Windows XP - EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION

[Kragdob]

Hello,

I encountered EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION error when trying to run CEAW 2.1.

Here is what i do:
1. Install CEAW from CD
2. Install CEAW 1.12 patch - at this point game starts normally
3. Install CEAW 2.1 upgrade from installer - after this I get a error dump as shown below.

Does anybody encountered such issue?

#
# An unexpected error has been detected by HotSpot Virtual Machine:
#
# EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION (0xc0000005) at pc=0x6d6ce879, pid=1372, tid=1448
#
# Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (1.5.0_16-b02 mixed mode)
# Problematic frame:
# V [jvm.dll+0x8e879]
#

--------------- T H R E A D ---------------

Current thread (0x000361a0): JavaThread "main" [_thread_in_vm, id=1448]

siginfo: ExceptionCode=0xc0000005, reading address 0x00000000

Registers:
EAX=0x00000000, EBX=0x34e41c20, ECX=0x00036180, EDX=0x40646a74
ESP=0x0007f3ec, EBP=0x0007f418, ESI=0x000361a0, EDI=0x40646a6c
EIP=0x6d6ce879, EFLAGS=0x00010202

Top of Stack: (sp=0x0007f3ec)
0x0007f3ec: 00000000 00036260 00000004 0007f480
0x0007f3fc: 00036260 34e41c20 000361a0 00000006
0x0007f40c: 00000004 0007f480 40646a6c 0007f44c
0x0007f41c: 6d0d7873 00036260 00000000 6d12ff24
0x0007f42c: 40646a70 000361a0 34e41c20 34e41c20
0x0007f43c: 0007f430 0007f56c 6d0f9e60 00000000
0x0007f44c: 0007f478 00ae82ff 00036260 0007f480
0x0007f45c: 0007f45c 34e41c20 0007f484 34e47450

Instructions: (pc=0x6d6ce879)
0x6d6ce869: 00 00 00 83 7d 14 00 0f 84 97 00 00 00 8b 45 0c
0x6d6ce879: ff 30 e8 6b 95 ff ff 59 50 56 8d 4d 08 e8 5a 76


Stack: [0x00040000,0x00080000), sp=0x0007f3ec, free space=252k
Native frames: (J=compiled Java code, j=interpreted, Vv=VM code, C=native code)
V [jvm.dll+0x8e879]
C [awt.dll+0xd7873]
j java.awt.KeyboardFocusManager.initIDs()V+0
j java.awt.KeyboardFocusManager.<clinit>()V+35
v ~StubRoutines::call_stub
V [jvm.dll+0x875fa]
V [jvm.dll+0xdfe2c]
V [jvm.dll+0x874cb]
V [jvm.dll+0x79bea]
V [jvm.dll+0x78ac5]
V [jvm.dll+0x792cb]
V [jvm.dll+0x78ac5]
V [jvm.dll+0x792cb]
V [jvm.dll+0x78ac5]
V [jvm.dll+0xcb054]
V [jvm.dll+0xcbcf1]
V [jvm.dll+0xcbbd7]
V [jvm.dll+0x82c98]
j javax.swing.UIManager.initialize()V+39
j javax.swing.UIManager.maybeInitialize()V+22
j javax.swing.UIManager.getDefaults()Ljavax/swing/UIDefaults;+0
j javax.swing.filechooser.FileSystemView.getFileSystemView()Ljavax/swing/filechooser/FileSystemView;+0
j game.Global.fixPaths()V+106
j CEAW.main([Ljava/lang/String;)V+0
v ~StubRoutines::call_stub
V [jvm.dll+0x875fa]
V [jvm.dll+0xdfe2c]
V [jvm.dll+0x874cb]
V [jvm.dll+0x8e70d]
C [java.exe+0x14c5]
C [java.exe+0x69cd]
C [kernel32.dll+0x17067]

Java frames: (J=compiled Java code, j=interpreted, Vv=VM code)
j java.awt.KeyboardFocusManager.initIDs()V+0
j java.awt.KeyboardFocusManager.<clinit>()V+35
v ~StubRoutines::call_stub
j javax.swing.UIManager.initialize()V+39
j javax.swing.UIManager.maybeInitialize()V+22
j javax.swing.UIManager.getDefaults()Ljavax/swing/UIDefaults;+0
j javax.swing.filechooser.FileSystemView.getFileSystemView()Ljavax/swing/filechooser/FileSystemView;+0
j game.Global.fixPaths()V+106
j CEAW.main([Ljava/lang/String;)V+0
v ~StubRoutines::call_stub

--------------- P R O C E S S ---------------

Java Threads: ( => current thread )
0x40660310 JavaThread "AWT-Windows" daemon [_thread_in_native, id=1564]
0x00ac50e0 JavaThread "AWT-Shutdown" [_thread_blocked, id=1508]
0x00ac4bb8 JavaThread "Thread-1" [_thread_blocked, id=1504]
0x00adf748 JavaThread "Java2D Disposer" daemon [_thread_blocked, id=1552]
0x00aa52d8 JavaThread "Low Memory Detector" daemon [_thread_blocked, id=1528]
0x00aa3e18 JavaThread "CompilerThread0" daemon [_thread_blocked, id=1492]
0x00aa31e8 JavaThread "Signal Dispatcher" daemon [_thread_blocked, id=1428]
0x00a99ed8 JavaThread "Finalizer" daemon [_thread_blocked, id=1432]
0x00a98aa0 JavaThread "Reference Handler" daemon [_thread_blocked, id=1444]
=>0x000361a0 JavaThread "main" [_thread_in_vm, id=1448]

Other Threads:
0x00a94860 VMThread [id=1440]
0x00aa3140 WatcherThread [id=1540]

VM state:not at safepoint (normal execution)

VM Mutex/Monitor currently owned by a thread: None

Heap
def new generation total 28352K, used 1513K [0x02ae0000, 0x049a0000, 0x06860000)
eden space 25216K, 6% used [0x02ae0000, 0x02c5a550, 0x04380000)
from space 3136K, 0% used [0x04380000, 0x04380000, 0x04690000)
to space 3136K, 0% used [0x04690000, 0x04690000, 0x049a0000)
tenured generation total 378112K, used 0K [0x06860000, 0x1d9a0000, 0x34ae0000)
the space 378112K, 0% used [0x06860000, 0x06860000, 0x06860200, 0x1d9a0000)
compacting perm gen total 8192K, used 3529K [0x34ae0000, 0x352e0000, 0x38ae0000)
the space 8192K, 43% used [0x34ae0000, 0x34e52650, 0x34e52800, 0x352e0000)
No shared spaces configured.

Dynamic libraries:
0x00400000 - 0x0040d000 C:\Program Files\Slitherine\Commander - Europe At War\Grand Strategy Mod\jre\bin\java.exe
0x7c900000 - 0x7c9b2000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\ntdll.dll
0x7c800000 - 0x7c8f6000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\kernel32.dll
0x77dd0000 - 0x77e6b000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\ADVAPI32.dll
0x77e70000 - 0x77f03000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\RPCRT4.dll
0x77fe0000 - 0x77ff1000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\Secur32.dll
0x77c10000 - 0x77c68000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\MSVCRT.dll
0x6d640000 - 0x6d7de000 C:\Program Files\Slitherine\Commander - Europe At War\Grand Strategy Mod\jre\bin\client\jvm.dll
0x7e410000 - 0x7e4a1000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\USER32.dll
0x77f10000 - 0x77f59000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\GDI32.dll
0x76b40000 - 0x76b6d000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\WINMM.dll
0x76390000 - 0x763ad000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\IMM32.DLL
0x6d290000 - 0x6d298000 C:\Program Files\Slitherine\Commander - Europe At War\Grand Strategy Mod\jre\bin\hpi.dll
0x76bf0000 - 0x76bfb000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\PSAPI.DLL
0x6d610000 - 0x6d61c000 C:\Program Files\Slitherine\Commander - Europe At War\Grand Strategy Mod\jre\bin\verify.dll
0x6d310000 - 0x6d32d000 C:\Program Files\Slitherine\Commander - Europe At War\Grand Strategy Mod\jre\bin\java.dll
0x6d630000 - 0x6d63f000 C:\Program Files\Slitherine\Commander - Europe At War\Grand Strategy Mod\jre\bin\zip.dll
0x6d000000 - 0x6d16d000 C:\Program Files\Slitherine\Commander - Europe At War\Grand Strategy Mod\jre\bin\awt.dll
0x73000000 - 0x73026000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\WINSPOOL.DRV
0x774e0000 - 0x7761d000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\ole32.dll
0x5ad70000 - 0x5ada8000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\uxtheme.dll
0x73760000 - 0x737ab000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\ddraw.dll
0x73bc0000 - 0x73bc6000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\DCIMAN32.dll
0x6d240000 - 0x6d290000 C:\Program Files\Slitherine\Commander - Europe At War\Grand Strategy Mod\jre\bin\fontmanager.dll
0x74720000 - 0x7476c000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\MSCTF.dll
0x755c0000 - 0x755ee000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\msctfime.ime
0x7c9c0000 - 0x7d1d7000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\shell32.dll
0x77f60000 - 0x77fd6000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\SHLWAPI.dll
0x773d0000 - 0x774d3000 C:\WINDOWS\WinSxS\x86_Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls_6595b64144ccf1df_6.0.2600.6028_x-ww_61e65202\comctl32.dll
0x5d090000 - 0x5d12a000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\comctl32.dll

VM Arguments:
jvm_args: -Xss20m -Xms400m -Xmx800m
java_command: CEAW 14100 99
Launcher Type: SUN_STANDARD

Environment Variables:
PATH=C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem
OS=Windows_NT
PROCESSOR_IDENTIFIER=x86 Family 6 Model 23 Stepping 10, GenuineIntel



--------------- S Y S T E M ---------------

OS: Windows XP Build 2600 Service Pack 3

CPU:total 1 (cores per cpu 1, threads per core 1) family 6 model 7 stepping 10, cmov, cx8, fxsr, mmx, sse, sse2

Memory: 4k page, physical 1048048k(809300k free), swap 2519916k(1778204k free)

vm_info: Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (1.5.0_16-b02) for windows-x86, built on May 28 2008 01:04:49 by "java_re" with MS VC++ 6.0

[Kragdob]

A question:

Does CEAW requires any JRE/JDK installations? I don't have any on my computer (having it ( v1.7.25) or not doesn't seem to help with the above error)

[VPaulus]

The java is included, so I don't think you need to install any JRE/JDK.
What's the CEAW 2.1 installer file name? is it "CEaW-112-GrandStrategy-Update-v210.exe"?

[Kragdob]

The java is included, so I don't think you need to install any JRE/JDK.
What's the CEAW 2.1 installer file name? is it "CEaW-112-GrandStrategy-Update-v210.exe"?

Yes, this is the file. I downloaded it from Slitherine webpage.

[VPaulus]

I suggest you to install the game again, but this use the Gold installer version that has 1.12 already included.
You'll need to email support[at]lsitherine.co.uk providing your order details (order reference number and the email address you used to place the order) and ask for a download link for the MHC Gold version.
Before installing it, please make sure that after uninstalling the game there are no files left in the folder where the game was previously installed. Delete all of them.
Then you can install MHC 1.2 and next GCEAW 2.1.

[Kragdob]

I didn't buy from Slitherine directly but rather from some retailer in Poland. It installed correctly (up to version 2.1) until this week.

[VPaulus]

Is the hardware the same? A new Windows installation?

[Kragdob]

I searched in my backups and found old snapshot of the VM that works. I managed to upgrade to version GS2.2r (3.0 beta release r). So for now I have something working.

I am going to try to run some debug on my 'fresh install' VM test instance. Right now I suspect that *exe installer collides with my machine (Win XP freshly installed, no java at all) somehow.