Java/ATI driver issue with Minecraft on ArchLinux 64-bit

I am having an issue with Java on ArchLinux. I think it has something to do with my graphics drivers. I have an Alienware M17x R2. Here are my specs:
Intel Core i7 940XM
8GB 1333MHz RAM
Dual ATI 5870M in CrossFireX
ArchLinux 64-bit
I am using the open source ATI drivers (xf86-video-ati) and everything (ex. desktop compositing) is significantly faster than when I was running catalyst. I get an error when I launch minecraft though. It happens when I launch in the web browser and the jar. I also downloaded the AUR package which is essentially the same as the jar file with a shell script in the bin folder. I have also tried both OpenJDK6 and Oracle JDK/JRE and it happens on both. I have also tried replacing the lwjgl jars and putting the 64 bit so files in /opt/java/lib and renaming them to resemble the 32-bit filenames. Here is the console output from minecraft:
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/20-unhint-small-dejavu-sans-mono.conf", line 1: no element found
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/20-unhint-small-dejavu-sans.conf", line 1: no element found
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/20-unhint-small-dejavu-serif.conf", line 1: no element found
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/57-dejavu-sans-mono.conf", line 1: no element found
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/57-dejavu-sans.conf", line 1: no element found
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/57-dejavu-serif.conf", line 1: no element found
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/20-unhint-small-dejavu-sans-mono.conf", line 1: no element found
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/20-unhint-small-dejavu-sans.conf", line 1: no element found
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/20-unhint-small-dejavu-serif.conf", line 1: no element found
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/57-dejavu-sans-mono.conf", line 1: no element found
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/57-dejavu-sans.conf", line 1: no element found
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/57-dejavu-serif.conf", line 1: no element found
java.net.UnknownHostException: login.minecraft.net
at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.connect(AbstractPlainSocketImpl.java:175)
at java.net.SocksSocketImpl.connect(SocksSocketImpl.java:384)
at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:546)
at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.connect(SSLSocketImpl.java:579)
at sun.security.ssl.BaseSSLSocketImpl.connect(BaseSSLSocketImpl.java:160)
at sun.net.NetworkClient.doConnect(NetworkClient.java:178)
at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.openServer(HttpClient.java:409)
at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.openServer(HttpClient.java:530)
at sun.net.www.protocol.https.HttpsClient.<init>(HttpsClient.java:275)
at sun.net.www.protocol.https.HttpsClient.New(HttpsClient.java:332)
at sun.net.www.protocol.https.AbstractDelegateHttpsURLConnection.getNewHttpClient(AbstractDelegateHttpsURLConnection.java:191)
at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.plainConnect(HttpURLConnection.java:876)
at sun.net.www.protocol.https.AbstractDelegateHttpsURLConnection.connect(AbstractDelegateHttpsURLConnection.java:177)
at sun.net.www.protocol.https.HttpsURLConnectionImpl.connect(HttpsURLConnectionImpl.java:153)
at net.minecraft.Util.excutePost(Util.java:80)
at net.minecraft.LauncherFrame.login(LauncherFrame.java:96)
at net.minecraft.LoginForm$5.run(LoginForm.java:117)
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Exception in thread "Minecraft main thread" java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: org.lwjgl.DefaultSysImplementation.getPointerSize()I
at org.lwjgl.DefaultSysImplementation.getPointerSize(Native Method)
at org.lwjgl.Sys.<clinit>(Sys.java:100)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.<clinit>(Display.java:130)
at net.minecraft.client.Minecraft.a(SourceFile:239)
at net.minecraft.client.Minecraft.run(SourceFile:683)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:679)
Thanks,
Joey

Has anyone had any luck with this? I just got a set of 5. speakers to go with my sb li've! 5. card on xp x64, and ran into the same problem... it works fine on 32-bit, but I got a 64-bit processor for a reason and hate the fact that I can't have my surround working just because I'm using a 64-bit operating system. It'd be nice if Creative would get their act together and do something about all of these problems I'm seeing on the forums...

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There are some programs that will scan for and report and./or attempt to reassign a failing sector ("fail" is qualitative, is 10 write failures a fail? then the 9th is not but it is a "weak sector.") Some run in the background.
Mirror can be 2 or 3 ( I prefer 3, that way if one fails I STILL have a mirror array in place) where any failure is not acceptable, AND where the array data is backed up usually - less important when using a three-drive configurations.
How old, when last initialized (zero), and is it showing spare blocks being used? that last is the most indicative of failed drive.
Rare but a bad SATA cable or power (seeing how the cables are tucked away) is only way generally for multiple failures in same drive bay or computer. Note: early on in 2006-7 there were reports of some customers having motherboard and trouble with a drive bay , and t he problems showed up early.
Often though it is NVRAM or SMC related issue trigged by something else, a USB cable or device that is faulty, even a PCIe controller that is the culprit. And replacing cable, keyboard, device, and resetting SMC and NVRAM (often NVRAM needed to be done multiple times, but never keep resetting SMC) - unplugged and when you connect back up, do not install anything other than system, keyboard and mouse and see if that helps.
With a drive, likely the drive in 85% or more, is fine, but the directory is not, or it needs to be erased to rebuild all the system partitions.
1TB is small for TimeMachine. 350% of the amount of data, and always have free space for a full backup set of all the data. T.M. will try and prefers to automatically backup any and everything plugged in and connected, rather than my preference which is ASK FIRST to add a drive to TM backup set, otherwise leave it out. 600GB of data and system would mean 2.5TB drive, maybe 2TB minimum.

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Hello-
I just purchased one of the i5 Macbook Pros, and set out to get Windows 7 working through boot camp. I did this on an older model (32-bit) previously with no problems.
This time around, installation of Windows worked fine, but I have had some trouble getting all the drivers working. The setup.exe program on the OS X DVD didn't want to run at all, I had to do a workaround from the command line that I found on a forum (otherwise I just got a response of "Bootcamp x64 is unsupported on this computer model").
Eventually I got (at least some of) the drivers to work, but there are still some issues.
After installing the drivers, things like brightness and two-finger clicking started working. A number of other things still aren't, though:
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Thanks!

I just used winclone to move my Win 7 from my Core2Duo MPB to an i5 MBP and had to do a few updates and have eneded up in pretty much the same place as you. I won't bother installing from scratch. I'm guessing we just need to wait for some bootcamp updates for these new machines.
For those of you who are looking to migrate your bootcamp partition over, winclone made it easy - I followed the directions for resizing and Win7 boots, does a disk check, then installed many of the new drivers automatically. There are some drivers that are still needed however, wifi and video. I also so a USB driver issue but have to look at that a little closer before I comment.
Best of luck,
Simon

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Is anyone else having issues with measuremetn Computing's USB-DIO96H driver in Labview 2012 SP1. It throws warnings in Labview when loaded that are unresolvable as you can't save to the DLL driver file. Also it regularily crashes Labview randomly. I am not impressed with their driver. Anyone have any suggestion other than replacing with NI-DAQ solution, which I am working on?

I've taken a look and I don't see any drivers available for that device on ni.com. There are two potential workarounds that would both involve building your own driver:
1. Write a LabVIEW application that calls functions on the DLL you downloaded from Measurements Group
2. Write a LabVIEW application that addresses the device using NI-VISA and serial communication.
Some resources if you choose to go down that path:
http://www.ni.com/devzone/idnet/development.htm
http://www.ni.com/white-paper/3271/en/
http://www.ni.com/white-paper/3009/en/
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