Arduino 1.6.4 crashes/closes before it opens

[questuk]

Hi,

A few of us are having problems with opening Arduino IDE 1.6.4.on different operating systems.

Here's the link to the forum responses, http://forum.arduino.cc/index.php?topic=325527.0

I see the loading screen and when it states "initializing packages" it just closes. No crash report, no indication of something going wrong, just closes. I've tried uninstalling the IDE and reinstalling, but nothing seems to make a difference.

I tried running arduino_debug.exe.This is the output.

C:\Program Files\Arduino>arduino_debug.exe
Loading configuration...
Initializing packages...
java.lang.NullPointerException
at cc.arduino.contributions.packages.ContributedToolReference.resolve(ContributedToolReference.java:43)
at cc.arduino.contributions.packages.ContributedPlatform.resolveToolsDependencies(ContributedPlatform.java:76)
at cc.arduino.contributions.packages.ContributionsIndexer.parseIndex(ContributionsIndexer.java:92)
at processing.app.BaseNoGui.initPackages(BaseNoGui.java:600)
at processing.app.Base.(Base.java:271)
at processing.app.Base.guardedMain(Base.java:215)
at processing.app.Base.main(Base.java:128)

C:\Program Files\Arduino>

Regards

Gary

[ffissore]

Do you still have your arduino15 folder? It looks like one of the downloaded .json file is empty or invalid. Do you have a chance to upload the entire arduino15 folder somewhere I can download it from?

[per1234]

I'm not sure if it is the same issue but you can get a similar result by adding:
http://arduino.esp8266.com/package_esp8266com_index.json,https://raw.githubusercontent.com/damellis/attiny/ide-1.6.x-boards-manager/package_damellis_attiny_index.json
to Tools > Preferences > Additional Boards Manager URLs as reported on the forum: http://forum.arduino.cc/index.php?topic=324095.0 and damellis/attiny#66
Either json by itself causes no problems and I can use:
https://adafruit.github.io/arduino-board-index/package_adafruit_index.json,https://raw.githubusercontent.com/damellis/attiny/ide-1.6.x-boards-manager/package_damellis_attiny_index.json
with no problems. I looked at both files and haven't found anything obvious.
Windows 7 64 bit with 1.6.4 or 1.6.5 Hourly Build 2015/05/28 11:59

[ffissore]

Maybe I guessed the source of the problem: esp8266 latest package is 1.6.4-673-g8cd3697. You've probably installed an older version but they removed that old version from the json file. The IDE finds an installed esp8266 core but can match it with any of the listed ones.
I'll code a workaround that will ignore unrecognized cores. Please tell esp guys to refrain from deleting old cores

[per1234]

It happens even with no esp8266 versions installed. I add the URLs to preferences, then open Boards manager, it downloads the json files, then shows java.lang.NullPointerException. Neither of the packages show in Boards Manager, they are not installed. The console shows:

java.lang.NullPointerException
java.lang.RuntimeException: java.lang.NullPointerException
    at cc.arduino.contributions.packages.ui.ContributionManagerUI$3.run(ContributionManagerUI.java:158)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
    at cc.arduino.contributions.packages.ContributedToolReference.resolve(ContributedToolReference.java:43)
    at cc.arduino.contributions.packages.ContributedPlatform.resolveToolsDependencies(ContributedPlatform.java:78)
    at cc.arduino.contributions.packages.ContributionsIndexer.parseIndex(ContributionsIndexer.java:100)
    at processing.app.BaseNoGui.initPackages(BaseNoGui.java:612)
    at processing.app.Base$12.onIndexesUpdated(Base.java:1214)
    at cc.arduino.contributions.packages.ui.ContributionManagerUI$3.run(ContributionManagerUI.java:156)
    ... 1 more
java.lang.NullPointerException
    at cc.arduino.contributions.packages.ContributedToolReference.resolve(ContributedToolReference.java:43)
    at cc.arduino.contributions.packages.ContributedPlatform.resolveToolsDependencies(ContributedPlatform.java:78)
    at cc.arduino.contributions.packages.ContributionsIndexer.parseIndex(ContributionsIndexer.java:100)
    at processing.app.BaseNoGui.initPackages(BaseNoGui.java:612)
    at processing.app.Base.openInstallBoardDialog(Base.java:1229)
    at processing.app.Base.access$100(Base.java:80)
    at processing.app.Base$13.actionPerformed(Base.java:1249)
    at javax.swing.AbstractButton.fireActionPerformed(AbstractButton.java:2022)
    at javax.swing.AbstractButton$Handler.actionPerformed(AbstractButton.java:2346)
    at javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.fireActionPerformed(DefaultButtonModel.java:402)
    at javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.setPressed(DefaultButtonModel.java:259)
    at javax.swing.AbstractButton.doClick(AbstractButton.java:376)
    at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicMenuItemUI.doClick(BasicMenuItemUI.java:833)
    at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicMenuItemUI$Handler.mouseReleased(BasicMenuItemUI.java:877)
    at java.awt.Component.processMouseEvent(Component.java:6525)
    at javax.swing.JComponent.processMouseEvent(JComponent.java:3324)
    at java.awt.Component.processEvent(Component.java:6290)
    at java.awt.Container.processEvent(Container.java:2234)
    at java.awt.Component.dispatchEventImpl(Component.java:4881)
    at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Container.java:2292)
    at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:4703)
    at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.retargetMouseEvent(Container.java:4898)
    at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.processMouseEvent(Container.java:4533)
    at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.dispatchEvent(Container.java:4462)
    at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Container.java:2278)
    at java.awt.Window.dispatchEventImpl(Window.java:2750)
    at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:4703)
    at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEventImpl(EventQueue.java:758)
    at java.awt.EventQueue.access$500(EventQueue.java:97)
    at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(EventQueue.java:709)
    at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(EventQueue.java:703)
    at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
    at java.security.ProtectionDomain$1.doIntersectionPrivilege(ProtectionDomain.java:75)
    at java.security.ProtectionDomain$1.doIntersectionPrivilege(ProtectionDomain.java:86)
    at java.awt.EventQueue$4.run(EventQueue.java:731)
    at java.awt.EventQueue$4.run(EventQueue.java:729)
    at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
    at java.security.ProtectionDomain$1.doIntersectionPrivilege(ProtectionDomain.java:75)
    at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:728)
    at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(EventDispatchThread.java:201)
    at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(EventDispatchThread.java:116)
    at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(EventDispatchThread.java:105)
    at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:101)
    at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:93)
    at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(EventDispatchThread.java:82)

When I close the IDE and try to restart I get the splash screen but the IDE won't start until I delete either of the json files.

C:\Program Files (x86)\arduino-nightly>arduino_debug
Loading configuration...
Initializing packages...
java.lang.NullPointerException
        at cc.arduino.contributions.packages.ContributedToolReference.resolve(Co
ntributedToolReference.java:43)
        at cc.arduino.contributions.packages.ContributedPlatform.resolveToolsDep
endencies(ContributedPlatform.java:78)
        at cc.arduino.contributions.packages.ContributionsIndexer.parseIndex(Con
tributionsIndexer.java:100)
        at processing.app.BaseNoGui.initPackages(BaseNoGui.java:612)
        at processing.app.Base.<init>(Base.java:288)
        at processing.app.Base.guardedMain(Base.java:223)
        at processing.app.Base.main(Base.java:132)

[ffissore]

Then maybe it's not the esp index the source of the problem, maybe it's the attiny one

[per1234]

attiny is not installed either and https://adafruit.github.io/arduino-board-index/package_adafruit_index.json,https://raw.githubusercontent.com/damellis/attiny/ide-1.6.x-boards-manager/package_damellis_attiny_index.json works fine. I'm not saying the json files don't have a problem, but the problem is not that I have an old version installed that has been removed from the json.

[ffissore]

I see. Indeed further tests (with latest hourly build) show no problem. Can you give a try to hourly as well? http://www.arduino.cc/en/Main/Software#hourly I can't reproduce the bug :(

[per1234]

Same result, I'm using Windows 7 64 bit. Here's my process:

• Install latest hourly
• Delete all files related to the two packages from Arduino15 folder and sketchbook/hardware folder
• open IDE
• Add http://arduino.esp8266.com/package_esp8266com_index.json,https://raw.githubusercontent.com/damellis/attiny/ide-1.6.x-boards-manager/package_damellis_attiny_index.json
  to Tools > Preferences > Additional Boards Manager URLs
• Tools > Board > Boards Manager - it downloads the json files, then shows java.lang.NullPointerException
• Console shows error messages shown in my previous comment.
• Close IDE
• start IDE - splash screen shows but IDE doesn't open
• arduino_debug.exe shows the same error messages shown in my previous comment
• delete either json file from Arduino15 folder
• start IDE - IDE opens fine but running Boards Manager has the same result as before.

[questuk]

On 29/05/2015 10:15, Federico Fissore wrote:

Do you still have your arduino15 folder? It looks like one of the downloaded
|.json| file is empty or invalid. Do you have a chance to upload the entire
arduino15 folder somewhere I can download it from?

—
Repy to this email directly or view it on GitHub
#3248 (comment).

Hi Federico,

Here is the attached folder you asked for, this is at the time or just after
the crash.

I was on this page https://github.com/esp8266/arduino

and followed the section 'Installing with Boards Manager*' *to the letter

I I had 2 or 3 other items I had successfully added in the board manager URL and
then finally this last one, all the items added, were separated with a comma and
a space.

Regards

Gary