IntelliJ IDEA 5 hangs on the Startup Screen

nante wrote:

When I start IntelliJ IDEA, it displays the startup
screen and will freeze until I press ctrlaltdel and
end the task.

I hope that you guys can help me on how to fix the problem.

java.lang.NullPointerException
at java.util.Hashtable.get(Hashtable.java:336)
at java.awt.Component.getFontMetrics(Component.java:2494)
at javax.swing.JComponent.getFontMetrics(JComponent.java:1580)
...

It looks like you've got some busted fonts. You'll need to find which
one is causing the problem and remove it.

Ciao,
Gordon

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Gordon Tyler (Software Developer)
Quest Software <http://www.quest.com/>
260 King Street East, Toronto, Ontario M5A 4L5, Canada
Voice: (416) 933-5046 | Fax: (416) 933-5001

Just saw this in another thread. You may want to try the test program
listed in this Knowledge Base article to see if it is a font that's
causing the problem and which one.

http://support.jetbrains.com/kb/entry.jspa?externalID=172&categoryID=4

Ciao,
Gordon

--
Gordon Tyler (Software Developer)
Quest Software <http://www.quest.com/>
260 King Street East, Toronto, Ontario M5A 4L5, Canada
Voice: (416) 933-5046 | Fax: (416) 933-5001

I compiled the program and removed the fonts that are causing the program to crash but Idea still refuses to start up.

Here is the log file:

(a:78)
	at com.intellij.util.ProfilingUtil.initController(ProfilingUtil.java:35)
	at com.intellij.util.ProfilingUtil.(ProfilingUtil.java:31)
	at com.intellij.util.CaptureMemorySnapshotAction.update(CaptureMemorySnapshotAction.java:3)
	at com.intellij.openapi.actionSystem.impl.Utils.expandActionGroup(Utils.java:30)
	at com.intellij.openapi.actionSystem.impl.ActionToolbarImpl.updateActions(ActionToolbarImpl.java:63)
	at com.intellij.openapi.actionSystem.impl.ActionToolbarImpl.(ActionToolbarImpl.java:82)
	at com.intellij.openapi.actionSystem.impl.ActionManagerImpl.createActionToolbar(ActionManagerImpl.java:114)
	at com.intellij.openapi.wm.impl.IdeRootPane.a(IdeRootPane.java:21)
	at com.intellij.openapi.wm.impl.IdeRootPane.updateToolbar(IdeRootPane.java:23)
	at com.intellij.openapi.wm.impl.IdeRootPane.(IdeRootPane.java:6)
	at com.intellij.openapi.wm.impl.IdeFrame.(IdeFrame.java:28)
	at com.intellij.openapi.wm.impl.WindowManagerImpl.showFrame(WindowManagerImpl.java:69)
	at com.intellij.idea.IdeaApplication$IdeStarter.main(IdeaApplication.java:9)
	at com.intellij.idea.IdeaApplication.run(IdeaApplication.java:40)
	at com.intellij.idea.Main$3.run(Main.java:1)
	at java.awt.event.InvocationEvent.dispatch(InvocationEvent.java:209)
	at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:461)
	at com.intellij.ide.IdeEventQueue.defaultDispatchEvent(IdeEventQueue.java:65)
	at com.intellij.ide.IdeEventQueue.a(IdeEventQueue.java:56)
	at com.intellij.ide.IdeEventQueue.dispatchEvent(IdeEventQueue.java:160)
	at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForHierarchy(EventDispatchThread.java:242)
	at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(EventDispatchThread.java:163)
	at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:157)
	at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:149)
	at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(EventDispatchThread.java:110)
2005-09-21 13:17:08,780 [  42290]  ERROR - com.intellij.ide.IdeEventQueue - Error during dispatching of java.awt.event.InvocationEvent[INVOCATION_DEFAULT,runnable=com.intellij.idea.Main$3@1fe8714,notifier=null,catchExceptions=false,when=1127279798080] on sun.awt.windows.WToolkit@1ef3d1b 
2005-09-21 13:17:08,780 [  42290]  ERROR - com.intellij.ide.IdeEventQueue - IntelliJ IDEA 5.0  Build #3436 
2005-09-21 13:17:08,780 [  42290]  ERROR - com.intellij.ide.IdeEventQueue - JDK: 1.5.0_04 
2005-09-21 13:17:08,780 [  42290]  ERROR - com.intellij.ide.IdeEventQueue - VM: Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM 
2005-09-21 13:17:08,780 [  42290]  ERROR - com.intellij.ide.IdeEventQueue - Vendor: Sun Microsystems Inc. 
2005-09-21 13:17:08,780 [  42290]  ERROR - com.intellij.ide.IdeEventQueue - OS: Windows 98 
2005-09-21 13:17:08,780 [  42290]  ERROR - com.intellij.ide.IdeEventQueue - Last Action:  
2005-09-21 13:17:08,780 [  42290]  ERROR - com.intellij.ide.IdeEventQueue - Error during dispatching of java.awt.event.InvocationEvent[INVOCATION_DEFAULT,runnable=com.intellij.idea.Main$3@1fe8714,notifier=null,catchExceptions=false,when=1127279798080] on sun.awt.windows.WToolkit@1ef3d1b 
java.lang.NullPointerException
	at java.util.Hashtable.get(Hashtable.java:336)
	at java.awt.Component.getFontMetrics(Component.java:2494)
	at javax.swing.JComponent.getFontMetrics(JComponent.java:1580)
	at com.intellij.openapi.wm.impl.status.MemoryUsagePanel$IndicatorPanel.getPreferedWidth(MemoryUsagePanel.java:31)
	at com.intellij.openapi.wm.impl.status.MemoryUsagePanel$IndicatorPanel.updateUI(MemoryUsagePanel.java:29)
	at javax.swing.JPanel.(JPanel.java:64)
	at javax.swing.JPanel.(JPanel.java:87)
	at javax.swing.JPanel.(JPanel.java:95)
	at com.intellij.openapi.wm.impl.status.MemoryUsagePanel$IndicatorPanel.(MemoryUsagePanel.java:20)
	at com.intellij.openapi.wm.impl.status.MemoryUsagePanel.(MemoryUsagePanel.java:25)
	at com.intellij.openapi.wm.impl.status.StatusBarImpl.(StatusBarImpl.java:51)
	at com.intellij.openapi.wm.impl.IdeRootPane.b(IdeRootPane.java:54)
	at com.intellij.openapi.wm.impl.IdeRootPane.(IdeRootPane.java:43)
	at com.intellij.openapi.wm.impl.IdeFrame.(IdeFrame.java:28)
	at com.intellij.openapi.wm.impl.WindowManagerImpl.showFrame(WindowManagerImpl.java:69)
	at com.intellij.idea.IdeaApplication$IdeStarter.main(IdeaApplication.java:9)
	at com.intellij.idea.IdeaApplication.run(IdeaApplication.java:40)
	at com.intellij.idea.Main$3.run(Main.java:1)
	at java.awt.event.InvocationEvent.dispatch(InvocationEvent.java:209)
	at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:461)
	at com.intellij.ide.IdeEventQueue.defaultDispatchEvent(IdeEventQueue.java:65)
	at com.intellij.ide.IdeEventQueue.a(IdeEventQueue.java:56)
	at com.intellij.ide.IdeEventQueue.dispatchEvent(IdeEventQueue.java:160)
	at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForHierarchy(EventDispatchThread.java:242)
	at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(EventDispatchThread.java:163)
	at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:157)
	at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:149)
	at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(EventDispatchThread.java:110)
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And how do I fix the first exception?

First exception is not a problem at all since it's just information internal
profiling API is not enabled. BTW the stacktrace is removed from the log
(so it doesn't confuse users anymore) in 5.0.1

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Maxim Shafirov
http://www.jetbrains.com
"Develop with pleasure!"