Bug 27339

Summary:	The Minecraft java edition game crashes on startup (Minecraft launcher is ok)
Product:	Mageia	Reporter:	David Savolainen <david>
Component:	RPM Packages	Assignee:	Mageia Bug Squad <bugsquad>
Status:	RESOLVED WORKSFORME	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	Normal	CC:	fri, lewyssmith, ouaurelien
Version:	Cauldron
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	x86_64
OS:	Linux
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Source RPM:		CVE:
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Description David Savolainen 2020-09-28 18:52:26 CEST

Description of problem: The Minecraft Java edition game crashes on startup.  The Minecraft launcher program that launches the Minecraft game itself does work.  I suspect that this is caused by the OpenJDK setup in the current Mageia 8 beta.  Is there a change in the way OpenJDK functions between Mageia 7 and 8? Minecraft Java edition does work just fine in Mageia 7.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:  Unknown.  Only tried Mageia 8 beta on one system thus far.


Steps to Reproduce:
1. Download Minecraft java edition for other linux systems.
2. Extract tar.gz file
3. Run minecraft launcher, then try to play game.

Note that this is a commercial game, so running it is impossible without purchasing it first.

Comment 1 Lewis Smith 2020-09-28 21:16:02 CEST

First thing to note: this is about a 3rd-party application, which we obviously do not support. Which is not to say we will not try to help.
Mageia 8 offers 2 Java versions:
 java-1.8.0-openjdk
 java-11-openjdk
You do not say which one you had; it is always advisable in bug reports to give the exact version of the package(s) involved, easily found:
 $ rpm -q <pkgname>

Whichever Java version you have, uninstall it and try the other.

CC: (none) => lewyssmith

Comment 2 Morgan Leijström 2020-09-28 23:06:49 CEST

You say Mageia 8 beta.
Did you update it after install, or is it only installed from the beta iso?

CC: (none) => fri

Comment 3 David Savolainen 2020-09-29 01:20:40 CEST

This is very strange.  I can't check the affected machine at this time as it has been downgraded to 7.  I created a VM with beta 8 on it.  Minecraft worked with Mageia 8 as installed straight off the iso.  I upgraded java to Java-1.8.0.272.b02 from Java-1.8.0.262 that was on the iso and it still worked... The bare metal machine had been fully updated when when the install was done.

Comment 4 Lewis Smith 2020-09-29 22:12:56 CEST

> Minecraft worked with Mageia 8 as installed straight off the iso.
> Java-1.8.0.262 that was on the iso
> I upgraded java to Java-1.8.0.272.b02 ... and it still worked
Good; The latest package (which it seems you now have) is:
 java-1.8.0-openjdk-1.8.0.272.b02-0.0.ea.4.mga8
and it seems that your Minecraft works. If this holds, please close the bug 'worksforme' since nothing has been fixed!

Aurelien Oudelet 2020-10-03 13:11:41 CEST

CC: (none) => ouaurelien

Comment 5 David Savolainen 2020-10-04 00:58:13 CEST

At this point, I am unable to test further as the affected machine is in production.  Another possibility is video card drivers.  The computer is a new build, but the video card is very old, identified as: G84 [GeForce 8600 GT].  Maybe something to keep in the back of the mind, but not worth keeping this bug report open.

Comment 6 Lewis Smith 2020-10-04 20:15:33 CEST

(In reply to David Savolainen from comment #5)
> not worth keeping this bug report open.
Thank you; hint taken.

Status: NEW => RESOLVED
Resolution: (none) => WORKSFORME