hmcl: fail to launch old minecraft versions with openjdk8 #478262
Description
Nixpkgs version
- Stable (25.11)
Describe the bug
I have both hmcl and openjdk8 installed with home-manager, and old versions of minecraft (requires java8) will crash on launch.
steam-run hmcl also crashed, and here's my workaround:
# fhs environment
(let base = pkgs.appimageTools.defaultFhsEnvArgs; in
pkgs.buildFHSEnv (base // {
name = "fhs";
targetPkgs = pkgs:
(base.targetPkgs pkgs) ++ (with pkgs; [
pkg-config
ncurses
]
);
profile = "export FHS=1";
runScript = "${pkgs.writeShellScript "fhs-wrapper" ''
if [ $# -gt 0 ]; then
exec "$@"
else
exec zsh
fi
''}";
extraOutputsToInstall = ["dev"];
}))
];fhs hmcl works fine.
Steps to reproduce
- install
hmclandopenjdk8 - download minecraft 1.8.9 (or any version that requires java8)
- launch it
Expected behaviour
old versions of minecraft work fine
Screenshots
No response
Relevant log output
---- Minecraft Crash Report ----
// My bad.
Time: 9/1/26 10:11 AM
Description: Initializing game
java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError
at ave.ar(SourceFile:560)
at ave.am(SourceFile:361)
at ave.a(SourceFile:310)
at net.minecraft.client.main.Main.main(SourceFile:124)
Caused by: java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: 0
at org.lwjgl.opengl.LinuxDisplay.getAvailableDisplayModes(LinuxDisplay.java:951)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.LinuxDisplay.init(LinuxDisplay.java:738)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.<clinit>(Display.java:138)
... 4 more
A detailed walkthrough of the error, its code path and all known details is as follows:
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Head --
Stacktrace:
at ave.ar(SourceFile:560)
at ave.am(SourceFile:361)
-- Initialization --
Details:
Stacktrace:
at ave.a(SourceFile:310)
at net.minecraft.client.main.Main.main(SourceFile:124)
-- System Details --
Details:
Minecraft Version: 1.8.9
Operating System: Linux (amd64) version 6.12.63
Java Version: 1.8.0_472, Oracle Corporation
Java VM Version: OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (mixed mode), Oracle Corporation
Memory: 85241648 bytes (81 MB) / 167772160 bytes (160 MB) up to 3523215360 bytes (3360 MB)
JVM Flags: 17 total; -Xmx3332m -XX:+UnlockExperimentalVMOptions -XX:+UnlockDiagnosticVMOptions -XX:+UseG1GC -XX:G1MixedGCCountTarget=5 -XX:G1NewSizePercent=20 -XX:G1ReservePercent=20 -XX:MaxGCPauseMillis=50 -XX:G1HeapRegionSize=32m -XX:-OmitStackTraceInFastThrow -XX:MaxInlineLevel=15 -XX:-DontCompileHugeMethods -XX:MaxNodeLimit=240000 -XX:NodeLimitFudgeFactor=8000 -XX:TieredCompileTaskTimeout=10000 -XX:ReservedCodeCacheSize=400M -XX:NmethodSweepActivity=1
IntCache: cache: 0, tcache: 0, allocated: 0, tallocated: 0
Launched Version: 1.8.9
LWJGL: 2.9.4
OpenGL: ~~ERROR~~ RuntimeException: No OpenGL context found in the current thread.
GL Caps:
Using VBOs: No
Is Modded: Probably not. Jar signature remains and client brand is untouched.
Type: Client (map_client.txt)
Resource Packs: file/Fullbright-UB-1.21.zip
Current Language: ~~ERROR~~ NullPointerException: null
Profiler Position: N/A (disabled)
CPU: <unknown>Additional context
WM: sway (I guess it works fine in X11)
System metadata
- system:
"x86_64-linux" - host os:
Linux 6.12.63, NixOS, 25.11 (Xantusia), 25.11.20260104.dirty - multi-user?:
yes - sandbox:
yes - version:
nix-env (Nix) 2.31.2 - nixpkgs:
/nix/store/afk8r2xf4s01dcz833chvkis81ldrziv-source
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