Error while uploading data

[Zverikk]

A user has mailed me about an exception while uploading data. He entered his login and password into a box, clicked "Authenticate" (I presume) and got this stacktrace:

Debian-Release: 0.0.svn6502+dfsg3-1
Build-Date: 2014-03-16 06:25:39
Revision: 6502
Is-Local-Build: true

Identification: JOSM/1.5 (6502 en) Linux Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS
Memory Usage: 304 MB / 1751 MB (218 MB allocated, but free)
Java version: 1.7.0_79, Oracle Corporation, OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM
Java package: openjdk-7-jre:amd64-7u79-2.5.6-0ubuntu1.14.04.1
VM arguments: [-Djava.net.useSystemProxies=true]
Dataset consistency test: No problems found


java.lang.NullPointerException
	at java.io.Reader.<init>(Reader.java:78)
	at java.io.InputStreamReader.<init>(InputStreamReader.java:72)
	at org.openstreetmap.josm.gui.help.HelpBrowser.buildStyleSheet(HelpBrowser.java:134)
	at org.openstreetmap.josm.gui.help.HelpBrowser.build(HelpBrowser.java:172)
	at org.openstreetmap.josm.gui.help.HelpBrowser.<init>(HelpBrowser.java:231)
	at org.openstreetmap.josm.gui.help.HelpBrowser.getInstance(HelpBrowser.java:73)
	at org.openstreetmap.josm.gui.help.HelpBrowser.setUrlForHelpTopic(HelpBrowser.java:84)
	at org.openstreetmap.josm.gui.help.ContextSensitiveHelpAction.actionPerformed(ContextSensitiveHelpAction.java:55)
	at javax.swing.AbstractButton.fireActionPerformed(AbstractButton.java:2018)
	at javax.swing.AbstractButton$Handler.actionPerformed(AbstractButton.java:2341)
	at javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.fireActionPerformed(DefaultButtonModel.java:402)
	at javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.setPressed(DefaultButtonModel.java:259)
	at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicButtonListener.mouseReleased(BasicButtonListener.java:252)
	at java.awt.AWTEventMulticaster.mouseReleased(AWTEventMulticaster.java:289)
	at java.awt.Component.processMouseEvent(Component.java:6516)
	at javax.swing.JComponent.processMouseEvent(JComponent.java:3312)
	at java.awt.Component.processEvent(Component.java:6281)
	at java.awt.Container.processEvent(Container.java:2229)
	at java.awt.Component.dispatchEventImpl(Component.java:4872)
	at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Container.java:2287)
	at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:4698)
	at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.retargetMouseEvent(Container.java:4832)
	at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.processMouseEvent(Container.java:4492)
	at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.dispatchEvent(Container.java:4422)
	at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Container.java:2273)
	at java.awt.Window.dispatchEventImpl(Window.java:2719)
	at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:4698)
	at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEventImpl(EventQueue.java:747)
	at java.awt.EventQueue.access$300(EventQueue.java:103)
	at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(EventQueue.java:706)
	at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(EventQueue.java:704)
	at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
	at java.security.ProtectionDomain$1.doIntersectionPrivilege(ProtectionDomain.java:76)
	at java.security.ProtectionDomain$1.doIntersectionPrivilege(ProtectionDomain.java:87)
	at java.awt.EventQueue$4.run(EventQueue.java:720)
	at java.awt.EventQueue$4.run(EventQueue.java:718)
	at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
	at java.security.ProtectionDomain$1.doIntersectionPrivilege(ProtectionDomain.java:76)
	at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:717)
	at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(EventDispatchThread.java:242)
	at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(EventDispatchThread.java:161)
	at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(EventDispatchThread.java:154)
	at java.awt.WaitDispatchSupport$2.run(WaitDispatchSupport.java:182)
	at java.awt.WaitDispatchSupport$4.run(WaitDispatchSupport.java:221)
	at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
	at java.awt.WaitDispatchSupport.enter(WaitDispatchSupport.java:219)
	at java.awt.Dialog.show(Dialog.java:1082)
	at java.awt.Component.show(Component.java:1655)
	at java.awt.Component.setVisible(Component.java:1607)
	at java.awt.Window.setVisible(Window.java:1014)
	at java.awt.Dialog.setVisible(Dialog.java:1005)
	at org.openstreetmap.josm.gui.io.CredentialDialog.setVisible(CredentialDialog.java:80)
	at org.openstreetmap.josm.io.auth.AbstractCredentialsAgent$1.run(AbstractCredentialsAgent.java:56)
	at java.awt.event.InvocationEvent.dispatch(InvocationEvent.java:302)
	at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEventImpl(EventQueue.java:745)
	at java.awt.EventQueue.access$300(EventQueue.java:103)
	at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(EventQueue.java:706)
	at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(EventQueue.java:704)
	at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
	at java.security.ProtectionDomain$1.doIntersectionPrivilege(ProtectionDomain.java:76)
	at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:715)
	at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(EventDispatchThread.java:242)
	at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(EventDispatchThread.java:161)
	at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(EventDispatchThread.java:154)
	at java.awt.WaitDispatchSupport$2.run(WaitDispatchSupport.java:182)
	at java.awt.WaitDispatchSupport$4.run(WaitDispatchSupport.java:221)
	at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
	at java.awt.WaitDispatchSupport.enter(WaitDispatchSupport.java:219)
	at java.awt.Dialog.show(Dialog.java:1082)
	at java.awt.Component.show(Component.java:1655)
	at java.awt.Component.setVisible(Component.java:1607)
	at java.awt.Window.setVisible(Window.java:1014)
	at java.awt.Dialog.setVisible(Dialog.java:1005)
	at org.openstreetmap.josm.gui.progress.PleaseWaitProgressMonitor$4.run(PleaseWaitProgressMonitor.java:172)
	at java.awt.event.InvocationEvent.dispatch(InvocationEvent.java:312)
	at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEventImpl(EventQueue.java:745)
	at java.awt.EventQueue.access$300(EventQueue.java:103)
	at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(EventQueue.java:706)
	at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(EventQueue.java:704)
	at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
	at java.security.ProtectionDomain$1.doIntersectionPrivilege(ProtectionDomain.java:76)
	at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:715)
	at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(EventDispatchThread.java:242)
	at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(EventDispatchThread.java:161)
	at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(EventDispatchThread.java:150)
	at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:146)
	at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:138)
	at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(EventDispatchThread.java:91)

It seems he used context-sensitive help, but I'm not sure. Could you investigate this please?

[Don-vip]

Josm 6502 ?! No way. Tell him to update.

[Zverikk]

Her :)