id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	priority	milestone	component	version	resolution	keywords	cc
7210	error loading preferences	wolfgang@…	team	"Since today josm is no longer loading its preferences at startup for me, giving this error messages:

Repository Root: http://josm.openstreetmap.de/svn
Build-Date: 2011-12-19 02:32:42
Last Changed Author: Don-vip
Revision: 4667
Repository UUID: 0c6e7542-c601-0410-84e7-c038aed88b3b
URL: http://josm.openstreetmap.de/svn/trunk
Last Changed Date: 2011-12-19 00:02:30 +0100 (Mon, 19 Dec 2011)
Last Changed Rev: 4667

FEHLER:  ''
java.lang.NullPointerException
        at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.jaxp.validation.StAXValidatorHelper.validate(StAXValidatorHelper.java:95)
        at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.jaxp.validation.ValidatorImpl.validate(ValidatorImpl.java:114)
        at javax.xml.validation.Validator.validate(Validator.java:127)
        at org.openstreetmap.josm.data.Preferences.validateXML(Preferences.java:1436)
        at org.openstreetmap.josm.data.Preferences.load(Preferences.java:580)
        at org.openstreetmap.josm.data.Preferences.load(Preferences.java:542)
        at org.openstreetmap.josm.data.Preferences.init(Preferences.java:678)
        at org.openstreetmap.josm.gui.MainApplication.main(MainApplication.java:190)
GET http://api.openstreetmap.org/api/capabilities... OK
Kommunikation mit http://api.openstreetmap.org/api mittels Protokollversion 0.6 etabliert.

If I end josm now and start it again I get the same error, so josm is also not able to read the newly created preferences file. I already removed my .josm folder which did not change anything.
The two things I have changed recently:
- rebuild java with new timezone config
- updated to josm 4667

System information:
$ uname -a
FreeBSD vulcan.lyxys.ka.sub.org 8.2-STABLE FreeBSD 8.2-STABLE #19: Sat Dec 24 09:23:02 CET 2011 wolfgang@vulcan.lyxys.ka.sub.org:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC  amd64

$ java -version
java version ""1.6.0_03-p4""
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_03-p4-wolfgang_25_dec_2011_15_57-b00)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 1.6.0_03-p4-wolfgang_25_dec_2011_15_57-b00, mixed mode)
"	defect	closed	normal		Core	tested	duplicate