I received an error starting the server and Jonathan suggested it may be due to having the binary compiled with Java 1.7.
The binary is from https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachecassandra-134/org/apache/cassandra/apache-cassandra/1.1.4/apache-cassandra-1.1.4-bin.tar.gz $ ./cassandra xss = -ea -javaagent:./../lib/jamm-0.2.5.jar -XX:+UseThreadPriorities -XX:ThreadPriorityPolicy=42 -Xms1024M -Xmx1024M -Xmn200M -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError Cathy-Daws-MacBook-Pro:bin cathy$ Exception in thread "main" java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: org/apache/cassandra/thrift/CassandraDaemon : Unsupported major.minor version 51.0 at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method) at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClassCond(ClassLoader.java:631) at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:615) at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(SecureClassLoader.java:141) at java.net.URLClassLoader.defineClass(URLClassLoader.java:283) at java.net.URLClassLoader.access$000(URLClassLoader.java:58) at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:197) at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:190) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:306) at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:301) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:247) On Aug 13, 2012, at 4:09 PM, Jonathan Ellis wrote: > I just now added #4494 to CHANGES, but probably not worth re-rolling > for. +1 from me > > On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 4:44 PM, Eric Evans <eev...@acunu.com> wrote: >> There are bug-fixes worthy of a minor release sitting in 1.1, and >> Sylvain is taking a holiday, so here's hoping that I remember how all >> of this goes. >> >> I propose the following for release as 1.1.4. Check it over carefully >> though, it's entirely possible I missed dotting an I, or crossing a T >> somewhere. :) >> >> SHA1: 9dc5608 >> Git: >> http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=cassandra.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/tags/1.1.4-tentative >> Artifacts: >> https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachecassandra-134/org/apache/cassandra/apache-cassandra/1.1.4 >> Staging repository: >> https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachecassandra-134 >> >> The artifacts as well as the debian package are also available here: >> http://people.apache.org/~eevans >> >> The vote will be open for 72 hours (longer if needed). >> >> [1]: http://goo.gl/kmyHH (CHANGES.txt) >> [2]: http://goo.gl/Dw4mM (NEWS.txt) >> >> -- >> Eric Evans >> Acunu | http://www.acunu.com | @acunu > > > > -- > Jonathan Ellis > Project Chair, Apache Cassandra > co-founder of DataStax, the source for professional Cassandra support > http://www.datastax.com