[KARAF-2206] The container fails to start correctly with IBM Java 6

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Critical
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.3.1
• Fix Version/s: 2.3.2, 2.4.0, 3.0.0
• Component/s: karaf

Environment

AIX 7.1 64bit with IBM Java 6 - see the details below (though, Linux+IBM Java 6 is reported to show the same behavior):

1. bootinfo -K
   64
2. uname -a
   AIX tal-aix02 1 7 000A9D96D600
3. oslevel
   7.1.0.0
4. java -version
   java version "1.6.0"
   Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build pap6460sr12-20121025_01(SR12))
   IBM J9 VM (build 2.4, JRE 1.6.0 IBM J9 2.4 AIX ppc64-64 jvmap6460sr12-20121024_126067 (JIT enabled, AOT enabled)
   J9VM - 20121024_126067
   JIT - r9_20120914_26057
   GC - 20120928_AA)
   JCL - 20121014_01
   #

• Assignee: Jean-Baptiste Onofré
• Reporter: Alexey Bespaly
• Created: 22/Feb/13 09:17
• Updated: 14/Sep/18 08:37
• Resolved: 01/Jul/13 16:32

Description

The instance seem to hang on start-up with the following exception:

1. ./karaf
   MAXDATA=0xB0000000@DSA
   IBM J9 VM (build 2.4, JRE 1.6.0 IBM J9 2.4 AIX ppc64-64 jvmap6460sr12-20121024_126067 (JIT enabled, AOT enabled)
   ERROR: Bundle org.apache.aries.blueprint.core [7] Error starting mvn:org.apache.aries.blueprint/org.apache.aries.blueprint.core/1.1.0 (org.osgi.framework.BundleException: Activator start error in bundle org.apache.aries.blueprint.core [7].)
   java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema
   at javax.xml.validation.SchemaFactory.newInstance(Unknown Source)
   at org.apache.aries.blueprint.namespace.NamespaceHandlerRegistryImpl.<init>(NamespaceHandlerRegistryImpl.java:98)
   at org.apache.aries.blueprint.container.BlueprintExtender.start(BlueprintExtender.java:87)
   at org.apache.felix.framework.util.SecureAction.startActivator(SecureAction.java:645)
   at org.apache.felix.framework.Felix.activateBundle(Felix.java:1977)
   at org.apache.felix.framework.Felix.startBundle(Felix.java:1895)
   at org.apache.felix.framework.Felix.setActiveStartLevel(Felix.java:1191)
   at org.apache.felix.framework.FrameworkStartLevelImpl.run(FrameworkStartLevelImpl.java:295)
   at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:738)

In the Karaf log file, we find:

Feb 20, 2013 6:08:04 AM org.apache.karaf.main.SimpleFileLock lock
INFO: locking
2013-02-20 06:08:04,766 | INFO | FelixStartLevel | fileinstall | ? ? | 6 - org.apache.felix.fileinstall - 3.2.6 | Installed /opt/apache-karaf-2.3.1-SNAPSHOT/etc/org.apache.karaf.log.cfg
2013-02-20 06:08:04,783 | INFO | FelixStartLevel | fileinstall | ? ? | 6 - org.apache.felix.fileinstall - 3.2.6 | Installed /opt/apache-karaf-2.3.1-SNAPSHOT/etc/org.apache.karaf.jaas.cfg
2013-02-20 06:08:05,120 | INFO | FelixStartLevel | core | ? ? | 22 - org.apache.aries.jmx.core - 1.1.1 | Starting JMX OSGi agent
2013-02-20 06:08:05,186 | INFO | FelixStartLevel | core | ? ? | 22 - org.apache.aries.jmx.core - 1.1.1 | Registering MBean with ObjectName [osgi.compendium:service=cm,version=1.3,framework=org.apache.felix.framework,uuid=bb0a67f0-ed5b-4b18-b071-160cdb75b12f] for service with service.id [10]
Feb 20, 2013 6:22:47 AM org.apache.karaf.main.SimpleFileLock lock
INFO: locking
2013-02-20 06:22:48,463 | INFO | FelixStartLevel | fileinstall | ? ? | 6 - org.apache.felix.fileinstall - 3.2.6 | Installed /opt/apache-karaf-2.3.1-SNAPSHOT/etc/org.apache.felix.fileinstall-deploy.cfg
2013-02-20 06:22:48,477 | INFO | FelixStartLevel | fileinstall | ? ? | 6 - org.apache.felix.fileinstall - 3.2.6 | Installed /opt/apache-karaf-2.3.1-SNAPSHOT/etc/org.apache.karaf.features.cfg
2013-02-20 06:22:48,483 | INFO | FelixStartLevel | fileinstall | ? ? | 6 - org.apache.felix.fileinstall - 3.2.6 | Installed /opt/apache-karaf-2.3.1-SNAPSHOT/etc/org.ops4j.pax.url.mvn.cfg
2013-02-20 06:22:48,496 | INFO | FelixStartLevel | fileinstall | ? ? | 6 - org.apache.felix.fileinstall - 3.2.6 | Installed /opt/apache-karaf-2.3.1-SNAPSHOT/etc/org.apache.karaf.features.obr.cfg
2013-02-20 06:22:48,501 | INFO | FelixStartLevel | fileinstall | ? ? | 6 - org.apache.felix.fileinstall - 3.2.6 | Installed /opt/apache-karaf-2.3.1-SNAPSHOT/etc/org.apache.karaf.shell.cfg
2013-02-20 06:22:48,506 | INFO | FelixStartLevel | fileinstall | ? ? | 6 - org.apache.felix.fileinstall - 3.2.6 | Installed /opt/apache-karaf-2.3.1-SNAPSHOT/etc/org.apache.karaf.features.repos.cfg
2013-02-20 06:22:48,511 | INFO | FelixStartLevel | fileinstall | ? ? | 6 - org.apache.felix.fileinstall - 3.2.6 | Installed /opt/apache-karaf-2.3.1-SNAPSHOT/etc/org.apache.karaf.management.cfg
2013-02-20 06:22:48,517 | INFO | FelixStartLevel | fileinstall | ? ? | 6 - org.apache.felix.fileinstall - 3.2.6 | Installed /opt/apache-karaf-2.3.1-SNAPSHOT/etc/org.ops4j.pax.logging.cfg
2013-02-20 06:22:48,522 | INFO | FelixStartLevel | fileinstall | ? ? | 6 - org.apache.felix.fileinstall - 3.2.6 | Installed /opt/apache-karaf-2.3.1-SNAPSHOT/etc/org.apache.karaf.log.cfg
2013-02-20 06:22:48,527 | INFO | FelixStartLevel | fileinstall | ? ? | 6 - org.apache.felix.fileinstall - 3.2.6 | Installed /opt/apache-karaf-2.3.1-SNAPSHOT/etc/org.apache.karaf.jaas.cfg
2013-02-20 06:22:48,866 | INFO | FelixStartLevel | core | ? ? | 22 - org.apache.aries.jmx.core - 1.1.1 | Starting JMX OSGi agent
2013-02-20 06:22:48,931 | INFO | FelixStartLevel | core | ? ? | 22 - org.apache.aries.jmx.core - 1.1.1 | Registering MBean with ObjectName [osgi.compendium:service=cm,version=1.3,framework=org.apache.felix.framework,uuid=f4bc1ef1-6c20-48e6-9aba-513c686a01b9] for service with service.id [10])