Getting minecraft working

[MrTempleDene]

Hiya

I'm struggling to get minecraft working on my mageia 5 system, I just get

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java -jar Minecraft.jar
Exception in thread "main" java.awt.HeadlessException
        at java.awt.GraphicsEnvironment.checkHeadless(GraphicsEnvironment.java:204)
        at java.awt.Window.<init>(Window.java:536)
        at java.awt.Frame.<init>(Frame.java:420)
        at javax.swing.JFrame.<init>(JFrame.java:233)
        at net.minecraft.bootstrap.Bootstrap.<init>(Bootstrap.java:45)
        at net.minecraft.bootstrap.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:378)


I have this graphics card:ATI Radeon HD 5000 to HD 6300 (radeon/fglrx)
and OPEN GL is working fine.

I'm using this version of openjdk

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java -version
openjdk version "1.8.0_65"
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_65-b17)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.65-b01, mixed mode)

I've tried the suggestions in this thread

viewtopic.php?f=8&t=7099

And this thread

viewtopic.php?f=41&t=10426

To no avail

Any help gratefully accepted, my son is desperate for me to be able to play minecraft with him again (this was all working under Mageia 4

[ozky]

Problem is openjdk you need to install oracle java,see there read in official page please use oracle java.
You should also upgrade Mageia 4 to 5 as it's end of life so no any updates or support anymore.
https://minecraft.net/download
https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Install_java_oracle

[MrTempleDene]

Sorry, my mistake, I am on Mageia 5 and minecraft worked fine on Mageia 4

Getting my fingers in a muddle, I'll correct the OP

Is that really the only way to go, use Oracle Java? And what side effects could that have on my system as a whole? this is my main computer.