OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard

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Snow Leopard Java problems (and fix)

Update: OneSwarm 0.6.7 is now available and fixes most Snow Leopard compatibility issues. Download here

The OneSwarm annonymous filesharing client version 0.6.5 does not run properly on Mac OS X 10.6 "Snow Leopard" because of compatibility issues between the 64 bit Java 6 VM and SWT, symptoms are:

  • Connections will never handshake completely because packets sent by the user running 10.6 will not reach the network interface (except the initial ~20 byte handshake packet). Probable cause: not receiving write selects (?). Workaround below
  • When double clicking on a torrent a window will pop up saying "file could not be opened".
  • In the classic ui: Preferences will not show the values of the actual preferences, clicking in the box will cause the value to be shown.

Workaround for connection problem

In the terminal:

Get the java 5 that was included in 10.5 "leopard" and unpack 

cd /tmp/
curl -L -o java.1.5.0-leopard.tar.gz http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/isdal/snow_leopard_workaround/java.1.5.0-leopard.tar.gz
tar -xvzf java.1.5.0-leopard.tar.gz

Move it to your System java folder (password needed) 

sudo mv 1.5.0 /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.5.0-leopard


Tell OS X that java 5 actually is java 5 

cd /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/
sudo rm 1.5.0
sudo ln -s 1.5.0-leopard 1.5.0
sudo rm 1.5
sudo ln -s 1.5.0 1.5

Open Java Preferences 

open "/Applications/Utilities/Java Preferences.app"

Change the properties to use Java 5 32-bit by default:

Done!

Also fixes

This workaround fixes issues in other apps as well,

Fonality's HUD3 works after running these steps.

  • Zend Studio versions 5.*: fixes problems with disappearing text while selecting.

Java 1.4

In case your system depended on java 1.4: Here is how to get Java 1.4 running on snow leopard. 

cd /tmp/
curl -L -o java.1.4.2-leopard.tar.gz http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/isdal/snow_leopard_workaround/java.1.4.2-leopard.tar.gz
tar -xvzf java.1.4.2-leopard.tar.gz
sudo mv 1.4.2 /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.4.2-leopard
cd /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/
sudo ln -s 1.4.2-leopard 1.4.2
sudo ln -s 1.4.2 1.4
open "/Applications/Utilities/Java Preferences.app"
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