I am using Windows 7 64bit, and cannot get Spark to work. Spark 2.6 would not even complete the install, so I went back to 2.5.8 and install completed, but when I click the icon, it does nothing. Nothiing in the task manager, nothing in the notification area, just nothing. I have uninstalled Vipre with no change in the end result. I know 2.6 works on Win7 64bit, as I have it installed and running on my PC, it just wont run on my laptop (HP g62 i5, 8gb ram). I have tried what I know to try… Any ideas??
Anything in the error logs?
C:\Program Files\Spark\logs
C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\Spark\logs
C:\Program Files\Spark\logs\error.log -
java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
at org.jivesoftware.launcher.Startup.start(Startup.java:86)
at org.jivesoftware.launcher.Startup.main(Startup.java:35)
Caused by: java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError
at org.jivesoftware.Spark.startup(Spark.java:111)
… 6 more
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: 100663296 incompatible with Text-specific LCD contrast key
at java.awt.RenderingHints.put(Unknown Source)
at sun.awt.windows.WDesktopProperties.getDesktopAAHints(Unknown Source)
at sun.awt.windows.WToolkit.getDesktopAAHints(Unknown Source)
at sun.awt.SunToolkit.getDesktopFontHints(Unknown Source)
at sun.awt.windows.WDesktopProperties.setDesktopAAHints(Unknown Source)
at sun.awt.windows.WToolkit.initializeDesktopProperties(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Toolkit.getDesktopProperty(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.UIManager.(Unknown Source)
… 7 more
Nothing in output.log…
No C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\Spark\logs directory (username replaced with mine when i checked…)
disable ClearType in Windows and try again please
Wow… go figure… that worked! Also solved a few other ‘minor’ issues I was having… Thanks!!!
a bit googling helped, the java gui seems to hate cleartype
Well, for once a wise thing from Java. I hate cleartype too