Panther java hotspot not at correct virtual address

I tried the following simple java command and got an error.

gwpx$ java -version
HotSpot not at correct virtual address. Sharing disabled.
java version "1.4.1_01"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.4.1_01-69.1)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.4.1_01-24, mixed mode)

Any ideas on how to fix this?

 

Posting MIME is almost never a good idea.

Your java isn't current:

$ java -version
java version "1.4.1_01"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.4.1_01-99)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.4.1_01-27, mixed mode)

Note the build numbers.


Did you do a clean install or an upgrade? Are you running a real
Panther or some bootleg 10.3 downloaded from some random place?

 

If you try to do an install of the java package from the CD you get:
Oct 24 13:37:37 : ./System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework (version
1.4.1.600000.64) was not installed because a newer version (1.4.1.600300.3)
already exists.

I also now see this message in the /var/log/install.log for my original
update.

How do you do an uninstall?

 

That would explain the problem. I did archive-and-clean-install, not
update. Sounds like all the folks who are seeing the HotSpot failure
did an update install.

I suppose you could simply delete the relevant Frameworks directory
and try again. But if you have the space I _strongly_ recommend doing
an archiving clean install instead.