FileMaker Server Admin not working

[John May - Point In Space]

Just did the latest updates to OS X 10.5 today, and now FileMaker Server Admin, on both FMSA9 and FMSA10, won't start any longer. If I go to http://servername:16000 then click on the server admin link, it asks to start in Java Web Start, then just opens the .jnlp file in TextEdit.

Anyone else seeing this? Any ideas on how to fix?

- John

[John May - Point In Space]

FYI, this has now been confirmed by others, and appears to have been caused by the "Java for Mac OS X 10.5 Update 4" update. I would highly advise against running said update until a solution has been found to this problem.

- John

[John May - Point In Space]

OK, found the solution. It seems that the web browser (system?) wasn't associating the .jnlp files with the proper application. When you go to http://server:16000 and click "Start Admin Console", the "open with" dialog will come up. Instead of selecting OK, select the path "System:Library:CoreServices:Java Web Start.app" and it should work.

- John

[Steven H. Blackwell]

I believe this issue is discussed in thefmkb.com/7121 on the FMI web site.

Steven

[John May - Point In Space]

Actually, that's a different issue. In my case, clearing the Java cache and trying to re-download the Admin Console did not help. As stated, I had to re-point the helper application for .jnlp files.

- John

[Steven H. Blackwell]

OK, good. Thanks for the clarification.

Steven

[Tom Kennedy]

I have the same problem. When I go to "http://server:16000", I still have the same problem.

I had to use "localhost" instead of "server" in order to access the "Start Admin Console" page. I also tried "myserver.private" instead of "server" with the same result. I admit that I am a lightweight when it comes to FileMaker Server and Leopard server.

Any ideas?

[Troy Meyers]

I'm having the same problem too, after the Java update. I did clear the files using the Java Preferences app. Backtracking to http://192.168.1.104:16000/ (the FMS Server is 192.168.1.104) everything seems to proceed as usual, but when the web app is trying to launch I get the Application Error box, "Unable to launch the application". By clicking "Details" the More Information box comes up, and it says, "Error: Unexpected exception: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException".

There are two tabs in this box. The Exception tab is probably the important one, here's its contents:

java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException

	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)

	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)

	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)

	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)

	at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.executeApplication(Launcher.java:1359)

	at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.executeMainClass(Launcher.java:1297)

	at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.doLaunchApp(Launcher.java:1096)

	at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.run(Launcher.java:116)

	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:613)

Caused by: java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError

	at com.filemaker.adminconsole.ui.clients.AdminConsoleJnlpLauncher.(AdminConsoleJnlpLauncher.java:195)

	at com.filemaker.adminconsole.ui.clients.AdminConsoleJnlpLauncher.main(AdminConsoleJnlpLauncher.java:102)

	... 9 more

Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: java.lang.NullPointerException

	at com.oaklandsw.util.LogUtils.checkInitialLogging(LogUtils.java:61)

	at com.oaklandsw.http.HttpURLConnection.(HttpURLConnection.java:159)

	... 11 more

Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException

	at com.oaklandsw.http.HttpURLConnection.(HttpURLConnection.java:1114)

	at com.oaklandsw.http.eb.(eb.java:179)

	at com.oaklandsw.http.Handler.openConnection(Handler.java:19)

	at java.net.URL.openConnection(URL.java:943)

	at sun.net.www.protocol.jar.JarURLConnection.(JarURLConnection.java:64)

	at com.sun.jnlp.JNLPCachedJarURLConnection.(JNLPCachedJarURLConnection.java:66)

	at com.sun.javaws.net.protocol.jar.Handler.openConnection(Handler.java:21)

	at java.net.URL.openConnection(URL.java:943)

	at sun.misc.URLClassPath$JarLoader.getJarFile(URLClassPath.java:581)

	at sun.misc.URLClassPath$JarLoader.(URLClassPath.java:546)

	at sun.misc.URLClassPath$3.run(URLClassPath.java:324)

	at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)

	at sun.misc.URLClassPath.getLoader(URLClassPath.java:313)

	at sun.misc.URLClassPath.getLoader(URLClassPath.java:290)

	at sun.misc.URLClassPath.getResource(URLClassPath.java:160)

	at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:192)

	at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)

	at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:188)

	at com.sun.jnlp.JNLPClassLoader.findClass(JNLPClassLoader.java:257)

	at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:316)

	at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:251)

	at com.oaklandsw.util.LogUtils.checkInitialLogging(LogUtils.java:40)

	... 12 more

Any clues there?

-Troy