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

[Karl Voit]

Package: freemind
Version: 0.9.0~rc7+dfsg-1
Severity: grave
Tags: upstream
Justification: renders package unusable


Debian Squeeze - most current updates done.

,----[ strace freemind ]
| [...]
| stat64("/lib/freemind.jar", 0xbf8916a0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or
| directory)
| stat64("/usr/share/freemind/lib/freemind.jar", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644,
| st_size=2342212, ...}) = 0
| stat64("/home/vk/.freemind/patterns.xml", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644,
| st_size=2801, ...}) = 0
| clone(child_stack=0,
| flags=CLONE_CHILD_CLEARTID|CLONE_CHILD_SETTID|SIGCHLD,
| child_tidptr=0xb75c2938) = 27971
| wait4(-1, [{WIFEXITED(s) && WEXITSTATUS(s) == 1}], 0, NULL) = 27971
| --- SIGCHLD (Child exited) @ 0 (0) ---
| clone(child_stack=0,
| flags=CLONE_CHILD_CLEARTID|CLONE_CHILD_SETTID|SIGCHLD,
| child_tidptr=0xb75c2938) = 27974
| wait4(-1, Checking Java Version...
`----

So freemind asks for converting old config file format and asks for
converting my last opened mindmap but then does not start at all.


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 6.0.1
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (996, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=de_AT.utf8, LC_CTYPE=de_AT.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL set to en_US.utf8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages freemind depends on:
ii  libcommons-lang-java        2.4-4        Extension of the java.lang package
ii  libjgoodies-forms-java      1.3.0-1      Framework to lay out and implement
ii  libjibx1.1-java             1.1.6a-1     Framework for binding XML data to 
ii  openjdk-6-jre               6b18-1.8.3-2 OpenJDK Java runtime, using Hotspo
ii  simplyhtml                  0.13.1-1     Java word processor based on HTML 

Versions of packages freemind recommends:
ii  freemind-doc         0.9.0~rc7+dfsg-1    Documentation for FreeMind
ii  java-wrappers        0.1.16              wrappers for java executables
ii  xdg-utils            1.0.2+cvs20100307-2 desktop integration utilities from

Versions of packages freemind suggests:
ii  freemind-browser        0.9.0~rc7+dfsg-1 Java Applet for publishing Mindmap
ii  freemind-plugins-help   0.9.0~rc7+dfsg-1 Java Plugin for FreeMind to show a
ii  freemind-plugins-script 0.9.0~rc7+dfsg-1 Java Plugin for FreeMind to add sc
ii  freemind-plugins-svg    0.9.0~rc7+dfsg-1 Java Plugin for FreeMind to export

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