Recently, whenever I have tried to start Minecraft, it will crash even before the launcher appears. I tried to download the client again, but that doesn't seem to fix it. If I try to start Minecraft, instead of the launcher appearing, I just get this error:
#
# A fatal error has been detected by the Java Runtime Environment:
#
# EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION (0xc0000005) at pc=0x0000000076f10895, pid=720, tid=2716
#
# JRE version: 6.0_29-b11
# Java VM: Java HotSpot™ 64-Bit Server VM (20.4-b02 mixed mode windows-amd64 compressed oops)
# Problematic frame:
# C [ntdll.dll+0x50895]
#
# If you would like to submit a bug report, please visit:
# http://java.sun.com/...eport/crash.jsp
#
--------------- T H R E A D ---------------
Current thread (0x0000000000840000): JavaThread "main" [_thread_in_Java, id=2716, stack(0x0000000002730000,0x0000000002830000)]
RAX=0x000000000282e488 is pointing into the stack for thread: 0x0000000000840000
RBX=0x0000000000000002 is an unknown value
RCX=0x000000000282e558 is pointing into the stack for thread: 0x0000000000840000
RDX=0x000000000282e4c8 is pointing into the stack for thread: 0x0000000000840000
RSP=0x000000000282e478 is pointing into the stack for thread: 0x0000000000840000
RBP=0x000007feec243080 is an unknown value
RSI=0x0000000000000020 is an unknown value
RDI=0x0000000000000000 is an unknown value
R8 =0x0000000002823000 is pointing into the stack for thread: 0x0000000000840000
R9 =0x0000000000000003 is an unknown value
R10=0x0000000000000000 is an unknown value
R11=0x000000000000288f is an unknown value
R12=0x0000000000000000 is an unknown value
R13=0x0000000000000050 is an unknown value
R14=0x0000000000000003 is an unknown value
R15=0x0000000000840000 is a thread
VM Mutex/Monitor currently owned by a thread: None
Heap
PSYoungGen total 152896K, used 5242K [0x00000000eaab0000, 0x00000000f5550000, 0x0000000100000000)
eden space 131072K, 4% used [0x00000000eaab0000,0x00000000eafcebb0,0x00000000f2ab0000)
from space 21824K, 0% used [0x00000000f4000000,0x00000000f4000000,0x00000000f5550000)
to space 21824K, 0% used [0x00000000f2ab0000,0x00000000f2ab0000,0x00000000f4000000)
PSOldGen total 349568K, used 0K [0x00000000c0000000, 0x00000000d5560000, 0x00000000eaab0000)
object space 349568K, 0% used [0x00000000c0000000,0x00000000c0000000,0x00000000d5560000)
PSPermGen total 21248K, used 10484K [0x00000000bae00000, 0x00000000bc2c0000, 0x00000000c0000000)
object space 21248K, 49% used [0x00000000bae00000,0x00000000bb83d308,0x00000000bc2c0000)
vm_info: Java HotSpot™ 64-Bit Server VM (20.4-b02) for windows-amd64 JRE (1.6.0_29-b11), built on Oct 3 2011 01:06:42 by "java_re" with MS VC++ 8.0 (VS2005)
EDIT: For some reason, it appears to be working now for the first time in a few days. Not sure what caused the problem, but it seems to have disappeared on its own...
# A fatal error has been detected by the Java Runtime Environment:
#
# EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION (0xc0000005) at pc=0x0000000076f10895, pid=720, tid=2716
#
# JRE version: 6.0_29-b11
# Java VM: Java HotSpot™ 64-Bit Server VM (20.4-b02 mixed mode windows-amd64 compressed oops)
# Problematic frame:
# C [ntdll.dll+0x50895]
#
# If you would like to submit a bug report, please visit:
# http://java.sun.com/...eport/crash.jsp
#
--------------- T H R E A D ---------------
Current thread (0x0000000000840000): JavaThread "main" [_thread_in_Java, id=2716, stack(0x0000000002730000,0x0000000002830000)]
siginfo: ExceptionCode=0xc0000005, reading address 0xffffffffffffffff
Registers:
RAX=0x000000000282e488, RBX=0x0000000000000002, RCX=0x000000000282e558, RDX=0x000000000282e4c8
RSP=0x000000000282e478, RBP=0x000007feec243080, RSI=0x0000000000000020, RDI=0x0000000000000000
R8 =0x0000000002823000, R9 =0x0000000000000003, R10=0x0000000000000000, R11=0x000000000000288f
R12=0x0000000000000000, R13=0x0000000000000050, R14=0x0000000000000003, R15=0x0000000000840000
RIP=0x0000000076f10895, EFLAGS=0x0000000000010202
Top of Stack: (sp=0x000000000282e478)
0x000000000282e478: 0000000000000202 0000000076ecb239
0x000000000282e488: 000007fffffdc000 0000000000000000
0x000000000282e498: 000000000282e6a0 000000000282e6d0
0x000000000282e4a8: 0000000000000000 0000000100000000
0x000000000282e4b8: 000000000282ecc0 0000000002866fba
0x000000000282e4c8: 0000000002830000 0000000002823000
0x000000000282e4d8: 0000000000000000 000000000282ecc0
0x000000000282e4e8: 0000000006fdfef0 0000000006fdfea0
0x000000000282e4f8: 0000000000000000 00000000bae0e978
0x000000000282e508: 00000000000000c1 000000000081f720
0x000000000282e518: 000000000282ecf0 00000000028a4f7c
0x000000000282e528: 00000000028a4bd0 0000000000000000
0x000000000282e538: 00000000baf72d98 000000000282ecf0
0x000000000282e548: 000000000282ed30 00000000028358fa
0x000000000282e558: 0000000002834ed0 0000000000000000
0x000000000282e568: 000000000282ed90 000000000282ed30
Instructions: (pc=0x0000000076f10895)
0x0000000076f10875: d0 00 00 00 4c 89 a1 d8 00 00 00 4c 89 a9 e0 00
0x0000000076f10885: 00 00 4c 89 b1 e8 00 00 00 4c 89 b9 f0 00 00 00
0x0000000076f10895: 0f ae 81 00 01 00 00 0f 29 81 a0 01 00 00 0f 29
0x0000000076f108a5: 89 b0 01 00 00 0f 29 91 c0 01 00 00 0f 29 99 d0
Register to memory mapping:
RAX=0x000000000282e488 is pointing into the stack for thread: 0x0000000000840000
RBX=0x0000000000000002 is an unknown value
RCX=0x000000000282e558 is pointing into the stack for thread: 0x0000000000840000
RDX=0x000000000282e4c8 is pointing into the stack for thread: 0x0000000000840000
RSP=0x000000000282e478 is pointing into the stack for thread: 0x0000000000840000
RBP=0x000007feec243080 is an unknown value
RSI=0x0000000000000020 is an unknown value
RDI=0x0000000000000000 is an unknown value
R8 =0x0000000002823000 is pointing into the stack for thread: 0x0000000000840000
R9 =0x0000000000000003 is an unknown value
R10=0x0000000000000000 is an unknown value
R11=0x000000000000288f is an unknown value
R12=0x0000000000000000 is an unknown value
R13=0x0000000000000050 is an unknown value
R14=0x0000000000000003 is an unknown value
R15=0x0000000000840000 is a thread
Stack: [0x0000000002730000,0x0000000002830000], sp=0x000000000282e478, free space=1017k
Native frames: (J=compiled Java code, j=interpreted, Vv=VM code, C=native code)
C [ntdll.dll+0x50895] RtlCaptureContext+0x85
Java frames: (J=compiled Java code, j=interpreted, Vv=VM code)
v blob 0x000000000286707f
j java.lang.String.equals(Ljava/lang/Object;)Z+8
j javax.swing.text.StyleContext$SmallAttributeSet.getLocalAttribute(Ljava/lang/Object;)Ljava/lang/Object;+29
j javax.swing.text.StyleContext$SmallAttributeSet.getAttribute(Ljava/lang/Object;)Ljava/lang/Object;+2
j javax.swing.text.StyleContext$SmallAttributeSet.containsAttributes(Ljavax/swing/text/AttributeSet;)Z+41
j javax.swing.text.StyleContext$SmallAttributeSet.equals(Ljava/lang/Object;)Z+27
j java.util.WeakHashMap.eq(Ljava/lang/Object;Ljava/lang/Object;)Z+7
j java.util.WeakHashMap.get(Ljava/lang/Object;)Ljava/lang/Object;+55
j java.util.Collections$SynchronizedMap.get(Ljava/lang/Object;)Ljava/lang/Object;+12
j javax.swing.text.StyleContext.getImmutableUniqueSet()Ljavax/swing/text/AttributeSet;+14
j javax.swing.text.StyleContext.addAttribute(Ljavax/swing/text/AttributeSet;Ljava/lang/Object;Ljava/lang/Object;)Ljavax/swing/text/AttributeSet;+55
j javax.swing.text.AbstractDocument$AbstractElement.setResolveParent(Ljavax/swing/text/AttributeSet;)V+26
j javax.swing.text.DefaultStyledDocument.setLogicalStyle(ILjavax/swing/text/Style;)V+40
j javax.swing.text.DefaultStyledDocument.<init>(Ljavax/swing/text/AbstractDocument$Content;Ljavax/swing/text/StyleContext;)V+43
j javax.swing.text.DefaultStyledDocument.<init>()V+18
j javax.swing.text.StyledEditorKit.createDefaultDocument()Ljavax/swing/text/Document;+4
j javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicTextUI.installUI(Ljavax/swing/JComponent;)V+89
j javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicEditorPaneUI.installUI(Ljavax/swing/JComponent;)V+2
j javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicTextPaneUI.installUI(Ljavax/swing/JComponent;)V+2
j javax.swing.JComponent.setUI(Ljavax/swing/plaf/ComponentUI;)V+135
j javax.swing.text.JTextComponent.setUI(Ljavax/swing/plaf/TextUI;)V+2
j javax.swing.text.JTextComponent.updateUI()V+8
j javax.swing.text.JTextComponent.<init>()V+62
j javax.swing.JEditorPane.<init>()V+1
j javax.swing.JTextPane.<init>()V+1
j net.minecraft.LoginForm$7.<init>(Lnet/minecraft/LoginForm;)V+6
j net.minecraft.LoginForm.getUpdateNews()Ljavax/swing/JScrollPane;+17
j net.minecraft.LoginForm.buildMainLoginPanel()Ljavax/swing/JPanel;+17
j net.minecraft.LoginForm.<init>(Lnet/minecraft/LauncherFrame;)V+139
j net.minecraft.LauncherFrame.<init>()V+30
j net.minecraft.LauncherFrame.main([Ljava/lang/String;)V+38
j net.minecraft.MinecraftLauncher.main([Ljava/lang/String;)V+24
v ~StubRoutines::call_stub
--------------- P R O C E S S ---------------
Java Threads: ( => current thread )
0x0000000006f41800 JavaThread "AWT-Windows" daemon [_thread_in_native, id=4968, stack(0x0000000007cf0000,0x0000000007df0000)]
0x0000000006f3f000 JavaThread "AWT-Shutdown" [_thread_blocked, id=924, stack(0x0000000007bf0000,0x0000000007cf0000)]
0x0000000006e54000 JavaThread "Java2D Disposer" daemon [_thread_blocked, id=2536, stack(0x0000000007af0000,0x0000000007bf0000)]
0x0000000006295000 JavaThread "Low Memory Detector" daemon [_thread_blocked, id=4744, stack(0x00000000069f0000,0x0000000006af0000)]
0x0000000006291000 JavaThread "C2 CompilerThread1" daemon [_thread_blocked, id=3392, stack(0x00000000068f0000,0x00000000069f0000)]
0x000000000627a000 JavaThread "C2 CompilerThread0" daemon [_thread_blocked, id=592, stack(0x00000000067f0000,0x00000000068f0000)]
0x0000000006278000 JavaThread "Attach Listener" daemon [_thread_blocked, id=2792, stack(0x00000000066f0000,0x00000000067f0000)]
0x0000000006276800 JavaThread "Signal Dispatcher" daemon [_thread_blocked, id=5084, stack(0x00000000065f0000,0x00000000066f0000)]
0x00000000061fb800 JavaThread "Finalizer" daemon [_thread_blocked, id=4192, stack(0x00000000064f0000,0x00000000065f0000)]
0x00000000061f2800 JavaThread "Reference Handler" daemon [_thread_blocked, id=4796, stack(0x00000000063f0000,0x00000000064f0000)]
=>0x0000000000840000 JavaThread "main" [_thread_in_Java, id=2716, stack(0x0000000002730000,0x0000000002830000)]
Other Threads:
0x000000000090f800 VMThread [stack: 0x00000000060f0000,0x00000000061f0000] [id=2680]
0x00000000062ab000 WatcherThread [stack: 0x0000000006af0000,0x0000000006bf0000] [id=4820]
VM state:not at safepoint (normal execution)
VM Mutex/Monitor currently owned by a thread: None
Heap
PSYoungGen total 152896K, used 5242K [0x00000000eaab0000, 0x00000000f5550000, 0x0000000100000000)
eden space 131072K, 4% used [0x00000000eaab0000,0x00000000eafcebb0,0x00000000f2ab0000)
from space 21824K, 0% used [0x00000000f4000000,0x00000000f4000000,0x00000000f5550000)
to space 21824K, 0% used [0x00000000f2ab0000,0x00000000f2ab0000,0x00000000f4000000)
PSOldGen total 349568K, used 0K [0x00000000c0000000, 0x00000000d5560000, 0x00000000eaab0000)
object space 349568K, 0% used [0x00000000c0000000,0x00000000c0000000,0x00000000d5560000)
PSPermGen total 21248K, used 10484K [0x00000000bae00000, 0x00000000bc2c0000, 0x00000000c0000000)
object space 21248K, 49% used [0x00000000bae00000,0x00000000bb83d308,0x00000000bc2c0000)
Code Cache [0x0000000002830000, 0x0000000002aa0000, 0x0000000005830000)
total_blobs=332 nmethods=17 adapters=269 free_code_cache=49831168 largest_free_block=6976
Dynamic libraries:
0x0000000000400000 - 0x000000000042e000 C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin\javaw.exe
0x0000000076ec0000 - 0x0000000077069000 C:\windows\SYSTEM32\ntdll.dll
0x0000000076ca0000 - 0x0000000076dbf000 C:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
0x000007fefc3d0000 - 0x000007fefc43c000 C:\windows\system32\KERNELBASE.dll
0x000007fefc7d0000 - 0x000007fefc8ab000 C:\windows\system32\ADVAPI32.dll
0x000007fefcc30000 - 0x000007fefcccf000 C:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
0x000007fefdcb0000 - 0x000007fefdccf000 C:\windows\SYSTEM32\sechost.dll
0x000007fefc980000 - 0x000007fefcaad000 C:\windows\system32\RPCRT4.dll
0x0000000076dc0000 - 0x0000000076eba000 C:\windows\system32\USER32.dll
0x000007fefdc40000 - 0x000007fefdca7000 C:\windows\system32\GDI32.dll
0x000007fefe5f0000 - 0x000007fefe5fe000 C:\windows\system32\LPK.dll
0x000007fefc8b0000 - 0x000007fefc979000 C:\windows\system32\USP10.dll
0x000007fefc0d0000 - 0x000007fefc127000 C:\windows\system32\apphelp.dll
0x000007fef6750000 - 0x000007fef67a1000 C:\windows\AppPatch\AppPatch64\AcGenral.DLL
0x000007fefc0a0000 - 0x000007fefc0c5000 C:\windows\system32\SspiCli.dll
0x000007fefdf40000 - 0x000007fefdfb1000 C:\windows\system32\SHLWAPI.dll
0x000007fefe380000 - 0x000007fefe583000 C:\windows\system32\ole32.dll
0x000007fefceb0000 - 0x000007fefdc38000 C:\windows\system32\SHELL32.dll
0x00000000732f0000 - 0x00000000732f3000 C:\windows\system32\sfc.dll
0x000007fef8620000 - 0x000007fef8630000 C:\windows\system32\sfc_os.DLL
0x000007fefb580000 - 0x000007fefb59e000 C:\windows\system32\USERENV.dll
0x000007fefc240000 - 0x000007fefc24f000 C:\windows\system32\profapi.dll
0x000007fefa770000 - 0x000007fefa788000 C:\windows\system32\dwmapi.dll
0x000007fef7c40000 - 0x000007fef7c58000 C:\windows\system32\MPR.dll
0x000007feebf70000 - 0x000007feec3d7000 C:\windows\AppPatch\AppPatch64\AcXtrnal.DLL
0x000007fefc610000 - 0x000007fefc63e000 C:\windows\system32\IMM32.DLL
0x000007fefc6c0000 - 0x000007fefc7c9000 C:\windows\system32\MSCTF.dll
0x000000006d7f0000 - 0x000000006dfa8000 C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin\server\jvm.dll
0x000007fef9e90000 - 0x000007fef9ecb000 C:\windows\system32\WINMM.dll
0x000000006d760000 - 0x000000006d76e000 C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin\verify.dll
0x000000006d3b0000 - 0x000000006d3d7000 C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin\java.dll
0x000000006d7b0000 - 0x000000006d7c2000 C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin\zip.dll
0x000000006d000000 - 0x000000006d1c3000 C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin\awt.dll
0x000007fef7c70000 - 0x000007fef7ce1000 C:\windows\system32\WINSPOOL.DRV
0x000007fefae90000 - 0x000007fefb084000 C:\windows\WinSxS\amd64_microsoft.windows.common-controls_6595b64144ccf1df_6.0.7601.17514_none_fa396087175ac9ac\COMCTL32.dll
0x000007fefacb0000 - 0x000007fefad06000 C:\windows\system32\uxtheme.dll
0x000007fefc130000 - 0x000007fefc13f000 C:\windows\system32\CRYPTBASE.dll
0x000000006d2a0000 - 0x000000006d306000 C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin\fontmanager.dll
0x000007feec650000 - 0x000007feec84f000 C:\windows\system32\d3d9.dll
0x000007fefb380000 - 0x000007fefb38c000 C:\windows\system32\VERSION.dll
0x000007fef9bc0000 - 0x000007fef9bc7000 C:\windows\system32\d3d8thk.dll
0x000007feef980000 - 0x000007fef0576000 C:\windows\system32\nvd3dumx.dll
0x000007fefa590000 - 0x000007fefa5bc000 C:\windows\system32\powrprof.dll
0x000007fefccd0000 - 0x000007fefcea7000 C:\windows\system32\SETUPAPI.dll
0x000007fefc390000 - 0x000007fefc3c6000 C:\windows\system32\CFGMGR32.dll
0x000007fefe060000 - 0x000007fefe137000 C:\windows\system32\OLEAUT32.dll
0x000007fefc5f0000 - 0x000007fefc60a000 C:\windows\system32\DEVOBJ.dll
0x000000006d600000 - 0x000000006d617000 C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin\net.dll
0x000007fefcbe0000 - 0x000007fefcc2d000 C:\windows\system32\WS2_32.dll
0x000007fefdcd0000 - 0x000007fefdcd8000 C:\windows\system32\NSI.dll
0x000007fefba70000 - 0x000007fefbac5000 C:\windows\system32\mswsock.dll
0x000007fefba60000 - 0x000007fefba67000 C:\windows\System32\wship6.dll
0x000000006d620000 - 0x000000006d62b000 C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin\nio.dll
0x0000000077080000 - 0x0000000077087000 C:\windows\system32\PSAPI.DLL
VM Arguments:
jvm_args: -Xms512m -Xmx1024m
java_command: C:\Users\Owner\Desktop\Games\Minecraft.exe
Launcher Type: SUN_STANDARD
Environment Variables:
CLASSPATH=.;.;.;lasspath;C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre6\lib\ext\QTJava.zip;C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre6\lib\ext\QTJava.zip;C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre6\lib\ext\QTJava.zip
PATH=C:\Windows\System32;C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.6.0_23\bin;C:\Program Files (x86)\QuickTime\QTSystem\;C:\Python27\;C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin
USERNAME=Owner
OS=Windows_NT
PROCESSOR_IDENTIFIER=AMD64 Family 16 Model 6 Stepping 2, AuthenticAMD
--------------- S Y S T E M ---------------
OS: Windows 7 , 64 bit Build 7601 Service Pack 1
CPU:total 2 (2 cores per cpu, 1 threads per core) family 16 model 6 stepping 2, cmov, cx8, fxsr, mmx, sse, sse2, sse3, popcnt, mmxext, 3dnow, 3dnowext, lzcnt, sse4a
Memory: 4k page, physical 4193628k(2304576k free), swap 8385404k(5615176k free)
vm_info: Java HotSpot™ 64-Bit Server VM (20.4-b02) for windows-amd64 JRE (1.6.0_29-b11), built on Oct 3 2011 01:06:42 by "java_re" with MS VC++ 8.0 (VS2005)
time: Thu Sep 06 16:50:45 2012
elapsed time: 0 seconds
EDIT: For some reason, it appears to be working now for the first time in a few days. Not sure what caused the problem, but it seems to have disappeared on its own...