I logged in to the new minecraft launcher ( I am currently using the launcher version 1.0.5), and it failed to start up, it gave me this error message (in the console).---------->
Client> # A fatal error has been detected by the Java Runtime Environment:
Client> #
Client> # EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION (0xc0000005) at pc=0x000000006903d238, pid=8452, tid=3856
Client> #
Client> # JRE version: 7.0_05-b06
Client> # Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (23.1-b03 mixed mode windows-amd64 compressed oops)
Client> # Problematic frame:
Client> # C [atio6axx.dll+0xd238] DrvSwapBuffers+0xb8
Client> #
Client> # Failed to write core dump. Minidumps are not enabled by default on client versions of Windows
Client> #
Client> # An error report file with more information is saved as:
Client> # C:\Users\Brian\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\hs_err_pid8452.log
Client> #
Client> # If you would like to submit a bug report, please visit:
Client> # http://bugreport.sun.com/bugreport/crash.jsp
Client> # The crash happened outside the Java Virtual Machine in native code.
Client> # See problematic frame for where to report the bug.
Client> #
Game ended with bad state (exit code 1)
Deleting C:\Users\Brian\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\versions\1.6.1\1.6.1-natives-154572566450030
Couldn't delete C:\Users\Brian\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\versions\1.6.1\1.6.1-natives-154572566450030 - scheduling for deletion upon exit
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