So I’ve used jbidwatcher for a very long time now (8-10+yr?), and the last 2.99-pre5 with ruby scripting enabled broke it from working on like every linux I’ve used, now for years with different distributions, including Ubuntu and Arch Linux.

I’ve loaded jruby and about every other lib I know to try and fix compatibility, but under linux your jar doesn’t seem to look in the right place for whatever it wants. The debugs are vague, but in any regard, jbidwatcher doesn’t launch and doesn’t work in this version under linux since enabling default the scripting. I use an older version (JBidwatcher 2.5.6-11-gac197d6), highly dysfunctional, but it’s otherwise usable for snipes as long as I don’t expect it not to lose the result after successful bid.

I can’t use 2.99-pre5 due to ruby dependencies, so using the prior version under derby db randomly loses/adds/corrupts entries every time it gets restarted. Not sure if this is Derby broken or JBidwatcher. Pre-auction works, keeps cost, snipe, and will snipe successfully. If I add an auction and do not bid, it will randomly move to complete, or not, which is more often the case. I think meaning it’s not updating the DB, the auction is more often just gone after completion.

Even more odd, occasionally I restart the desktop or system, and it auto-starts, with like 50 duplicate historical entries of the same things, sometimes very old from my historical searches. Sometimes it starts with nothing but one or two random old entries. It’s rather perplexing what would cause such random behaviour for like the past 2 years across both ubuntu AND arch linux using mostly the same java 1.8’s.

It seems I’m the last person on earth using linux with jbidwatcher (only reason I use anything java, period – it should die, please.), so for what it’s worth, jbidwatcher hasn’t worked properly in some time now. It would be nice to see it work again, or a successful port to something not oracle-owned and molested (and forgotten).

No help but I have never had an issue on Fedora or Ubuntu.

no help either, but just FYI, JBW 2.99-pre5 still works for me under Mac OS X. Sometimes thumbs don’t show up, but not bothering me as long as it will snipe and win me the auction, which just happened today.

For me too: macOS 10.12.6 (16G1918), but i have to add the auctions manually.

Get my ebay items isn’t working for month.

my setup is Mac OS X 10.13.6
I can drag the URL to JBW it will add all links, but thumbs sometimes work, sometimes not. Don’t bother me much, but it does fire and snipe and win me some sometimes (as long as I big high enough LOL).

I only keep listings in CURRENT tab, and I keep all items won in a tab I created called WON, and “Get My eBay Items” doesn’t seem to work, but I can use web browser “my eBay” to manage okay there.

I will upgrade to 10.14 Mojave soon after I configure my new Mac Mini, I am adding RAM and get SSD in it to make it my next desktop Mac. My current one boots in aboutu 7 seconds to login panel, and that’s what I want or better for the new one I will build and upgrade to.

Have fun bidding. Remember, you need to bid high enough in order to win. Sometimes I am just too darn “cheap” to snipe at a high $ amount and JBW will complaint about cannot snipe due to current price is higher than my set bid price….LOL.