"java.lang.NoSuchFieldError: threadAllocatedMemorySupport" when starting JBoss

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Issue

I have recently installed JBoss Developer Studio 4 and am starting to test with it.  When I try to start the jboss-eap server, with no applications deployed, it errors out.

ERROR [AbstractKernelController] Error installing to Instantiated: name=ServerInfo aliases=[jboss.system:type=ServerInfo] state=Described
java.lang.NoSuchFieldError: threadAllocatedMemorySupport
     at sun.management.VMManagementImpl.initOptionalSupportFields(Native Method)
     at sun.management.VMManagementImpl.<clinit>(VMManagementImpl.java:47)
     at sun.management.ManagementFactory.<clinit>(ManagementFactory.java:468)
     at java.lang.management.ManagementFactory.getThreadMXBean(ManagementFactory.java:374)
     at org.jboss.system.server.ServerInfo.<clinit>(ServerInfo.java:97)
     at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
     at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:39)
     at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:27)
     at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:513)
     at org.jboss.reflect.plugins.introspection.ReflectionUtils.newInstance(ReflectionUtils.java:149)
     at org.jboss.reflect.plugins.introspection.ReflectConstructorInfoImpl.newInstance(ReflectConstructorInfoImpl.java:106)
     at org.jboss.joinpoint.plugins.BasicConstructorJoinPoint.dispatch(BasicConstructorJoinPoint.java:80)
     at org.jboss.aop.microcontainer.integration.AOPConstructorJoinpoint.createTarget(AOPConstructorJoinpoint.java:296)
     at org.jboss.aop.microcontainer.integration.AOPConstructorJoinpoint.dispatch(AOPConstructorJoinpoint.java:115)
     at org.jboss.kernel.plugins.dependency.KernelControllerContextAction$JoinpointDispatchWrapper.execute(KernelControllerContextAction.java:243)
     at org.jboss.kernel.plugins.dependency.ExecutionWrapper.execute(ExecutionWrapper.java:47)
     at org.jboss.kernel.plugins.dependency.KernelControllerContextAction.dispatchExecutionWrapper(KernelControllerContextAction.java:111)
     at org.jboss.kernel.plugins.dependency.KernelControllerContextAction.dispatchJoinPoint(KernelControllerContextAction.java:72)
     at org.jboss.kernel.plugins.dependency.InstantiateAction.installActionInternal(InstantiateAction.java:66)
     at org.jboss.kernel.plugins.dependency.InstallsAwareAction.installAction(InstallsAwareAction.java:54)
     at org.jboss.kernel.plugins.dependency.InstallsAwareAction.installAction(InstallsAwareAction.java:42)
     at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.action.SimpleControllerContextAction.simpleInstallAction(SimpleControllerContextAction.java:62)
     at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.action.AccessControllerContextAction.install(AccessControllerContextAction.java:71)
     at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractControllerContextActions.install(AbstractControllerContextActions.java:51)
     at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractControllerContext.install(AbstractControllerContext.java:348)
     at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.install(AbstractController.java:1652)
     at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.incrementState(AbstractController.java:938)
     at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.resolveContexts(AbstractController.java:1082)
     at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.resolveContexts(AbstractController.java:988)
     at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.install(AbstractController.java:778)
     at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.install(AbstractController.java:543)
     at org.jboss.kernel.plugins.deployment.AbstractKernelDeployer.deployBean(AbstractKernelDeployer.java:319)
     at org.jboss.kernel.plugins.deployment.AbstractKernelDeployer.deployBeans(AbstractKernelDeployer.java:297)
     at org.jboss.kernel.plugins.deployment.AbstractKernelDeployer.deploy(AbstractKernelDeployer.java:130)
     at org.jboss.kernel.plugins.deployment.BasicKernelDeployer.deploy(BasicKernelDeployer.java:76)
     at org.jboss.bootstrap.microcontainer.TempBasicXMLDeployer.deploy(TempBasicXMLDeployer.java:91)
     at org.jboss.bootstrap.microcontainer.TempBasicXMLDeployer.deploy(TempBasicXMLDeployer.java:161)
     at org.jboss.bootstrap.microcontainer.ServerImpl.doStart(ServerImpl.java:138)
     at org.jboss.bootstrap.AbstractServerImpl.start(AbstractServerImpl.java:450)
     at org.jboss.Main.boot(Main.java:221)
     at org.jboss.Main$1.run(Main.java:556)
     at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:662)
Failed to boot JBoss

Environment

  • JBoss Developer Studio (JBDS) 4.0
  • JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP) 5.1

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