StringIndexOutOfBoundsException when I try to run the proxy server

robert.egginton

Having installed Sahi v35_20110719 successfully on Ubuntu, I wanted to run this on our Debian/Lenny VMs, but I had two issues:

1) The graphical installer gets stuck on a dialog saying that another instance of the installer is running, and neither of the buttons respond to being clicked.
2) When unzipped into a directory and the relevant environment variables set, I get the following error from running the proxy server via .bin/sahi.sh:

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SAHI_HOME: .
SAHI_USERDATA_DIR: ./userdata
SAHI_EXT_CLASS_PATH:

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Sahi properties file = /home/robert.egginton/sahi/config/sahi.properties
Sahi user properties file = /home/robert.egginton/sahi/userdata/config/userdata.properties
Added shutdown hook.
>>>> Sahi started. Listening on port: 9999
>>>> Configure your browser to use this server and port as its proxy
>>>> Browse any page and CTRL-ALT-DblClick on the page to bring up the Sahi Controller

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Reading browser types from: /home/robert.egginton/sahi/userdata/config/browser_types.xml
java.lang.StringIndexOutOfBoundsException
at java.lang.String.substring(libgcj.so.90)
at java.lang.String.substring(libgcj.so.90)
at net.sf.sahi.util.Utils.substitute(Utils.java:353)
at net.sf.sahi.util.Utils.expandSystemProperties(Utils.java:610)
at net.sf.sahi.util.BrowserTypesLoader.getAvailableBrowserTypes(BrowserTypesLoader.java:91)
at net.sf.sahi.Proxy.startProxy(Proxy.java:167)
at net.sf.sahi.Proxy.start(Proxy.java:117)
at net.sf.sahi.Proxy.main(Proxy.java:89)

I could not find a single instance of other people having this issue. Any ideas?

robert.egginton

Looks like it might be an issue with using openjdk rather than sunjdk.

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It was. The issue is specifically with gcj v5. Upgrading to v6 seems to fix the issue.