Windows Guest - Java GUI programs crash with EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION -> Fixed in SVN.

[nick]

Running a Windows XP Guest with new 3D DirectX drivers installed and the 3D Support setting enabled, if you run a Java program that contains any AWT or Swing elements the program crashes with a EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION.

I have tried this on multiple hosts (Vista and Ubuntu) with the same error message appearing. I can disable the 3D Support option in the VM's settings and i am then able to run the Java GUI programs without issue.

I will attach a simple Java GUI program which crashes, along with it's output on the command line. Also attached will be an error log from the program JEdit which crashes on execution (this error file is found in C:\Program Files\jEdit\, and is named something like hs_error_pidXXXX.log).

[nick]

Contains HelloWorldGUI2.java (a simple java GUI program) along with the command line output from running HelloWorldGUI.java saved in JavaCrash.txt. Also the output of the program jEdit saved in hs_err_pid2608.log.

[Frank Mehnert]

Please reopen if this problem persists with VBox 3.1.0. Make sure to upgrade the guest additions to 3.1.0 as well!

[nick]

I have checked it with 3.1.0 and everything is working perfectly. Thank you very much!

[RandomUsername]

I've just noticed this today so it's possibly a regression with 3.1.4.

I am running Ubuntu 9.10 as a host and Windows XP SP3 as a guest.

I've fixed it by installing Guest Additions in "normal" mode rather than Safe Mode so it's definitely the D3D drivers causing this.