Bug#846918: interface opens, but no menus and no action on button clicks

Martin Lutz m.lutz at uu.nl
Wed Dec 7 08:49:32 UTC 2016


Package: jabref
Version: 2.10+ds-7
Followup-For: Bug #846918

Dear Maintainer,

after an update yesterday, jabref fails to start.
ERROR while starting or running JabRef: java.lang.NoSuchFieldError: DIALOG

Searching through the debian bug list, I find bug 846503 with a similar problem.

I looked through my updated package list, and these packages were updated
yesterday (among others):
libgcj-common
libgcj17
gcj-6-jre-lib
libglazedlists-java
libjgoodies-common-java
jabref
libjgoodies-forms-java
libjgoodies-looks-java
libmicroba-java
libbcprov-java
libbcpkix-java
libbcmail-java
libgcj-bc

Here is the full output during jabref startup:
log4j:WARN No appenders could be found for logger (org.java.plugin.ObjectFactory).
log4j:WARN Please initialize the log4j system properly.
log4j:WARN See http://logging.apache.org/log4j/1.2/faq.html#noconfig for more info.
Found 2 plugin(s):
  - net.sf.jabref.export.misq (jar:file:/usr/share/jabref/JabRef-2.10.jar!/plugins/net.sf.jabref.export.misq/plugin.xml)
  - net.sf.jabref.core (jar:file:/usr/share/jabref/JabRef-2.10.jar!/plugins/net.sf.jabref.core/plugin.xml)

Opening: /home/lutz/ZnSal/ZnSal.bib
Opening: /home/lutz/Fe-salicylate/Fe-salicylate.bib
Opening: /home/lutz/CuSal/CuSal.bib
Could not get key binding for "Open folder"

ERROR while starting or running JabRef:

java.lang.NoSuchFieldError: DIALOG
	at net.sf.jabref.gui.CleanUpAction.initOptionsPanel(CleanUpAction.java:140)
	at net.sf.jabref.gui.CleanUpAction.<init>(CleanUpAction.java:112)
	at net.sf.jabref.BasePanel.setupActions(BasePanel.java:348)
	at net.sf.jabref.BasePanel.init(BasePanel.java:276)
	at net.sf.jabref.BasePanel.<init>(BasePanel.java:257)
	at net.sf.jabref.JabRefFrame.addTab(JabRefFrame.java:1745)
	at net.sf.jabref.JabRefFrame.addParserResult(JabRefFrame.java:1502)
	at net.sf.jabref.JabRef.openWindow(JabRef.java:790)
	at net.sf.jabref.JabRef.<init>(JabRef.java:201)
	at net.sf.jabref.JabRef.main(JabRef.java:84)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
	at net.sf.jabref.JabRefMain.main(Unknown Source)

Please first check if this problem and a solution is already known. Find our...
  * ...FAQ at http://jabref.sf.net/faq.php and our...
  * ...user mailing-list at http://sf.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_name=jabref-users

If you do not find a solution there, please let us know about the problem by writing a bug report.
You can find our bug tracker at http://sourceforge.net/p/jabref/bugs/

  * If the bug has already been reported there, please add your comments to the existing bug.
  * If the bug has not been reported yet, then we need the complete error message given above
    and a description of what you did before the error occured.

We also need the following information (you can copy and paste all this):
  * Java Version: 1.8.0_111
  * Java Vendor: Oracle Corporation
  * Operating System: Linux (4.7.0-1-amd64)
  * Hardware Architecture: amd64

We are sorry for the trouble and thanks for reporting problems with JabRef!




-- System Information:
Debian Release: stretch/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 4.7.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

Versions of packages jabref depends on:
ii  antlr                          2.7.7+dfsg-7
ii  antlr3                         3.5.2-6
ii  default-jre [java6-runtime]    2:1.8-57
ii  java-wrappers                  0.1.28
ii  libcommons-logging-java        1.2-1
ii  libglazedlists-java            1.9.1-2
ii  libjempbox-java                1:1.8.12-1
ii  libjgoodies-common-java        1.8.1-2
ii  libjgoodies-forms-java         1.9.0-3
ii  libjgoodies-looks-java         2.7.0-2
ii  libjpf-java                    1.5.1+dfsg-4
ii  libjpfcodegen-java             0.4+dfsg1-1
ii  libmicroba-java                1:0.4.4.3-5
ii  libmysql-java                  5.1.40-1
ii  libpdfbox-java                 1:1.8.12-1
ii  libpostgresql-jdbc-java        9.2-1002-1
ii  libspin-java                   1.5+dfsg-8
ii  openjdk-8-jre [java6-runtime]  8u111-b14-3
ii  velocity                       1.7-5

Versions of packages jabref recommends:
ii  libreoffice-java-common  1:5.2.3-2
ii  libreoffice-writer       1:5.2.3-2
ii  xdg-utils                1.1.1-1

Versions of packages jabref suggests:
ii  evince [postscript-viewer]       3.22.1-2
ii  ghostscript [postscript-viewer]  9.20~dfsg-1
ii  gv [postscript-viewer]           1:3.7.4-1
pn  xpdf-reader | pdf-viewer         <none>

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