Sorry, fixed by re-installing JRE locally. David
From: jenkinsci-users@googlegroups.com [mailto:jenkinsci-users@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of David Aldrich Sent: 21 September 2012 08:33 To: jenkinsci-users@googlegroups.com Subject: Windows slave is failing to launch Hi This morning our Windows Jenkins slave has gone offline. It has been working happily for many months. I don't know what has changed that may have caused the problem. I have pasted the log message below. Any suggestions for a fix please? Best regards David Connecting to <mywindowspc> Checking if Java exists 'java' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. No Java found. Downloading JDK Installing JDK jdk-6u16-oth-JPR@CDS-CDS_Developer Downloading JDK from http://download.oracle.com/otn/java/jdk/6u16-b01/jdk-6u16-windows-i586.exe Oracle now requires Oracle account to download previous versions of JDK. Please specify your Oracle account username/password.<http://hudsonmaster.uktm.eu.nec.com:8080/descriptorByName/hudson.tools.JDKInstaller/enterCredential> ERROR: Failed to prepare Java hudson.AbortException<http://stacktrace.jenkins-ci.org/search?query=hudson.AbortException>: Unable to install JDK unless a valid Oracle account username/password is provided in the system configuration. at hudson.tools.JDKInstaller.locate(JDKInstaller.java:408)<http://stacktrace.jenkins-ci.org/search/?query=hudson.tools.JDKInstaller.locate&entity=method> at hudson.os.windows.ManagedWindowsServiceLauncher.launch(ManagedWindowsServiceLauncher.java:241)<http://stacktrace.jenkins-ci.org/search/?query=hudson.os.windows.ManagedWindowsServiceLauncher.launch&entity=method> at hudson.slaves.SlaveComputer$1.call(SlaveComputer.java:200)<http://stacktrace.jenkins-ci.org/search/?query=hudson.slaves.SlaveComputer$1.call&entity=method> at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(Unknown Source) at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(Unknown Source) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(Unknown Source) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source) at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source) Copying jenkins-slave.xml Copying slave.jar Starting the service Waiting for the service to become ready ERROR: The service didn't respond. Perphaps it failed to launch? Click here<https://www.mailcontrol.com/sr/LGKFWMsnv0fTndxI!oX7UvIItv2OGGpT3FLhgiFFUck7TyhkL32gTQXsBaxhRAqEKeX!AkUDiWy8ewgPpp7kgg==> to report this email as spam.