On my Ubuntu I’m facing this JVM Bug which suddenly freezes the keyboard of IDEA. Now I’m trying Anils suggestion. Therefore I need to install a Java 7 snapshot:
- download self-extracting binary file of java 7 snapshot
- run
chmod +x jdk-7-ea-bin-b48-linux-i586-19_feb_2009.bin
to make it executable - run
./jdk-7-ea-bin-b48-linux-i586-19_feb_2009.bin
to extract the archive - run
sudo mv ./jdk1.7.0 /usr/lib/jvm
to move it to the other JVMs - run
update-alternatives --config java
to check how many JVMs you already installed - run
sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/java java /usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.7.0/jre/bin/java 3
I got 2 installations, so I need to specify a 3 - run
sudo update-alternatives --config java
to chance your java version. - run
java -version
to validate everything is fine
To tell IDEA 8.1 to run with Java 7 you need to add -Didea.no.jdk.check=true
in idea.vmoptions.
Keep your fingers crossed for me that this will fix that problem;)