Null pointer exception when trying to open non-existing file

[benelot]

Hi,

I get a null pointer exception and the IDE freezes if I do the following:

-I open the IDE
-I choose File->Open...
-I choose a file from 'Recently used' (Existing in Linux Nautilus showing the documents that are recently used by any program). The file was moved but 'Recently used still has the entry'.
-I choose Open.
-The IDE freezes and the last thing that is shown in the commandline below is:

Exception in thread "Thread-1" java.lang.NullPointerException
at
sun.awt.X11.GtkFileDialogPeer.setFileInternal(GtkFileDialogPeer.java:79)
at sun.awt.X11.GtkFileDialogPeer.run(Native Method)
at
sun.awt.X11.GtkFileDialogPeer.showNativeDialog(GtkFileDialogPeer.java:172)
at
sun.awt.X11.GtkFileDialogPeer.access$000(GtkFileDialogPeer.java:39)
at
sun.awt.X11.GtkFileDialogPeer$1.run(GtkFileDialogPeer.java:114)

(The exception is handwritten because it is not possible to copy it since the IDE is freezed. Please ask for further information since there might be a typo in the exception part)

After the occurence of this exception, I can not even close the IDE the close button on the window, I have to shoot the process with "kill processID".

[Riegerb]

I am having the same error with the same sequence of events. Any update on a fix?

Note: Upon further investigation, this error only throws if you attempt to access the Arduino sketch from the 'Recent FIles' option in the Ubuntu file system browser.

[ffissore]

Are you using the arduino provided by ubuntu repositories?

[Riegerb]

Using Arduino directly from the arduino.cc website

[ffissore]

Fixed. Will be part of 1.5.5 and available since tomorrow morning as a nightly build