JDK Crash when attempting to run Minecraft on Ubuntu 18.04

Question

Trying to install Minecraft on 18.04 and I get the following error.

OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM warning:
Option UseConcMarkSweepGC was deprecated in version 9.0
 and will likely be removed in a future release.
Unrecognized VM option 'CMSIncrementalMode'
Error: Could not create the Java Virtual Machine.
Error: A fatal exception has occurred. Program will exit.

Any suggestions?

score 6 · Answer 1 · answered May 07 '18 at 19:50

I edited my profile. I changed the JVM Arguments from

-Xmx1G -XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC -XX:+CMSIncrementalMode -XX:-UseAdaptiveSizePolicy -Xmn128M

to

-Xmx1G -XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC -XX:-UseAdaptiveSizePolicy -Xmn128M

Then Minecraft worked for me.

(I got the Idea from: JVM errors when running minecraft)

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 30 '18 at 18:29

3

Replace openjdk-jre-11 with openjdk-jre-8. Minecraft will not run on newer java versions.

answered Apr 30 '18 at 18:29

Will Brown

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1

While this may be the case, the OP did not say that were using Java 8 or higher. Also, Java 11 does not exist yet. – fosslinux Apr 30 '18 at 20:39
@ubashu Despite the weird nomenclature the openjdk-11-jdk package exists in Ubuntu 18.04. – karel May 01 '18 at 00:09
@karel Why is this? – fosslinux May 01 '18 at 06:08
It was explained to me in a blog that I forgot which blog it was that Ubuntu 18.04 will launch a new openjdk-10-jdk package when it becomes available, so it can't use openjdk-10-jdk as a package name because that package name has already been reserved. – karel May 01 '18 at 06:11
You can add that as well mod's for minecraft are made using java 8, beside that this answer is right and java jre/jdk 8 can be installed alongside the default java 10.0.1 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. It is enough to have the launcher profile use java 8 to start minecraft, starting the launcher with java 10 is no problem at all. – Videonauth May 02 '18 at 20:03

HattinGokbori87 · Answer 3 · 2019-06-23T15:52:24.880

2

Install MC Installer -

sudo snap install mc-installer

No need to go through JDK/JVM hassle.

edited Jun 23 '19 at 15:52

answered May 02 '18 at 19:30

HattinGokbori87

1,665

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Jun 10 '21 at 11:58

0

just delete all Unrecognized VM options from the JVM Arguments... worked for me

answered Jun 10 '21 at 11:58

Assaf Halevi

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This is similar to Boba Fit's answer. – Arnaud Jun 10 '21 at 13:36
it is not similar because there might be more unrecognized VM options on further runs – Assaf Halevi Jun 10 '21 at 17:36
@Assaf_Halevi, I see. Yet I wonder on the consequences for the stability of the game, of removing these options. Is it not a sign that something else should be changed or updated? – Arnaud Jun 11 '21 at 09:47
you worry too much – Assaf Halevi Jun 12 '21 at 20:02

JDK Crash when attempting to run Minecraft on Ubuntu 18.04

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