02 16:18:38,839] [Main.java:102] [main] OS: Linux
ERROR [2015-11-02 16:18:40,423] [DefaultExceptionHandler.java:49] [main] Unhandled exception
java.awt.HeadlessException
at java.awt.GraphicsEnvironment.checkHeadless(GraphicsEnvironment.java:173)
at java.awt.Window.<init>(Window.java:547)
at java.awt.Frame.<init>(Frame.java:419)
at java.awt.Frame.<init>(Frame.java:384)
at javax.swing.JFrame.<init>(JFrame.java:174)
at org.broad.igv.ui.Main.main(Main.java:81)
INFO [2015-11-02 16:18:40,425] [ShutdownThread.java:51] [Thread-3] Shutting down