Synergy Linux Java client failed to start

Symptoms:

Both CLI and Classic client start fine, but the Java client start fails. It displays the login dialog, then briefly displays splash screen, then fails with no message.

The only trace is the ‘Permission denied’ in the ccm_eng.log.

Background:

The client IP has changed since the last good start.

Solution:

Make sure the server's /etc/hosts lists the correct machine name and IP for the client machine.

End of story.

Error starting Java client on Linux machine

Symptoms:

The Linux Java client would not start with the following popup:

The log file $HOME/ccm_client.log has the following trace:

04/12 08:31:05 java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Width (0) and height (0) cannot be <= 0
04/12 08:31:05 at java.awt.image.DirectColorModel.createCompatibleWritableRaster(DirectColorModel.java:999)
04/12 08:31:05 at sun.awt.X11.XFramePeer.setIconImage(XFramePeer.java:217)
04/12 08:31:05 at sun.awt.X11.XFramePeer.postInit(XFramePeer.java:75)
04/12 08:31:05 at sun.awt.X11.XBaseWindow.init(XBaseWindow.java:117)
04/12 08:31:05 at sun.awt.X11.XBaseWindow.<init>(XBaseWindow.java:150)
04/12 08:31:05 at sun.awt.X11.XWindow.<init>(XWindow.java:86)
04/12 08:31:05 at sun.awt.X11.XComponentPeer.<init>(XComponentPeer.java:101)
04/12 08:31:05 at sun.awt.X11.XCanvasPeer.<init>(XCanvasPeer.java:22)
04/12 08:31:05 at sun.awt.X11.XPanelPeer.<init>(XPanelPeer.java:27)
04/12 08:31:05 at sun.awt.X11.XWindowPeer.<init>(XWindowPeer.java:53)
04/12 08:31:05 at sun.awt.X11.XDecoratedPeer.<init>(XDecoratedPeer.java:36)
04/12 08:31:05 at sun.awt.X11.XFramePeer.<init>(XFramePeer.java:41)
04/12 08:31:05 at sun.awt.X11.XToolkit.createFrame(XToolkit.java:349)
04/12 08:31:05 at java.awt.Frame.addNotify(Frame.java:491)
04/12 08:31:05 at java.awt.Window.pack(Window.java:484)
04/12 08:31:05 at com.telelogic.cm.ccm_client.panes.LoginPane.showInFrame(LoginPane.java:473)
04/12 08:31:05 at com.telelogic.cm.ccm_client.StartClient.runClient(StartClient.java:654)
04/12 08:31:05 at com.telelogic.cm.ccm_client.StartClient.main(StartClient.java:95)
04/12 08:31:05 at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
04/12 08:31:05 at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
04/12 08:31:05 at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
04/12 08:31:05 at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)
04/12 08:31:05 at com.zerog.lax.LAX.a([DashoPro-V1.2-120198])
04/12 08:31:05 at com.zerog.lax.LAX.main([DashoPro-V1.2-120198])
04/12 08:31:05 --- BEGIN UNHANDLED EXCEPTION ERROR REPORT ---
04/12 08:31:05 An internal error has occurred at Mon Apr 12 08:31:05 IDT 2010
04/12 08:31:05 Unhandled runtime exception: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException
04/12 08:31:05 Exception Message: Width (0) and height (0) cannot be <= 0
04/12 08:31:05
04/12 08:31:05 Stack trace:
04/12 08:31:05 java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Width (0) and height (0) cannot be <= 0
04/12 08:31:05 at java.awt.image.DirectColorModel.createCompatibleWritableRaster(DirectColorModel.java:999)
:
04/12 08:31:05 at sun.awt.X11.XFramePeer.setIconImage(XFramePeer.java:217)
04/12 08:31:05 at sun.awt.X11.XFramePeer.postInit(XFramePeer.java:75)
04/12 08:31:05 at sun.awt.X11.XBaseWindow.init(XBaseWindow.java:117)
04/12 08:31:05 at sun.awt.X11.XBaseWindow.<init>(XBaseWindow.java:150)
04/12 08:31:05 at sun.awt.X11.XWindow.<init>(XWindow.java:86)
04/12 08:31:05 at sun.awt.X11.XComponentPeer.<init>(XComponentPeer.java:101)
04/12 08:31:05 at sun.awt.X11.XCanvasPeer.<init>(XCanvasPeer.java:22)
04/12 08:31:05 at sun.awt.X11.XPanelPeer.<init>(XPanelPeer.java:27)
04/12 08:31:05 at sun.awt.X11.XWindowPeer.<init>(XWindowPeer.java:53)
04/12 08:31:05 at sun.awt.X11.XDecoratedPeer.<init>(XDecoratedPeer.java:36)
04/12 08:31:05 at sun.awt.X11.XFramePeer.<init>(XFramePeer.java:41)
04/12 08:31:05 at sun.awt.X11.XToolkit.createFrame(XToolkit.java:349)
04/12 08:31:05 at java.awt.Frame.addNotify(Frame.java:491)
04/12 08:31:05 at java.awt.Window.pack(Window.java:484)
04/12 08:31:05 at com.telelogic.cm.ccm_client.panes.LoginPane.showInFrame(LoginPane.java:473)
04/12 08:31:05 at com.telelogic.cm.ccm_client.StartClient.runClient(StartClient.java:654)
04/12 08:31:05 at com.telelogic.cm.ccm_client.StartClient.main(StartClient.java:95)
04/12 08:31:05 at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
04/12 08:31:05 at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
04/12 08:31:05 at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
04/12 08:31:05 at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)
04/12 08:31:05 at com.zerog.lax.LAX.a([DashoPro-V1.2-120198])
04/12 08:31:05 at com.zerog.lax.LAX.main([DashoPro-V1.2-120198])
04/12 08:31:05
04/12 08:31:05 Public SCCS_IDs:
04/12 08:31:05 @(#) %full_filespec: LoginPane.java,79:java:J#1 %
04/12 08:31:05 @(#) %full_filespec: StartClient.java,51.1.1:java:J#1 %
04/12 08:31:05
04/12 08:31:05 Release 6.5 4105
04/12 08:31:05 Build numbers:
04/12 08:31:05 com/telelogic/cm/internal/objectapi/ unknown
04/12 08:31:05 com/telelogic/cm/sessionmgr/ unknown
04/12 08:31:05 com/telelogic/cm/objectapi/command/ unknown
04/12 08:31:05 com/telelogic/cm/activecm/ unknown
04/12 08:31:05 com/telelogic/cm/internal/objectapi/helper/ unknown
04/12 08:31:05 com/telelogic/cm/service/ 1998
04/12 08:31:05 com/telelogic/cm/objectapi/make/command/ unknown
04/12 08:31:05 com/telelogic/cm/objectapi/query/ unknown
04/12 08:31:05 com/telelogic/cm/shared_client/ 2003
04/12 08:31:05 com/telelogic/cm/eventservices/ 2011
04/12 08:31:05 com/telelogic/cm/objectapi/ unknown
04/12 08:31:05 com/telelogic/cm/common/ unknown
04/12 08:31:05 com/telelogic/cm/internal/objectapi/error/ unknown
04/12 08:31:05 com/telelogic/cm/internal/objectapi/query/ unknown
04/12 08:31:05 com/telelogic/cm/objectapi/make/ unknown
04/12 08:31:05 com/telelogic/cm/jrfc/ unknown
04/12 08:31:05 com/telelogic/cm/internal/objectapi/accutil/ unknown
04/12 08:31:05 com/telelogic/cm/crapi/ unknown
04/12 08:31:05 com/telelogic/cm/licensemgr/ 1998
04/12 08:31:05 com/telelogic/cm/jrfc/router/ unknown
04/12 08:31:05 com/telelogic/cm/objectapi/access/ unknown
04/12 08:31:05 com/telelogic/cm/util/ unknown
04/12 08:31:05 com/telelogic/cm/crapi/adapters/ unknown
04/12 08:31:05 com/telelogic/cm/internal/objectapi/service/ unknown
04/12 08:31:05 com/telelogic/cm/internal/users/ unknown
04/12 08:31:05 com/telelogic/cm/shared_client/acm/ 2003
04/12 08:31:05 com/telelogic/license/ 1998
04/12 08:31:05 com/telelogic/cm/internal/crapi/ unknown
04/12 08:31:05 com/telelogic/cm/objectapi/update/ unknown
04/12 08:31:05 com/telelogic/cm/server/ 1998
04/12 08:31:05 com/telelogic/cm/resource/ unknown
04/12 08:31:05 com/telelogic/cm/jrfc/objreg/ unknown
04/12 08:31:05 com/telelogic/cm/internal/objectapi/dbconfig/ unknown
04/12 08:31:05 com/telelogic/cm/objectapi/workarea/ unknown
04/12 08:31:05 com/telelogic/cm/jrfc/activecm/ unknown
04/12 08:31:05 com/telelogic/cm/internal/objectapi/command/ unknown
04/12 08:31:05 com/telelogic/cm/jrfc/utils/ unknown
04/12 08:31:05 com/telelogic/cm/objectapi/exception/ unknown
04/12 08:31:05 com/telelogic/cm/objectapi/adapters/ unknown
04/12 08:31:05 com/telelogic/cm/objectapi/security/ unknown
04/12 08:31:05 com/telelogic/cm/objectapi/helper/ unknown
04/12 08:31:05 com/telelogic/cm/util/event/ unknown
04/12 08:31:05 com/telelogic/cm/internal/objectapi/longcall/ unknown
04/12 08:31:05 com/telelogic/cm/objectapi/update/command/ unknown
04/12 08:31:05 com/telelogic/cm/objectapi/database/ unknown
04/12 08:31:05 com/telelogic/cm/shared_client/util/ 2003
04/12 08:31:05 com/telelogic/cm/objectapi/dcm/ unknown
04/12 08:31:05 com/telelogic/cm/jrfc/types/ unknown
04/12 08:31:05 com/telelogic/cm/ccm_client/ unknown
04/12 08:31:05 com/telelogic/cm/internal/security/ unknown
04/12 08:31:05 com/telelogic/cm/internal/objectapi/warning/ unknown
04/12 08:31:05 --- END UNHANDLED EXCEPTION ERROR REPORT ---

Solution:

Set environment variable AWT_TOOLKIT:

export AWT_TOOLKIT=MToolkit

Explanation:

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=2320&context=SSVSD8&uid=swg21398324&loc=en_US&cs=UTF-8&lang=en

Synergy how to copy a project with subprojects

ccm checkout -wa -cb -project ProjName#proj_ver -update -subprojects -versions "firtsprojver:firtprojver_user,nextprojver:nextprojver_user" -path /home/user/ccm_wa

Synergy Informix server and LDAP

Trouble:
Could not bring up an Informix server.
Thought something may be wrong with the Informix server, so decided to reinstall it.
Removal of the server (ccmsrv_delete) resulted in an infinite loop.
Tried to run it step by step and found that the server state change failed, any state:

ccmsrv_change_state Off-Line

that complained :

shared memory not initialized for INFORMIXSERVER 'myserver'

This boiled down to the failing onmode -ky command, with the same error.

We now could not bring the server up, neither could we delete it.

From Informix log:

IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 10.00.UC5XS Software
Serial Number AAA#B000000
16:04:56 listener-thread: err = -25572: oserr = 99: errstr = : Network driver cannot bind a name to the port. System error = 99.
16:04:56 sql_listener: ASF_LISTEN failed
16:04:56 Attempting to bring listener thread down.
16:04:56 Server stopped.

Assigned ports were not busy and not assigned to any application.
There were no memory segments to clear after the failure.
$ ipcs -ac
shown no segments to clear.

Going over all the changes made to machine during last months noticed the LDAP installation.
The server was connected to LDAP, and never restarted since then.

Finally we found the cause: hosts search order line in /etc/nsswitch.conf.
As soon as we removed the "ldap" entry from it, Informix went down and started up all right.

BAD one:
hosts: files dns ldap

GOOD one:
hosts: files dns

End of story.