Bug#805769: netbeans: Startup stuck on "Loading modules..."

[Markus Koschany]

On Fri, 8 Jan 2016 18:55:47 +0100 Mu <mu at member.fsf.org> wrote:
> This is embarrasing :) Last time I checked still was not available.
> 
> I,ve been trying and I am afraid that that my tests are difficult to
> interpret, since the error seems a bit random.
> 
> I have tried the importation several times with:
> 
> $ rm -rf 8.0.2/ 8.1/ ; netbeans
> 
> (I am importing configuration from 7.3)
> 
> For several times the program started normally and the projects were
> correctly imported.
> 
> Then I remembered I had problems with the 8.1 version of netbeans I
> downloaded from the webpage. I have tried that version and it got stuck on
> "Loading modules".
> 
> The strange thing is that after that, any try I have done on the debian
> version got stuck on "Starting modules". If I kill the process and try
> without deleting the configuration directory, it starts normally and the
> projects are imported.
> 
> I think it has to be related to something netbeans did in my projects
> directory, but I can't figure out what because I don't have those files
> versioned. Anyway, the bug is no longer a big deal to me, since I could
> import my projects and I can run netbeans as long as I don't delete the
> config directory.

Hi,

I think the problem here is that you used the official version along
with Debian's one. They both use the same configuration in ~/.netbeans,
and we cannot guarantee that this always works perfectly. So in short I
recommend to use only one of them, naturally the Debian one :), to avoid
any conflicts. You should also be on the safe side if you remember to
rename your config directory whenever you change IDEs. Then both should
be able to co-exist.

I'll keep this bug report open for a while in case someone has a similar
problem.

There is also a Ubuntu bug report which seems to be related.:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/netbeans/+bug/1531373

Regards,

Markus

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