Using Ubuntu 18.04, Minecraft Launcher 1.6.89-j and OpenJDK 10.0.1 it throws the following errors after starting Minecraft.jar and pressing the play button:
[23:21:35 INFO]: Ignoring visibility rule and showing launcher due to a game crash
[23:21:35 ERROR]: Game ended with bad state (exit code 1)It doesn't say anything else and I've already tried the "fix" mentioned here:Minecraft launcher refuses to launch game in Ubuntu 17.04
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I've had the same problem, which also doesn't seem fixable by previous answers; this appears to be a simple case that OpenJDK 10 on Ubuntu cannot run the current version of Minecraft with the 1.6.89-j Launcher.
Luckily, OpenJDK 8 is still available in the Universe repository, and if your system has been upgraded to Ubuntu 18.04 then it will probably already be installed. If not, install the openjdk-8-jre package.
Try starting the Launcher/game with /usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64/bin/java instead of just java.
Unfortunately OpenJDK 8 will soon reach end-of-life for support, so you need to be aware of that.
Additionally the openjdk-11 packages offered by Ubuntu actually contain OpenJDK 10 at the moment, and are intended to silently upgrade to the real OpenJDK 11 when that is released.
See for more information on the versions and support periods.
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