Java ME SDK 3 fails to start

Question

I downloaded & installed the latest JDK & Java ME SDK. Both seemed to install fine.

However, when I try to run the SDK, when the progress bar at the splash screen gets to "starting modules..." it hangs for a while, and then starts to pop exceptions of the form:

java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused: connect
    at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.socketConnect(Native Method)
    at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.doConnect(PlainSocketImpl.java:333)
    at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connectToAddress(PlainSocketImpl.java:195)
    at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connect(PlainSocketImpl.java:182)
    at java.net.SocksSocketImpl.connect(SocksSocketImpl.java:366)
    at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:525)
    at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:475)
    at java.net.Socket.<init>(Socket.java:372)
    at java.net.Socket.<init>(Socket.java:186)
    at sun.rmi.transport.proxy.RMIDirectSocketFactory.createSocket(RMIDirectSocketFactory.java:22)
    at sun.rmi.transport.proxy.RMIMasterSocketFactory.createSocket(RMIMasterSocketFactory.java:128)
    at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPEndpoint.newSocket(TCPEndpoint.java:595)
Caused: java.rmi.ConnectException: Connection refused to host: localhost; nested exception is: 
    java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused: connect
    at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPEndpoint.newSocket(TCPEndpoint.java:601)
    at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPChannel.createConnection(TCPChannel.java:198)
    at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPChannel.newConnection(TCPChannel.java:184)
    at sun.rmi.server.UnicastRef.newCall(UnicastRef.java:322)
    at sun.rmi.registry.RegistryImpl_Stub.lookup(Unknown Source)
    at com.sun.jndi.rmi.registry.RegistryContext.lookup(RegistryContext.java:97)
Caused: javax.naming.ServiceUnavailableException [Root exception is java.rmi.ConnectException: Connection refused to host: localhost; nested exception is: 
    java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused: connect]
    at com.sun.jndi.rmi.registry.RegistryContext.lookup(RegistryContext.java:101)
    at com.sun.jndi.toolkit.url.GenericURLContext.lookup(GenericURLContext.java:185)
    at javax.naming.InitialContext.lookup(InitialContext.java:392)
    at javax.management.remote.rmi.RMIConnector.findRMIServerJNDI(RMIConnector.java:1886)
    at javax.management.remote.rmi.RMIConnector.findRMIServer(RMIConnector.java:1856)
    at javax.management.remote.rmi.RMIConnector.connect(RMIConnector.java:257)
Caused: java.io.IOException: Failed to retrieve RMIServer stub
    at javax.management.remote.rmi.RMIConnector.connect(RMIConnector.java:338)
    at javax.management.remote.JMXConnectorFactory.connect(JMXConnectorFactory.java:248)
    at com.sun.jme.toolkit.remoting.client.rmiimpl.ObjectServerConnectionImpl.connect(Unknown Source)
    at com.sun.jme.toolkit.remoting.client.rmiimpl.ObjectServerConnectionImpl.start(Unknown Source)
Caused: 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:597)
    at com.sun.jme.toolkit.bootstrap.Batch.invoke(Unknown Source)
    at com.sun.jme.toolkit.bootstrap.Batch.tryInvoke(Unknown Source)
    at com.sun.jme.toolkit.bootstrap.Batch.startObjects(Unknown Source)
    at org.netbeans.modules.javame.common.container.Module.start(Module.java:21)
    at org.netbeans.modules.javame.common.container.ContainerSupport.startModule(ContainerSupport.java:67)
    at org.netbeans.modules.javame.common.container.devicemanager.DevicemanagerHelper.getDeviceManagerConnection(DevicemanagerHelper.java:41)
    at org.netbeans.modules.javame.common.container.devicemanager.DevicemanagerHelper.ensureConnected(DevicemanagerHelper.java:48)
    at org.netbeans.modules.javame.common.container.devicemanager.DevicemanagerHelper.getDeviceManager(DevicemanagerHelper.java:84)
    at org.netbeans.modules.javame.platform.jme_sdk.autoinstaller.AutoInstaller.ensureDMStarted(AutoInstaller.java:292)
    at org.netbeans.modules.javame.platform.jme_sdk.autoinstaller.AutoInstaller.restored(AutoInstaller.java:63)
    at org.netbeans.core.startup.NbInstaller.loadCode(NbInstaller.java:421)
    at org.netbeans.core.startup.NbInstaller.load(NbInstaller.java:342)
    at org.netbeans.ModuleManager.enable(ModuleManager.java:906)
    at org.netbeans.core.startup.ModuleList.installNew(ModuleList.java:428)
    at org.netbeans.core.startup.ModuleList.trigger(ModuleList.java:364)
    at org.netbeans.core.startup.ModuleSystem.restore(ModuleSystem.java:276)
    at org.netbeans.core.startup.Main.getModuleSystem(Main.java:165)
    at org.netbeans.core.startup.Main.start(Main.java:312)
    at org.netbeans.core.startup.TopThreadGroup.run(TopThreadGroup.java:110)
[catch] at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619)

Google reveals that I'm not the only one experiencing this problem, hoewever I wasn't able to find any solution.

Any one has any idea about this?

Answer 1

It's also happening here. I think it tries to check for updates, but can't access the network. BTW, my network is behind a proxy, which is configured on the Java configuration in the Control Panel, but still no dice.

Answer 2

I'm on Win64 Professional. I had both a 32-bit and 64-bit JDK and found I had to use the 32-bit JDK or I got the error you mention.

I found that a file named "java" in installDir\bin and installDir\toolbar\bin had the path to the JDK, so I updated both to the 32-bit JDK and then it worked. I hope that helps either you or others.

(Thanks to http://java.lillegutt.com/?p=3)