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This is surely not a new issue, but I can't resolve it using the questions already present:

The launcher said there was an update available, so I upgraded it. Now I am getting this Java error:

 Minecraft has crashed! ---------------------- Minecraft has stopped running because it encountered a problem. --- BEGIN ERROR REPORT 7cf3a456 -------- Generated 5/1/19 8:02 PM Minecraft: Minecraft 1.2.5 OS: Linux (amd64) version 4.15.0-48-generic Java: 1.8.0_191, Oracle Corporation VM: OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (mixed mode), Oracle Corporation LWJGL: 2.9.0 OpenGL: AMD CEDAR (DRM 2.50.0 / 4.15.0-48-generic, LLVM 6.0.0) version 3.0 Mesa 18.0.5, X.Org java.lang.NullPointerException at java.io.Reader.<init>(Reader.java:78) at java.io.InputStreamReader.<init>(InputStreamReader.java:97) at adn.a(SourceFile:62) at adn.a(SourceFile:99) at net.minecraft.client.Minecraft.a(SourceFile:262) at net.minecraft.client.Minecraft.run(SourceFile:657) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748) --- END ERROR REPORT 596c040e ----------

Curiously, the launcher can start the version 1.14 just fine (in demo mode, because money is tight!) but v1.2.5 (the latest full non-demo version) gives the above error. So something got messed up, but I can't determine what that is - so I can't fix it.

  1. This was from v2.1.1321 to v2.1.1676.
  2. running on Ubuntu Linux 16.04 LTS

  3. using OpenJDK 1.8, here is the "java -version" output:

    openjdk version "1.8.0_191"
    OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_191-8u191-b12-2ubuntu0.16.04.1-b12)
    OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.191-b12, mixed mode)

  4. Nothing is logged into /var/log/syslog so it's not Java itself that crashes.

  5. I can't find any hs_err_pid*.log that would yield more hints.
  6. There's no log files in ~/.minecraft that cover this time frame.
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    doubted. linked question simply asks for the errors, and said errors' fixes are out of date. Commented May 1, 2019 at 15:08
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    @EarthToAccess Perfect reason to edit the answer to update it, or post your own. It's also a canonical for that exact reason. Commented May 1, 2019 at 15:50
  • I did expand my question precisely because of the hint that I should do that if I didn't feel the dupe answers my issue. As it turns out, I found a solution that I will provide as an answer here. I'll see if I can integrate it into the canonical answer too, but it doesn't seem like a good fit there. Commented May 1, 2019 at 19:12
  • @Joachim and other close voters: Please don't close every error message question as duplicate of that. This has nothing to do with any of the error messages mentioned there. Commented May 1, 2019 at 19:54
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    @Fabian_Röling I noticed the NullPointerException in the title, found that same error in the linked question, so assumed a duplicate, especially since that linked thread wants to act as "a complete list of what error codes exist in Minecraft and how they occur, as well as how they can be resolved". That's not "nothing". Commented May 1, 2019 at 20:05

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I found a solution myself:

  1. rename the ~/.minecraft directory directory so Minecraft can't find it.
  2. start Minecraft again and start a fresh game. This will generate a new ~/.minecraft directory.
  3. Exit Minecraft and copy the saved games from the renamed ~/.minecraft/saves directory into the new one.
  4. Start Minecraft again and confirm it's working now.

This did the trick for me!

As per the bug report linked below, the fix might be even simpler than my steps above:

  1. edit ~/.minecraft/options.txt and find the line starting with lang=. Note the parameter value is all lowercase.
  2. Change the last two characters from lowercase to uppercase. E.g., change from en_en to en_EN.
  3. Save and try Minecraft again.
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    This issue report gives you more information: bugs.mojang.com/browse/MCL-5837 The solution suggested there is basically the same you already found. Commented May 1, 2019 at 19:56
  • Thank you Fabian! This tells me the fix is even simpler than what I did - literally just changing two characters in options.txt! Commented May 1, 2019 at 21:04

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