[Coco] Drivewire 4 vs. Java 9

[Bill Pierce]

James, looks like they screwed us (again). We'll probably have to revert to older versions of Java just to run DW4, since there's no one keeping dw4 up to date :-(
BTW, I'm running 8.144 on Win7. Looks like I won't be updating anytime soon.

 

 

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-----Original Message-----
From: James Jones <jejones3141 at gmail.com>
To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Thu, Nov 16, 2017 10:59 am
Subject: [Coco] Drivewire 4 vs. Java 9

Anybody have luck running drivewire 4 under Java 9? I'm gettingJava HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM warning: Option UseConcMarkSweepGC wasdeprecated in version 9.0 and will likely be removed in a future release.Launch failed: ClassCastException:java.base/jdk.internal.loader.ClassLoaders$AppClassLoader cannot be cast tojava.base/java.net.URLClassLoaderand searching for that exception text turns up a lot of posts from peoplehaving issues running things on Java 9.James Jones-- Coco mailing listCoco at maltedmedia.comhttps://pairlist5.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/coco