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Does anybody know the meaning of this error message?

java.lang.RuntimeException: failed to load system cursor: DnD.Cursor.CopyDrop

After new Install of Ubuntu 17.10 (Xfce), OpenJava1.8., Netbeans freezes while showing the splash. Another JavaApp, "TV-Browser", has problems too. Other Java Apps run properly. ~/.netbeans/8.2/var/log/messages.log shows:

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Log Session: Wednesday, November 29, 2017 3:02:48 PM CET
System Info: 
Product Version = NetBeans IDE 8.2 (Build 201609300101) (#5fd841261bf9)
Operating System = Linux version 4.13.0-17-generic running on amd64
Java; VM; Vendor = 1.8.0_151; OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM 25.151-b12; Oracle Corporation
Runtime = OpenJDK Runtime Environment 1.8.0_151-8u151-b12-0ubuntu0.17.10.2-b12
Java Home = /usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64/jre
System Locale; Encoding = de_DE (nb); UTF-8
Home Directory = /home/ralph
Current Directory = /home/ralph
User Directory = /home/ralph/.netbeans/8.2
Cache Directory = /home/ralph/.cache/netbeans/8.2
Installation = /usr/local/netbeans-8.2/nb
/usr/local/netbeans-8.2/ide
/usr/local/netbeans-8.2/extide
/usr/local/netbeans-8.2/java
/usr/local/netbeans-8.2/apisupport
/usr/local/netbeans-8.2/websvccommon
/usr/local/netbeans-8.2/profiler
/usr/local/netbeans-8.2/harness
/usr/local/netbeans-8.2/javafx
/usr/local/netbeans-8.2/platform

[..]

java.lang.RuntimeException: failed to load system cursor: DnD.Cursor.CopyDrop : cannot load system cursor: CopyDrop.32x32
at java.awt.dnd.DragSource.load(DragSource.java:135)
at java.awt.dnd.DragSource.<clinit>(DragSource.java:148)
Caused: java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError
at org.netbeans.core.windows.view.ui.toolbars.DnDSupport.<clinit>(DnDSupport.java:118)
at org.netbeans.core.windows.view.ui.toolbars.ToolbarConfiguration.dndSupport(ToolbarConfiguration.java:132)
at org.netbeans.core.windows.view.ui.toolbars.ToolbarConfiguration.refresh(ToolbarConfiguration.java:312)
at org.netbeans.core.windows.view.ui.toolbars.ToolbarConfiguration.activate(ToolbarConfiguration.java:400)
at org.openide.awt.ToolbarPool.activate(ToolbarPool.java:245)
at org.openide.awt.ToolbarPool.setConfigurationNow(ToolbarPool.java:329)
at org.openide.awt.ToolbarPool.setConfiguration(ToolbarPool.java:301)
at org.netbeans.core.windows.view.DefaultView.showWindowSystem(DefaultView.java:567)
at org.netbeans.core.windows.view.DefaultView.windowSystemVisibilityChanged(DefaultView.java:542)
at org.netbeans.core.windows.view.DefaultView.changeGUI(DefaultView.java:187)
at org.netbeans.core.windows.ViewRequestor.dispatchRequest(ViewRequestor.java:275)
at org.netbeans.core.windows.ViewRequestor.processVisibilityRequest(ViewRequestor.java:264)
at org.netbeans.core.windows.ViewRequestor.postVisibilityRequest(ViewRequestor.java:201)
at org.netbeans.core.windows.ViewRequestor.scheduleRequest(ViewRequestor.java:121)
at org.netbeans.core.windows.Central.setVisible(Central.java:140)
at org.netbeans.core.windows.WindowManagerImpl.setVisible(WindowManagerImpl.java:931)
at org.netbeans.core.windows.WindowSystemImpl.show(WindowSystemImpl.java:105)
at org.netbeans.core.GuiRunLevel$InitWinSys.run(GuiRunLevel.java:244)
at java.awt.event.InvocationEvent.dispatch(InvocationEvent.java:311)
at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEventImpl(EventQueue.java:756)
at java.awt.EventQueue.access$500(EventQueue.java:97)
at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(EventQueue.java:709)
at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(EventQueue.java:703)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(ProtectionDomain.java:80)
at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:726)
at org.netbeans.core.TimableEventQueue.dispatchEvent(TimableEventQueue.java:159)
[catch] at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(EventDispatchThread.java:201)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(EventDispatchThread.java:116)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(EventDispatchThread.java:105)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:101)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:93)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(EventDispatchThread.java:82)
java.lang.RuntimeException: cannot load system cursor: CopyDrop.32x32
at sun.awt.X11.XToolkit.lazilyLoadDesktopProperty(XToolkit.java:1541)
at java.awt.Toolkit.getDesktopProperty(Toolkit.java:1803)
at java.awt.dnd.DragSource.load(DragSource.java:131)
at java.awt.dnd.DragSource.<clinit>(DragSource.java:148)
at org.netbeans.core.windows.view.ui.toolbars.DnDSupport.<clinit>(DnDSupport.java:118)
at org.netbeans.core.windows.view.ui.toolbars.ToolbarConfiguration.dndSupport(ToolbarConfiguration.java:132)
at org.netbeans.core.windows.view.ui.toolbars.ToolbarConfiguration.refresh(ToolbarConfiguration.java:312)
at org.netbeans.core.windows.view.ui.toolbars.ToolbarConfiguration.activate(ToolbarConfiguration.java:400)
at org.openide.awt.ToolbarPool.activate(ToolbarPool.java:245)
at org.openide.awt.ToolbarPool.setConfigurationNow(ToolbarPool.java:329)
at org.openide.awt.ToolbarPool.setConfiguration(ToolbarPool.java:301)
at org.netbeans.core.windows.view.DefaultView.showWindowSystem(DefaultView.java:567)
at org.netbeans.core.windows.view.DefaultView.windowSystemVisibilityChanged(DefaultView.java:542)
at org.netbeans.core.windows.view.DefaultView.changeGUI(DefaultView.java:187)
at org.netbeans.core.windows.ViewRequestor.dispatchRequest(ViewRequestor.java:275)
at org.netbeans.core.windows.ViewRequestor.processVisibilityRequest(ViewRequestor.java:264)
at org.netbeans.core.windows.ViewRequestor.postVisibilityRequest(ViewRequestor.java:201)
at org.netbeans.core.windows.ViewRequestor.scheduleRequest(ViewRequestor.java:121)
at org.netbeans.core.windows.Central.setVisible(Central.java:140)
at org.netbeans.core.windows.WindowManagerImpl.setVisible(WindowManagerImpl.java:931)
at org.netbeans.core.windows.WindowSystemImpl.show(WindowSystemImpl.java:105)
at org.netbeans.core.GuiRunLevel$InitWinSys.run(GuiRunLevel.java:244)
at java.awt.event.InvocationEvent.dispatch(InvocationEvent.java:311)
at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEventImpl(EventQueue.java:756)
at java.awt.EventQueue.access$500(EventQueue.java:97)
at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(EventQueue.java:709)
at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(EventQueue.java:703)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(ProtectionDomain.java:80)
at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:726)
at org.netbeans.core.TimableEventQueue.dispatchEvent(TimableEventQueue.java:159)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(EventDispatchThread.java:201)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(EventDispatchThread.java:116)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(EventDispatchThread.java:105)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:101)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:93)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(EventDispatchThread.java:82)
Caused by: java.awt.AWTException: Exception: class java.lang.IllegalArgumentException Width (0) and height (0) must be non-zero occurred while creating cursor CopyDrop.32x32
at java.awt.Cursor.getSystemCustomCursor(Cursor.java:363)
at sun.awt.X11.XToolkit.lazilyLoadDesktopProperty(XToolkit.java:1539)
... 36 more
INFO [org.netbeans.modules.autoupdate.updateprovider.AutoupdateCatalogParser]: Unpaired license 00000008 without any module.
Zanna
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  • You appear to be affected by [this bug](https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity-mir/+bug/1250613) – Elder Geek Dec 02 '17 at 21:47
  • What is "OpenJava"? I know "OpenJDK" with "JDK" being an acronym for "Java Development Kit" but I never heard of the other. – David Foerster Dec 03 '17 at 12:00
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    I concur with @ElderGeek. This bug is a duplicate of [#1232471](https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg-server/+bug/1232471) which appears to be [“fixed in \[OpenJDK\] 8u152 and 9”](https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg-server/+bug/1232471/comments/20). – David Foerster Dec 03 '17 at 12:03
  • Close voters. Solution submitted. – Elder Geek Dec 04 '17 at 15:06

1 Answers1

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As noted by David Foerster in this comment, it appears that this bug in OpenJDK 8 has been squashed and the fix is to install OpenJDK 9. which is available for 17.10 in the Universe repository.

First, enable the repository if it isn't already.

Second install OpenJDK 9 with the command sudo apt install openjdk-9-jdk

If for some reason you wish to retain OpenJDK 8 you might want to familiarize yourself with how to switch between multiple java versions

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