Vassal crashes on launch (Ubuntu 18.04)

Hi all,

I am getting an error when i try to launch Vassal on Ubuntu 18.04 running Java version:
openjdk version “1.8.0_222”
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_222-8u222-b10-1ubuntu1~18.04.1-b10)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.222-b10, mixed mode)

Error:
2019-08-21 04:01:52,841 [0-main] INFO VASSAL.launch.StartUp - Starting
2019-08-21 04:01:52,843 [0-main] INFO VASSAL.launch.StartUp - OS Linux 5.0.0-23-generic
2019-08-21 04:01:52,843 [0-main] INFO VASSAL.launch.StartUp - Java version 1.8.0_222
2019-08-21 04:01:52,843 [0-main] INFO VASSAL.launch.StartUp - VASSAL version 3.2.17
2019-08-21 04:01:52,924 [0-main] ERROR VASSAL.tools.ErrorDialog -
java.awt.AWTError: Assistive Technology not found: org.GNOME.Accessibility.AtkWrapper
at java.awt.Toolkit.loadAssistiveTechnologies(Toolkit.java:807) ~[na:1.8.0_222]
at java.awt.Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit(Toolkit.java:886) ~[na:1.8.0_222]
at java.awt.EventQueue.invokeAndWait(EventQueue.java:1324) ~[na:1.8.0_222]
at javax.swing.SwingUtilities.invokeAndWait(SwingUtilities.java:1353) ~[na:1.8.0_222]
at VASSAL.launch.StartUp.initUIProperties(StartUp.java:72) ~[Vengine.jar:na]
at VASSAL.launch.StartUp.initSystemProperties(StartUp.java:45) ~[Vengine.jar:na]
at VASSAL.launch.ModuleManager.(ModuleManager.java:280) ~[Vengine.jar:na]
at VASSAL.launch.ModuleManager.main(ModuleManager.java:183) ~[Vengine.jar:na]

Help help to resolve is appreciated.

thanks,

Peter

There’s a test build updated for Java 9 and later in one of the other threads.