32 bit JRE required?

bashkim · August 7, 2022, 7:16pm

Was going to give Spark another go, after quite a few years, but it wanted a 32-bit JRE.
Am I supposed to install a 32-bit JRE, side by side with the existing 64-bit JRE?
For many years now, I do not use anything 32 bit. Are you sure it has to be 32 bit?

speedy · August 7, 2022, 8:45pm

Sort of. iirc, the packaging software creates the launcher using x86, so there for it wants a x86 jre.

A work around would be to launch it using a bat or sh file. here are some examples

github.com

igniterealtime/Spark/blob/master/core/src/main/resources/startup.bat

if %PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE%==x86 (
  rem 32 bit
) else (
  set SPARK64=64
)


:run
if "%1" == "-debug" goto debug
if "%1" == "-noconsole" goto noconsole
java -Dappdir=.. -cp ../lib/*;../lib/windows%SPARK64%/jdic.jar;../resources;../lib/windows%SPARK64%; -Djava.library.path="../lib/windows%SPARK64%/" org.jivesoftware.launcher.Startup
goto end

:noconsole
javaw -Dappdir=.. -cp ../lib/*;../lib/windows%SPARK64%/jdic.jar;../resources;../lib/windows%SPARK64%; -Djava.library.path="../lib/windows%SPARK64%/" org.jivesoftware.launcher.Startup
goto end

:debug
start "Spark" "%JAVA_HOME%\bin\java" -Ddebugger=true -Ddebug.mode=true -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError -Xdebug -Xint -server -Xnoagent -Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,server=y,suspend=n,address=8000 -Dappdir=.. -cp ../lib/*;../lib/windows%SPARK64%/jdic.jar;../resources;../lib/windows%SPARK64%/; org.jivesoftware.launcher.Startup
goto end

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github.com

igniterealtime/Spark/blob/master/core/src/main/resources/startup.sh

#!/bin/bash

scriptdir="`dirname ${0}`";
cd "${scriptdir}/..";
wd="`pwd`";
libdir="${wd}/lib";

classpath="${libdir}/*:${wd}/resources";

# add java library path folder depending on architecture
case "`uname -m`" in
  "x86_64")
  javalibrarypath="-Djava.library.path=${libdir}/linux64";
  ;;
   
  "*")
  javalibrarypath="-Djava.library.path=${libdir}/linux"; 
   ;;
esac;

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speedy · August 7, 2022, 9:03pm

created [SPARK-2276] - Ignite Realtime Jira

bashkim · August 7, 2022, 11:59pm

Great! So it runs. Thanks!
But still no audio calls. Yawn. I’ll check back after a few more years.

speedy · August 8, 2022, 12:35am

unfortunately audio and video is lacking in spark. There may be other xmpp clients that will fit your needs. pade plugin might be an option for you as well. I think jitsi desktop and pidgin might have audio/video as well.

ilyaHlevnoy · August 8, 2022, 11:49am

Nightly builds of Spark 3.0.0 added the SparkMeeting(Pade) plugin for one-on-one video calls. You need to install the plugin for Openfire. Please try this.

bashkim · November 10, 2022, 7:21pm

Probably I will but want to ask this first: when I send a file to a user with whom I might want to voice/video chat, the file uploads only at the rate of a few kilobytes per second. In the logs, I can see that it is base64 encoded and sent through my OF that acts as file proxy. Is this speed going to be sufficient for voice/video?

ilyaHlevnoy · November 12, 2022, 5:49pm

I tested on local and remote server, it was fast. By the way, we have added a 64bit installer for Windows.

bashkim · November 12, 2022, 9:31pm

Probably my concern is misplaced/unfounded, but it is largely based on slow sending of files through the server. It is like, very slow. So I naively assumed that voice/video through the server is going to be just as slow.