On Feb 20, 2008 4:22 AM, David Barrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, this might already be well known, but it took me a long time to find > the answer so I'm posting this lesson to the list in the hope that it > helps others. The short of it is the JRE included by default in Ubuntu > 7.10 needs to be upgraded to the JDK from Sun in order to compile MXML. > For a more detailed explanation, see below: > > (I originally wrote this up as a bug report, but I discovered the fix > while writing it.) > > I've been using MXMLC for a while now (http://bottomupflash.com) on > Windows and Mac, and I'm a huge fan. But now that I switch to Ubuntu > 7.10, I'm unable to compile even the most basic .mxml files. > Specifically, if I run MXMLC from the command line with no parameters, > it works fine. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/flex2/bin$ ./mxmlc > Loading configuration file /home/dbarrett/flex2/frameworks/flex-config.xml > Error: a target file must be specified > > Use 'mxmlc -help' for information about using the command line. > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/flex2/bin$ > > Similarly, if I compile a basic .as file, it works fine: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/flex2/bin$ cat Test.as > package { > public class Test { } > } > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/flex2/bin$ ./mxmlc Test.as > Loading configuration file /home/dbarrett/flex2/frameworks/flex-config.xml > /home/dbarrett/flex2/bin/Test.swf (462 bytes) > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/flex2/bin$ > > But if I try to compile even the most basic .mxml file, it pegs the CPU > at 100% forever. Even worse, after about 30s it starts consuming > massive amounts of memory -- allocating hundreds of MB/s until all > physical and virtual RAM is exhausted. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/flex2/bin$ cat Test.mxml > <?xml version="1.0"?> > <mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"; xmlns="*"> > </mx:Application> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/flex2/bin$ ./mxmlc Test.mxml > Loading configuration file > /home/dbarrett/flex2/frameworks/flex-config.xml > (hangs here forever at 100% CPU and all available RAM) > > As for the Java version, I'm using gij 4.2.1: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/flex2/bin$ java -version > java version "1.5.0" > gij (GNU libgcj) version 4.2.1 (Ubuntu 4.2.1-5ubuntu5) > > Aha, but now I realize if I install "sun-java6-jdk" it works just fine: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/flex2/bin$ java -version > java version "1.6.0_03" > Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_03-b05) > Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.6.0_03-b05, mixed mode, sharing) > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/flex2/bin$ > > Whew, problem solved. I hope this helps!
Hum.... the first thing I checked on Ubuntu was if it had the jdk from sun installed. I never liked the other jdks. Don't know why. But, it is interesting to know about that. That way, if someone one happens to come across that same problem, then I know what the problem is. Fidel.
