# Cannot launch the Designer on Linux using Oracle Java 8 **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Created:** [April 3, 2015, 7:33pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/cannot-launch-the-designer-on-linux-using-oracle-java-8/9874 "2015-04-03T19:33:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![AlThePal](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/althepal/32/3603_2.png) [@AlThePal](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/AlThePal)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2015, 7:33pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/cannot-launch-the-designer-on-linux-using-oracle-java-8/9874/1 "2015-04-03T19:33:54Z")
I just installed Java 8 on a client machine but when I tried to launch the Designer it froze with the Open/Create Project dialogue partially drawn. This was with Kubuntu 14.04, Java 1.8.0\_40 and Ignition 7.6.7. I then installed Ignition 7.7.4 on another Kubuntu 14.04 machine. The server seems to be happily using Java 8, but the same thing happens when trying to launch the Designer. On both machines when I reverted to using IcedTea (v1.5 using OpenJDK 1.7.0\_75) to launch the Designer it worked fine. Is this a known problem with Linux and Java 8? ---
**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2015, 7:40pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/cannot-launch-the-designer-on-linux-using-oracle-java-8/9874/2 "2015-04-03T19:40:52Z")
Are you launching via webstart or the native launcher? ---
**Author:** ![AlThePal](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/althepal/32/3603_2.png) [@AlThePal](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/AlThePal)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2015, 7:41pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/cannot-launch-the-designer-on-linux-using-oracle-java-8/9874/3 "2015-04-03T19:41:50Z")
Webstart. ---
**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2015, 7:57pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/cannot-launch-the-designer-on-linux-using-oracle-java-8/9874/4 "2015-04-03T19:57:38Z")
Welp… same thing happens for me. Thanks for the heads up. ---
**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2015, 7:59pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/cannot-launch-the-designer-on-linux-using-oracle-java-8/9874/5 "2015-04-03T19:59:08Z")
Works fine when using the native launcher, for what it’s worth. ---
**Author:** ![AlThePal](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/althepal/32/3603_2.png) [@AlThePal](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/AlThePal)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2015, 8:25pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/cannot-launch-the-designer-on-linux-using-oracle-java-8/9874/6 "2015-04-03T20:25:04Z")
Yes, the native launcher works here as well. ---
**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2015, 8:34pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/cannot-launch-the-designer-on-linux-using-oracle-java-8/9874/7 "2015-04-03T20:34:03Z")
Looks like it’s a Java bug, possibly the same or related to this: [bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8043393](https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8043393) It turns out we DO have this in our ticketing system as well. There’s no fix coming from us, just waiting on Oracle, who seems to have deemed Java 9 an appropriate target for the fix 😕 ---
**Author:** ![AlThePal](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/althepal/32/3603_2.png) [@AlThePal](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/AlThePal)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2015, 8:37pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/cannot-launch-the-designer-on-linux-using-oracle-java-8/9874/8 "2015-04-03T20:37:07Z")
😮 Oh well, roll on 2016 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![nmudge](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/nmudge/32/3394_2.png) [@nmudge](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nmudge)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2015, 9:35pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/cannot-launch-the-designer-on-linux-using-oracle-java-8/9874/9 "2015-04-03T21:35:19Z")
I guess this is why the native launchers were made. ---
**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2015, 11:43pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/cannot-launch-the-designer-on-linux-using-oracle-java-8/9874/10 "2015-04-04T23:43:39Z")
Indeed. I’ve been using nothing but the native launchers for a while now (Gentoo Linux / jdk 1.8.0.40 / kde)