Minecraft crashing immediately upon launch [EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION]

[pmcmorris]

I've been having trouble getting Forge running on a Windows machine as the game immediately terminates on launch with 'Exit Code 1'. Unfortunately, that it of little help as it can be caused by almost any problem.  I feel like I've done all the basic troubleshooting steps.

1. Removed all mods (only Forge 1.20.1-47.2.5 installed)
2. Reinstalled JDK (17.0.9.0)
3. Tried launching with and without the JDK path set
4. Try deleting the whole .minecraft folder and starting over (using Minecraft 1.20.1)
5. Disable integrated Intel video card
6. Try getting updated video drivers

The last step there didn't actually work since this is an older machine and doesn't seem to get updates anymore (Fabric works fine on my newer PC). This computer uses a "Radeon RX Vega M GH" and I don't know if it really supports the latest OpenGL versions.  The last line listed in `.minecraft/logs/latest.log` is:

[11Nov.2023 13:41:04.458] [main/INFO] [EARLYDISPLAY/]: Trying GL version 4.6

Not sure that's gonna work but I haven't found a way to try older versions like 4.3, 4.2, etc.   But I only see this problem on Forge, the vanilla Minecraft works just fine. With more digging I found more interesting log files:

.minecraft/hs_err_pid1876.log:
 

#
# A fatal error has been detected by the Java Runtime Environment:
#
#  EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION (0xc0000005) at pc=0x00007ffffa4f3ca0, pid=1876, tid=13956
#
# JRE version: Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (17.0.9+11) (build 17.0.9+11-LTS-201)
# Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (17.0.9+11-LTS-201, mixed mode, sharing, tiered, compressed oops, compressed class ptrs, g1 gc, windows-amd64)
# Problematic frame:
# C  [atio6axx.dll+0x193ca0]
#
# No core dump will be written. Minidumps are not enabled by default on client versions of Windows
#
# If you would like to submit a bug report, please visit:
#   https://bugreport.java.com/bugreport/crash.jsp
# The crash happened outside the Java Virtual Machine in native code.
# See problematic frame for where to report the bug.
#

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Command Line: -XX:HeapDumpPath=MojangTricksIntelDriversForPerformance_javaw.exe_minecraft.exe.heapdump -Xss1M -Djava.library.path=C:\Users\Kiddos\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\bin\4c11688af835c7b6a89334244517a1c19a777b03 -Djna.tmpdir=C:\Users\Kiddos\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\bin\4c11688af835c7b6a89334244517a1c19a777b03 -Dorg.lwjgl.system.SharedLibraryExtractPath=C:\Users\Kiddos\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\bin\4c11688af835c7b6a89334244517a1c19a777b03 -Dio.netty.native.workdir=C:\Users\Kiddos\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\bin\4c11688af835c7b6a89334244517a1c19a777b03 -Dminecraft.launcher.brand=minecraft-launcher -Dminecraft.launcher.version=2.13.7 -Djava.net.preferIPv6Addresses=system -DignoreList=bootstraplauncher,securejarhandler,asm-commons,asm-util,asm-analysis,asm-tree,asm,JarJarFileSystems,client-extra,fmlcore,javafmllanguage,lowcodelanguage,mclanguage,forge-,1.20.1-forge-47.2.5.jar -DmergeModules=jna-5.10.0.jar,jna-platform-5.10.0.jar -DlibraryDirectory=C:\Users\Kiddos\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries --module-path=C:\Users\Kiddos\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries/cpw/mods/bootstraplauncher/1.1.2/bootstraplauncher-1.1.2.jar;C:\Users\Kiddos\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries/cpw/mods/securejarhandler/2.1.10/securejarhandler-2.1.10.jar;C:\Users\Kiddos\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries/org/ow2/asm/asm-commons/9.5/asm-commons-9.5.jar;C:\Users\Kiddos\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries/org/ow2/asm/asm-util/9.5/asm-util-9.5.jar;C:\Users\Kiddos\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries/org/ow2/asm/asm-analysis/9.5/asm-analysis-9.5.jar;C:\Users\Kiddos\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries/org/ow2/asm/asm-tree/9.5/asm-tree-9.5.jar;C:\Users\Kiddos\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries/org/ow2/asm/asm/9.5/asm-9.5.jar;C:\Users\Kiddos\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries/net/minecraftforge/JarJarFileSystems/0.3.19/JarJarFileSystems-0.3.19.jar --add-modules=ALL-MODULE-PATH --add-opens=java.base/java.util.jar=cpw.mods.securejarhandler --add-opens=java.base/java.lang.invoke=cpw.mods.securejarhandler --add-exports=java.base/sun.security.util=cpw.mods.securejarhandler --add-exports=jdk.naming.dns/com.sun.jndi.dns=java.naming -Xmx2G -XX:+UnlockExperimentalVMOptions -XX:+UseG1GC -XX:G1NewSizePercent=20 -XX:G1ReservePercent=20 -XX:MaxGCPauseMillis=50 -XX:G1HeapRegionSize=32M cpw.mods.bootstraplauncher.BootstrapLauncher --username pmcmorris --version 1.20.1-forge-47.2.5 --gameDir C:\Users\Kiddos\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft --assetsDir C:\Users\Kiddos\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\assets --assetIndex 5 --uuid e3e3986501804ad38dfab047ab67cb09 --accessToken eyJraWQiOiJhYzg0YSIsImFsZyI6IkhTMjU2In0.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.0Lmb7xuA8n5olKxsMO1V-PQ8nvx88q9riym7KQxsYrw --clientId ZmIzMGNjYzktZDczMi00YzhlLTgwOTktNjc1MWEyN2M1M2Uw --xuid 2535417210336239 --userType msa --versionType release --quickPlayPath C:\Users\Kiddos\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\quickPlay\java\1699738861570.json --launchTarget forgeclient --fml.forgeVersion 47.2.5 --fml.mcVersion 1.20.1 --fml.forgeGroup net.minecraftforge --fml.mcpVersion 20230612.114412

Host: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8809G CPU @ 3.10GHz, 8 cores, 31G,  Windows 11 , 64 bit Build 22621 (10.0.22621.2428)
Time: Sat Nov 11 13:41:04 2023 Pacific Standard Time elapsed time: 2.785871 seconds (0d 0h 0m 2s)

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Current thread (0x00000217cc0c38b0):  JavaThread "main" [_thread_in_native, id=13956, stack(0x0000003779200000,0x0000003779300000)]

Stack: [0x0000003779200000,0x0000003779300000],  sp=0x00000037792fbbb8,  free space=1006k
Native frames: (J=compiled Java code, j=interpreted, Vv=VM code, C=native code)
C  [atio6axx.dll+0x193ca0]

Java frames: (J=compiled Java code, j=interpreted, Vv=VM code)
j  org.lwjgl.system.JNI.invokePPPP(IIJJJJ)J+0 [email protected]+7
j  org.lwjgl.glfw.GLFW.nglfwCreateWindow(IIJJJ)J+14 [email protected]+7
j  org.lwjgl.glfw.GLFW.glfwCreateWindow(IILjava/lang/CharSequence;JJ)J+34 [email protected]+7
j  net.minecraftforge.fml.earlydisplay.DisplayWindow.initWindow(Ljava/lang/String;)V+408 [email protected]
j  net.minecraftforge.fml.earlydisplay.DisplayWindow.start(Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;)Ljava/lang/Runnable;+14 [email protected]
j  net.minecraftforge.fml.earlydisplay.DisplayWindow.initialize([Ljava/lang/String;)Ljava/lang/Runnable;+410 [email protected]
j  net.minecraftforge.fml.loading.ImmediateWindowHandler.load(Ljava/lang/String;[Ljava/lang/String;)V+180 [email protected]
j  net.minecraftforge.fml.loading.ModDirTransformerDiscoverer.earlyInitialization(Ljava/lang/String;[Ljava/lang/String;)V+2 [email protected]
j  cpw.mods.modlauncher.TransformationServicesHandler.lambda$discoverServices$18(Lcpw/mods/modlauncher/ArgumentHandler$DiscoveryData;Lcpw/mods/modlauncher/serviceapi/ITransformerDiscoveryService;)V+9 [email protected]
j  cpw.mods.modlauncher.TransformationServicesHandler$$Lambda$416+0x00000217811d2d40.accept(Ljava/lang/Object;)V+8 [email protected]
J 2271 c1 java.lang.Iterable.forEach(Ljava/util/function/Consumer;)V [email protected] (39 bytes) @ 0x00000217d3cc2b9c [0x00000217d3cc28a0+0x00000000000002fc]
j  cpw.mods.modlauncher.TransformationServicesHandler.discoverServices(Lcpw/mods/modlauncher/ArgumentHandler$DiscoveryData;)V+145 [email protected]
j  cpw.mods.modlauncher.Launcher.run([Ljava/lang/String;)V+14 [email protected]
j  cpw.mods.modlauncher.Launcher.main([Ljava/lang/String;)V+78 [email protected]
j  cpw.mods.modlauncher.BootstrapLaunchConsumer.accept([Ljava/lang/String;)V+1 [email protected]
j  cpw.mods.modlauncher.BootstrapLaunchConsumer.accept(Ljava/lang/Object;)V+5 [email protected]
j  cpw.mods.bootstraplauncher.BootstrapLauncher.main([Ljava/lang/String;)V+515 [email protected]
v  ~StubRoutines::call_stub

siginfo: EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION (0xc0000005), reading address 0xffffffffffffffff

I'm not really sure where to go from here as there was some kind of crash in creating the initial window in GLFW...

Anyone have any ideas?

[Paint_Ninja]

Your issue is caused by broken drivers. While you said you updated them, it sounds like they reverted to the broken state. It's important you follow the guide in the FAQ for updating instead, as it covers how to avoid this scenario and ensure that they stay updated