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macOS NetBeans 6.7.1 unstable on Snow Leopard

wrldwzrd89

wrldwzrd89

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Jun 6, 2003
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Anyone else experience this? My installation seems to crash quite frequently, for no apparent reason. :confused:
 
Yeah, I have the same problem. I'm not sure what the problem is, but its definately not as stable as it was under Leopard.
 
I have had to stop using Netbeans all together. It literally drains the CPU. If you type a dollar sign ($) in your code it lags for up to 10-15 secs before allowing you to continue.

I am running on a MacBook Pro (new one) with 4 gig of memory and I have the k64 enabled to 64 bit and it still is a dog. I hope it gets patched soon, I am not a fan of going back to Dreamweaver.
 
New Java version?

I don't experience slowdowns but it can crash quite unexpectedly. Snow Leopard is shipping with new version of Java which I'd suspect does not play well on OS X or Netbeans itself got issue with it.
 
Java 1.6 only on Snow Leopard??

So is it true that Snow Leopard only runs with Java 1.6, and will uninstall a Java 1.5 JRE if it finds it.

Maybe, NetBeans requires something in Java 1.5.

I'm speculating but the only thing that comes to mind is the "swing-layout-1.0.3.jar" which had some Swing Layout classes (not included in 1.5) that became standard with a different package name in Java 1.6.
 
I switched to Eclipse because of the problems. It seems to be running a lot better now.
 
I ended up switching to Eclipse as well - and not regretting my decision. Sure, NetBeans is nice, but when it's THAT unstable it's not really usable.
 
lee1210 said:
Did you follow the instructions on that site? I just took a glance and it looks like there are steps to get java 5 on your snow leopard system.

-Lee
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I didn't even look at the site in question, I simply posted based on what's included in SL.
 
I have 6.7.1 running on 10.6.1 without issues. No slowdowns at all and almost no processor usage.

Anyway, Eclipse for the win! ;)
 
Transporteur said:
I have 6.7.1 running on 10.6.1 without issues. No slowdowns at all and almost no processor usage.
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I certainly don't have any issues and that is with just about all of the Java plugins installed. I wouldn't say there was no processor usage though and the RAM consumption seems to be through the roof.

Still no crashes which is something I guess, and Netbeans is a far nicer IDE than Eclipse if you ask me (*no flames intended*).
 
wrldwzrd89 said:
That doesn't work on Snow Leopard, as the Java 5 JRE/JDK is just a symbolic link to JRE/JDK 6.
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If you look at the link in the post it explains how to install jvm 1.5 and even 1.4 if you like. Maybe my post was a little too terse. After doing so netbeans became much more stable. I still have unexpected closing but it is now functional for me.
 
I've got good news, and bad news along these lines. The good news: NetBeans 6.8 is coming soon. The bad news: It looks like this release has some of the same issues 6.7.1 had on Mac OS X :(
 
bjohnosn said:
We were able to get Netbeans more stable on Snow Leopard by following the steps here http://chxor.chxo.com/post/183013153/installing-java-1-5-on-snow-leopard and then changing either the netbeans.conf file or changing Java Preferences to prefer java 5 over 6 for applications.
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Apologies for being noobish, but where do I find netbeans.conf?! Everything I read just refers to this file as if I should know where it is, but I don't have a clue... :(

NetBeans 6.7.1 is quite temperamental for me now with Snow Leopard.
 
tercerojista said:
Apologies for being noobish, but where do I find netbeans.conf?! Everything I read just refers to this file as if I should know where it is, but I don't have a clue... :(

NetBeans 6.7.1 is quite temperamental for me now with Snow Leopard.
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It's located inside the NetBeans application bundle, I believe. Right-click on NetBeans.app, choose Show Package Contents, drill down into Contents -> Resources, it's in there.
 
Thats a shame about Netbeans. I use it all the time for class as an alternative to visual studio. (Don't get me wrong I love VS but...I have a mac not a win machine and dont care to go back to windows.)

Hopefully everything gets fixed soon.
 
PermSize increase fixed it

Hi guys,

I solved that problem by increasing the values for MaxPermSize and Permsize option in netbeans.conf:

netbeans_default_options="-J-Dorg.netbeans.modules.tomcat.autoregister.token=1252227984581 -J-Dorg.netbeans.modules.tomcat.autoregister.catalinaHome=\"/home/asaf/apache-tomcat-6.0.18\" -J-client -J-Xss2m -J-Xms32m -J-XX:permSize=512m -J-XX:MaxPermSize=1024m -J-Xverify:none -J-Dapple.laf.useScreenMenuBar=true -J-Dsun.java2d.noddraw=true"

My java is 1.6.0_12
 
asafm said:
Hi guys,

I solved that problem by increasing the values for MaxPermSize and Permsize option in netbeans.conf:

netbeans_default_options="-J-Dorg.netbeans.modules.tomcat.autoregister.token=1252227984581 -J-Dorg.netbeans.modules.tomcat.autoregister.catalinaHome=\"/home/asaf/apache-tomcat-6.0.18\" -J-client -J-Xss2m -J-Xms32m -J-XX:permSize=512m -J-XX:MaxPermSize=1024m -J-Xverify:none -J-Dapple.laf.useScreenMenuBar=true -J-Dsun.java2d.noddraw=true"

My java is 1.6.0_12
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this seems to work - I increased the values to 256 and 512:
PermSize=256m -J-XX:MaxPermSize=512m
 
update on the previous two posts:
no, increasing the memory as recommended in the previous two posts just causes that the crash comes later so, unfortunately, it is not a solution :(

btw. 6.8rc1 comes still with this bug.

Cheers
 
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