Java 1.8u40 OSX , jalview webstart does not show menu

Jalview Discussion
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Hi ,
I am sorry I know I have seen this problem before and even solved it…but all ,my googling fails to yield a solution

I just accidentally upgraded my Java on OSX to the latest Java from Oracle JDK 1.8u40

Now my jalview webstart windows show up fine but the master menu is missing.

How can I get the menu back on OSX.

Thanks
Hari

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I got a temporary workaround despite running Java 1.8 u40

I downloaded the standalone JVM containing version of Jalview from the website
This Jalview.app does not launch on my Mac OSX running 10.10.2 Yosemite…it just blinks and disappears

I then looked at the readme for the standalone app and am launching Jalview from the commandline using this alias.:
alias jalview=‘java -Djava.ext.dirs=/Applications/Jalview/lib -jar /Applications/Jalview/jalview.jar’

I still dont know why the java webstart run jalview.jnlp does not show menus when run under the identical setup. I am also hoping that I can get the app to work.

Thanks
Hari

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On Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 4:22 PM, hari jayaram <harijay@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi ,
I am sorry I know I have seen this problem before and even solved it…but all ,my googling fails to yield a solution

I just accidentally upgraded my Java on OSX to the latest Java from Oracle JDK 1.8u40

Now my jalview webstart windows show up fine but the master menu is missing.

How can I get the menu back on OSX.

Thanks

Hari