hello, I am installing Minecraft on my laptop which is running Ubuntu 12.04, and am having some difficulties.
Minecraft has crashed!
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Minecraft has stopped running because it encountered a problem; Failed to start game
This error has been saved to /home/zack/.minecraft/crash-reports/crash-2012-08-27_08.09.58-client.txt for your convenience. Please include a copy of this file if you report this crash to anyone.
--- BEGIN ERROR REPORT ace58be7 --------
Generated 8/27/12 8:09 AM
- Minecraft Version: 1.3.2
- Operating System: Linux (i386) version 3.5.0-030500rc5-generic
- Java Version: 1.6.0_24, Sun Microsystems Inc.
- Java VM Version: OpenJDK Server VM (mixed mode), Sun Microsystems Inc.
- Memory: 19572912 bytes (18 MB) / 53477376 bytes (51 MB) up to 954466304 bytes (910 MB)
- JVM Flags: 1 total; -Xmx1024m
- LWJGL: 2.4.2
- OpenGL: ~ERROR~ NullPointerException: null
- Is Modded: Probably not
- Type: Client
- Texture Pack: ~ERROR~ NullPointerException: null
- Profiler Position: N/A (disabled)[failed to get system properties (java.lang.NullPointerException)]
org.lwjgl.LWJGLException: Could not init GLX
at org.lwjgl.opengl.LinuxDisplayPeerInfo.initDefaultPeerInfo(Native Method)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.LinuxDisplayPeerInfo.<init>(LinuxDisplayPeerInfo.java:52)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.LinuxDisplay.createPeerInfo(LinuxDisplay.java:684)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.create(Display.java:854)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.create(Display.java:784)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.create(Display.java:765)
at net.minecraft.client.Minecraft.a(SourceFile:233)
at net.minecraft.client.Minecraft.run(SourceFile:516)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:679)
--- END ERROR REPORT 8c6efe72 ----------
Minecraft has crashed!
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Minecraft has stopped running because it encountered a problem; Failed to start game
This error has been saved to /home/zack/.minecraft/crash-reports/crash-2012-08-27_08.09.58-client.txt for your convenience. Please include a copy of this file if you report this crash to anyone.
--- BEGIN ERROR REPORT ace58be7 --------
Generated 8/27/12 8:09 AM
- Minecraft Version: 1.3.2
- Operating System: Linux (i386) version 3.5.0-030500rc5-generic
- Java Version: 1.6.0_24, Sun Microsystems Inc.
- Java VM Version: OpenJDK Server VM (mixed mode), Sun Microsystems Inc.
- Memory: 19572912 bytes (18 MB) / 53477376 bytes (51 MB) up to 954466304 bytes (910 MB)
- JVM Flags: 1 total; -Xmx1024m
- LWJGL: 2.4.2
- OpenGL: ~ERROR~ NullPointerException: null
- Is Modded: Probably not
- Type: Client
- Texture Pack: ~ERROR~ NullPointerException: null
- Profiler Position: N/A (disabled)[failed to get system properties (java.lang.NullPointerException)]
org.lwjgl.LWJGLException: Could not init GLX
at org.lwjgl.opengl.LinuxDisplayPeerInfo.initDefaultPeerInfo(Native Method)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.LinuxDisplayPeerInfo.<init>(LinuxDisplayPeerInfo.java:52)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.LinuxDisplay.createPeerInfo(LinuxDisplay.java:684)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.create(Display.java:854)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.create(Display.java:784)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.create(Display.java:765)
at net.minecraft.client.Minecraft.a(SourceFile:233)
at net.minecraft.client.Minecraft.run(SourceFile:516)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:679)
--- END ERROR REPORT 8c6efe72 ----------
On a side note , you are a gentleman and a scholar.
bin/minecraft.jar is downloaded after logging in as a premium user.
If the game plays, then it has been downloaded and you aren't seeing it because the extension is hidden.