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== Technical troubleshooting == |
== Technical troubleshooting == |
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; I don't see anything when I login/ it is a black screen. |
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: As a first check please ensure you are using '''Sun''' Java and version 1.5 or above, not any other java like OpenJDK ( this has been reported to the IcedTea project as a [http://icedtea.classpath.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=362 bug]). It is explained below how to check what java version is installed. |
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; My client crashed, what happened? |
; My client crashed, what happened? |
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: We need the error logs to know this. You could have found a bug. If you run from command line then the errors will be in the output of the program. If not then you need to look for your error log file: |
: We need the error logs to know this. You could have found a bug. If you run from command line then the errors will be in the output of the program. If not then you need to look for your error log file: |
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:* Windows systems, at C:\Documents and Settings\{your username}\stendhal\log\stendhal.txt |
:* Windows systems, at C:\Documents and Settings\{your username}\stendhal\log\stendhal.txt |
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:* GNU/Linux systems, at ~/stendhal/log/stendhal.txt |
:* GNU/Linux systems, at ~/stendhal/log/stendhal.txt |
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| ⚫ | :It could be a very long file. What we need to know is where any word 'ERROR' occurs and lines starting with 'at', so use a text editor to search for this. Check the timestamp to ensure you're looking at the correct event. If it's lengthy then paste it to something like http://pastebin.ca so you can tell us the error in a concise way. |
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:* Mac systems, ''tba'' |
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| ⚫ | :It could be a very long file. What we need to know is where any word 'ERROR' occurs, so use a text editor to search for this. Check the timestamp to ensure you're looking at the correct event. If it's lengthy then paste it to something like http://pastebin.ca so you can tell us the error in a concise way. |
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:If you don't see the 'log' directory at all please create it. Then stendhal will make the log file next time you log in. |
:If you don't see the 'log' directory at all please create it. Then stendhal will make the log file next time you log in. |
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:We will also need to know: |
:We will also need to know: |
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