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I have Minecraft installed but whenever I open it, it shows the login screen, so I login, and then when I click login, the window turns black. When I tried to play in in browser, the same thing happened except the window turned whit. Please help guys! I feel like I've tried EVERYTHING! Thanks! =)

Oh and if you want a better look at the problem, I've created this video that is a recording of my desktop and shows what happens when I try to run Minecraft.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CMsnwoUbEI

Lekensteyn
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James Kosmopoulos
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2 Answers2

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Remove all your Java packages and start over.

  1. Install openjdk-6-jre
  2. Remove the hidden folder ~/.minecraft (folder .minecraft, located in your Home folder)
  3. Download the minecraft.jar from http://www.minecraft.net/download

  4. Create ~/.local/share/applications/minecraft.desktop containing (assuming that you have downloaded the file in ~/Downloads):

    #!/usr/bin/env xdg-open
[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Name=Minecraft
Comment=Start Minecraft
Exec=/usr/bin/java -cp ~/Downloads/minecraft.jar net.minecraft.LauncherFrame
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Icon=minecraft.png
Categories=Games;
StartupNotify=false
  5. Find a nice icon on the Internet for Minecraft and save it as ~/.local/share/icons/minecraft.png
  6. To start Minecraft, run desktop file that you've created. You can copy it to your desktop as well.
Lekensteyn
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  • The file didn't open, I ran through your directions three times and I think I did everything right. – James Kosmopoulos Feb 13 '12 at 05:26
  • Can you open a terminal and run the command /usr/bin/java -cp ~/Downloads/minecraft.jar net.minecraft.LauncherFrame ? Please add the output of it to your question. What fails? – Lekensteyn Feb 13 '12 at 09:25
  • Yes I can run it. But the same thing happens, the window turns black. – James Kosmopoulos Feb 14 '12 at 02:04
  • Is there any output from the terminal command? What does the command update-alternatives --display java output for you? – Lekensteyn Feb 14 '12 at 09:03
  • This is what happens when it shows the login screen.

    (java:2502): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap",

    (java:2502): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap",

    (java:2502): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap",

    (java:2502): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap",

     – James Kosmopoulos Feb 14 '12 at 13:11
  • And this is what happens when i login and the windows turns black

    27 achievements 174 recipes Setting user: jimmiekosmo, 5779368988720023508 Exception in thread "Minecraft main thread" java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: /home/jimmiekosmo/.minecraft/bin/natives/liblwjgl.so: libjawt.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

     – James Kosmopoulos Feb 14 '12 at 13:12
  • at java.lang.ClassLoader$NativeLibrary.load(Native Method) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadLibrary0(ClassLoader.java:1928) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadLibrary(ClassLoader.java:1825) at java.lang.Runtime.load0(Runtime.java:792) at java.lang.System.load(System.java:1059) at org.lwjgl.Sys$1.run(Sys.java:69) at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) – James Kosmopoulos Feb 14 '12 at 13:13
  • at org.lwjgl.Sys.doLoadLibrary(Sys.java:65) at org.lwjgl.Sys.loadLibrary(Sys.java:81) at org.lwjgl.Sys.(Sys.java:98) at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.(Display.java:132) at net.minecraft.client.Minecraft.a(SourceFile:180) at net.minecraft.client.Minecraft.run(SourceFile:648) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:722)

    (Sry they are chopped up)

     – James Kosmopoulos Feb 14 '12 at 13:13
  • Please add those details to your question or http://paste.ubuntu.com/ it. Are you running a 64-bit system or not? – Lekensteyn Feb 14 '12 at 17:49
  • it is a 32 bit system – James Kosmopoulos Feb 20 '12 at 02:02
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Installing the proprietary Drivers might help.

Go to the dash, search for Jockey, and install the Driver for your Graphics Card .

Emerson Hsieh
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