Hi Stan, I see that the problem seems to be in Sonoma, not in Java or Netbeans.
We can do little to solve it, but at least I feel calmer for not being alone. 😉 Anyway, thank you very much for the response. Best! — — — Juan Miguel Escribano On 16/04/2024 10:14, Giles Winstanley wrote: > Hi Juan, > > Yes I've certainly encountered similar behaviour, which is frustrating and an > ongoing delay to development. > > Clearly issues were identified with Sonoma 14.4 and macOS on Apple Silicon > (https://bugs.java.com/bugdatabase/view_bug?bug_id=8327860). I managed to > bypass a significant amount of these issues by temporarily switching to Azul > Zulu OpenJDK, although it didn't resolve all issues. Now I've updated to > Sonoma 14.4.1 and have issues again, although a little different: > > Setup: > - macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 > - Eclipse Temurin OpenJDK 21.0.2 > - MacBook Pro M2 Max 16" > - External display (Acer Nitro XV273K) > > Symptoms: > - Frequent Netbeans hangs > - usually temporary & seem to recover after a short while following > Cmd-Option-Escape to bring up Force-Quit window (note: I do not need to > actually force-quit NB in these cases) > - occasional NB sudden crash/quit > - occasional system hang & forced logout > - occasional system hang & I must force reboot > - Console/system-log fails to show any obvious pattern, although there > are a few WindowServer crashes listed for related times > - WindowServer involvement seems to make sense given increased > frequency of issues when using external display > > My guess is it's some complicated interaction of new macOS WindowServer code > with Java's GUI-related code, and since Netbeans is a long-running > GUI-related process it acts as the main trigger. I seldom run other Java > GUI-based applications for long periods; if I did perhaps they'd also trigger > the issues. > > Doubt it helps, but you're certainly not the only one with these issues, and > the Sonoma 14.4 update seems instrumental in introducing issues. > > Stan > > On 16/04/2024 07:28, Juan Miguel Escribano wrote: >> Hello there, >> >> First, I'm not sure if the problem is in Netbeans or in Java itself or even >> in macOS, but I wanted to comment it here to see if it happens to anyone >> else. >> >> My system: >> MacBook Pro 16’ M2 Pro, with macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 >> Netbeans 21 >> Java: 21.0.2; OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM 21.0.2+13-LTS >> >> The problem only happens when I do not have the computer connected to an >> external monitor. If Netbeans is on the external monitor everything works >> fine, but when it is on the internal monitor is when the problem happened to >> me. >> What happens is that, without a defined pattern (at least I haven't been >> able to find it), macOS stops responding. The mouse pointer moves, but >> neither clicking nor pressing any key has any effect. >> I have to press the shutdown key several times and, after a while, the user >> session closes and reopens and the system responds. But if I don't restart >> it then Netbeans doesn't start. >> >> Has something like this happened to anyone? >> >> Thank you so much >> Best! >> — — — >> Juan Miguel Escribano >> >
