unable to launch infinity evolved server from command line in OSX (solved)

[neurotopia]

Title:

unable to launch infinity evolved server from command line​

Launcher Version:

n/a​

Modpack:

infinity evolved​

Modpack Version:

2.5.0​

Log Link:

http://pastebin.com/kFrJ0CEQ​

Details of the issue:

i can double click the FTBServer-1.7.10-1614.jar and the server will launch via wrapper, but launching from command line results in crash. this is a dedicated server, so command line launch is necessary. i used to run a dedicated monster server on this machine (a while back) and remember there was a trick to getting it to work but can't remember (or find reference to) what i did. its a quad core intel hackintosh with 8 gigs of ram running mavericks and java 8.91.14 (64bit).​

 

[grandrolf]

Try out the provided ServerStart.sh and see if that works for you, you can modify the settings in it to fit your machine.

 

[mc.crab]

Java is Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM, version 1.6.0_65

Your log says it is launching with Java 6.

 

[neurotopia]

grandolf, using the ServerStart.sh yields the same results.

mc.crab, ahhhhhh... so i've got the server pointing at the wrong version of java? i will attempt to change that and let you know if that fixes the issue. thank you.

 

[neurotopia]

mc.crab, thank you for catching the version difference. this was, indeed, the problem. evidently this is not an entirely uncommon configuration issue with osx mavericks. when i updated my java the bash profile was not updated. for future reference (assuming someone else looks this up in the forums) there are two remedies:

1. install and update the SDK (vs. just the JRE which is what OSX does by default) or
2. enter the following terminal commands:
sudo rm /usr/bin/java
sudo ln -s /Library/Internet\ Plug-Ins/JavaAppletPlugin.plugin/Contents/Home/bin/java /usr/bin