This has already been reported in #3754, but is apparently not fixed.
I can reproduce the failure for JabRef versions 4.0, 4.3.1, 5.0, 5.1, 5.2 and current 5.3--2021-03-09--5855bcf on Ubuntu 16.04 (openjdk version "1.8.0_282", openjfx 8u60-b27-4). It works in old JabRef 3.8.2.
Steps to reproduce the behavior:
- Switch to non-graphical TTY1
bin/JabRef -n --version
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException: Unable to open DISPLAY
at org.jabref.merged.module@5.3.170/com.sun.glass.ui.gtk.GtkApplication.lambda$new$6(Unknown Source)
at java.base/java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Unknown Source)
at org.jabref.merged.module@5.3.170/com.sun.glass.ui.gtk.GtkApplication.<init>(Unknown Source)
at org.jabref.merged.module@5.3.170/com.sun.glass.ui.gtk.GtkPlatformFactory.createApplication(Unknown Source)
at org.jabref.merged.module@5.3.170/com.sun.glass.ui.Application.run(Unknown Source)
at org.jabref.merged.module@5.3.170/com.sun.javafx.tk.quantum.QuantumToolkit.startup(Unknown Source)
at org.jabref.merged.module@5.3.170/com.sun.javafx.application.PlatformImpl.startup(Unknown Source)
at org.jabref.merged.module@5.3.170/com.sun.javafx.application.PlatformImpl.startup(Unknown Source)
at org.jabref.merged.module@5.3.170/com.sun.javafx.application.LauncherImpl.startToolkit(Unknown Source)
at org.jabref.merged.module@5.3.170/com.sun.javafx.application.LauncherImpl.launchApplication1(Unknown Source)
at org.jabref.merged.module@5.3.170/com.sun.javafx.application.LauncherImpl.lambda$launchApplication$2(Unknown Source)
at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
Failed to launch JVM
This has already been reported in #3754, but is apparently not fixed.
I can reproduce the failure for JabRef versions 4.0, 4.3.1, 5.0, 5.1, 5.2 and current 5.3--2021-03-09--5855bcf on Ubuntu 16.04 (openjdk version "1.8.0_282", openjfx 8u60-b27-4). It works in old JabRef 3.8.2.
Steps to reproduce the behavior:
bin/JabRef -n --version