Console comes up but game will not initiate. Console messages are below. Error seems to start with the line: "A fatal error has been detected by the Java Runtime Environment:" I updated Java to no avail (said I already had the latest version)
[21:27:34 INFO]: JFX has been detected & successfully loaded
[21:27:36 INFO]: Minecraft Launcher 1.3.11 (through bootstrap 5) started on windows...
[21:27:36 INFO]: Current time is Apr 26, 2014 9:27:36 PM
[21:27:36 INFO]: System.getProperty('os.name') == 'Windows 7'
[21:27:36 INFO]: System.getProperty('os.version') == '6.1'
[21:27:36 INFO]: System.getProperty('os.arch') == 'x86'
[21:27:36 INFO]: System.getProperty('java.version') == '1.7.0_55'
[21:27:36 INFO]: System.getProperty('java.vendor') == 'Oracle Corporation'
[21:27:36 INFO]: System.getProperty('sun.arch.data.model') == '32'
[21:27:36 INFO]: Refreshing local version list...
[21:27:36 INFO]: Refreshing remote version list...
[21:27:36 INFO]: Refresh complete.
[21:27:36 INFO]: Loaded 1 profile(s); selected 'LePetiteRoi'
[21:27:36 INFO]: Refreshing auth...
[21:27:36 INFO]: Logging in with access token
[21:27:40 INFO]: Getting syncinfo for selected version
[21:27:40 INFO]: Queueing library & version downloads
[21:27:41 INFO]: Download job 'Version & Libraries' started (16 threads, 28 files)
[21:27:41 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Angus\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\soundsystem\20120107\soundsystem-20120107.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[21:27:41 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Angus\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\tv\twitch\twitch-platform\5.16\twitch-platform-5.16-natives-windows-32.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[21:27:41 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Angus\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\lwjgl\lwjgl\lwjgl-platform\2.9.1\lwjgl-platform-2.9.1-natives-windows.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[21:27:41 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Angus\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\tv\twitch\twitch-external-platform\4.5\twitch-external-platform-4.5-natives-windows-32.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[21:27:41 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Angus\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\sf\jopt-simple\jopt-simple\4.5\jopt-simple-4.5.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[21:27:41 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Angus\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\io\netty\netty-all\4.0.10.Final\netty-all-4.0.10.Final.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[21:27:41 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Angus\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\codecjorbis\20101023\codecjorbis-20101023.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[21:27:41 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Angus\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\commons-io\commons-io\2.4\commons-io-2.4.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[21:27:41 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Angus\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\commons-codec\commons-codec\1.9\commons-codec-1.9.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[21:27:41 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Angus\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\java\jutils\jutils\1.0.0\jutils-1.0.0.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[21:27:41 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Angus\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\lwjgl\lwjgl\lwjgl\2.9.1\lwjgl-2.9.1.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[21:27:41 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Angus\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\apache\commons\commons-lang3\3.1\commons-lang3-3.1.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[21:27:41 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Angus\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\google\code\gson\gson\2.2.4\gson-2.2.4.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[21:27:41 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Angus\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\java\jinput\jinput\2.0.5\jinput-2.0.5.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[21:27:41 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Angus\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\java\jinput\jinput-platform\2.0.5\jinput-platform-2.0.5-natives-windows.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[21:27:41 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Angus\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\codecwav\20101023\codecwav-20101023.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[21:27:42 INFO]: Download job 'Resources' skipped as there are no files to download
[21:27:42 INFO]: Job 'Resources' finished successfully (took 0:00:00.005)
[21:27:42 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Angus\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\tv\twitch\twitch-external-platform\4.5\twitch-external-platform-4.5-natives-windows-32.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[21:27:42 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Angus\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\java\jinput\jinput-platform\2.0.5\jinput-platform-2.0.5-natives-windows.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[21:27:42 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Angus\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\tv\twitch\twitch-platform\5.16\twitch-platform-5.16-natives-windows-32.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[21:27:42 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Angus\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\java3d\vecmath\1.3.1\vecmath-1.3.1.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[21:27:42 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Angus\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\sf\trove4j\trove4j\3.0.3\trove4j-3.0.3.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[21:27:42 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Angus\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\java3d\vecmath\1.3.1\vecmath-1.3.1.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[21:27:42 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Angus\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\librarylwjglopenal\20100824\librarylwjglopenal-20100824.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[21:27:42 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Angus\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\librarylwjglopenal\20100824\librarylwjglopenal-20100824.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[21:27:42 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Angus\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\apache\logging\log4j\log4j-api\2.0-beta9\log4j-api-2.0-beta9.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[21:27:42 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Angus\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\apache\logging\log4j\log4j-api\2.0-beta9\log4j-api-2.0-beta9.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[21:27:42 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Angus\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\mojang\authlib\1.5.13\authlib-1.5.13.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[21:27:42 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Angus\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\mojang\authlib\1.5.13\authlib-1.5.13.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[21:27:42 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Angus\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\lwjgl\lwjgl\lwjgl_util\2.9.1\lwjgl_util-2.9.1.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[21:27:42 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Angus\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\lwjgl\lwjgl\lwjgl_util\2.9.1\lwjgl_util-2.9.1.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[21:27:42 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Angus\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\google\guava\guava\15.0\guava-15.0.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[21:27:42 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Angus\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\sf\trove4j\trove4j\3.0.3\trove4j-3.0.3.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[21:27:42 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Angus\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\libraryjavasound\20101123\libraryjavasound-20101123.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[21:27:42 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Angus\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\libraryjavasound\20101123\libraryjavasound-20101123.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[21:27:42 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Angus\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\ibm\icu\icu4j-core-mojang\51.2\icu4j-core-mojang-51.2.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[21:27:42 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Angus\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\google\guava\guava\15.0\guava-15.0.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[21:27:42 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Angus\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\tv\twitch\twitch\5.16\twitch-5.16.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[21:27:42 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Angus\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\codecwav\20101023\codecwav-20101023.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[21:27:42 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Angus\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\apache\logging\log4j\log4j-core\2.0-beta9\log4j-core-2.0-beta9.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[21:27:42 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Angus\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\ibm\icu\icu4j-core-mojang\51.2\icu4j-core-mojang-51.2.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[21:27:42 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Angus\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\versions\1.7.9\1.7.9.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[21:27:42 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Angus\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\apache\logging\log4j\log4j-core\2.0-beta9\log4j-core-2.0-beta9.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[21:27:42 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Angus\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\tv\twitch\twitch\5.16\twitch-5.16.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[21:27:42 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Angus\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\lwjgl\lwjgl\lwjgl\2.9.1\lwjgl-2.9.1.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[21:27:42 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Angus\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\java\jinput\jinput\2.0.5\jinput-2.0.5.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[21:27:42 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Angus\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\google\code\gson\gson\2.2.4\gson-2.2.4.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[21:27:42 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Angus\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\apache\commons\commons-lang3\3.1\commons-lang3-3.1.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[21:27:42 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Angus\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\java\jutils\jutils\1.0.0\jutils-1.0.0.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[21:27:42 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Angus\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\commons-codec\commons-codec\1.9\commons-codec-1.9.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[21:27:42 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Angus\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\commons-io\commons-io\2.4\commons-io-2.4.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[21:27:42 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Angus\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\codecjorbis\20101023\codecjorbis-20101023.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[21:27:42 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Angus\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\io\netty\netty-all\4.0.10.Final\netty-all-4.0.10.Final.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[21:27:42 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Angus\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\sf\jopt-simple\jopt-simple\4.5\jopt-simple-4.5.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[21:27:42 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Angus\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\lwjgl\lwjgl\lwjgl-platform\2.9.1\lwjgl-platform-2.9.1-natives-windows.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[21:27:42 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Angus\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\soundsystem\20120107\soundsystem-20120107.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[21:27:42 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Angus\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\versions\1.7.9\1.7.9.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Used own copy as it matched etag
[21:27:42 INFO]: Job 'Version & Libraries' finished successfully (took 0:00:01.224)
[21:27:42 INFO]: Launching game
[21:27:42 INFO]: Looking for old natives & assets to clean up...
[21:27:42 INFO]: Unpacking natives to C:\Users\Angus\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\versions\1.7.9\1.7.9-natives-179587873490012
[21:27:43 INFO]: Launching in C:\Users\Angus\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft
[21:27:43 INFO]: Half command: C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre7\bin\javaw.exe -XX:HeapDumpPath=MojangTricksIntelDriversForPerformance_javaw.exe_minecraft.exe.heapdump -Xmx512M -Djava.library.path=C:\Users\Angus\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\versions\1.7.9\1.7.9-natives-179587873490012 -cp C:\Users\Angus\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\java3d\vecmath\1.3.1\vecmath-1.3.1.jar;C:\Users\Angus\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\sf\trove4j\trove4j\3.0.3\trove4j-3.0.3.jar;C:\Users\Angus\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\ibm\icu\icu4j-core-mojang\51.2\icu4j-core-mojang-51.2.jar;C:\Users\Angus\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\sf\jopt-simple\jopt-simple\4.5\jopt-simple-4.5.jar;C:\Users\Angus\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\codecjorbis\20101023\codecjorbis-20101023.jar;C:\Users\Angus\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\codecwav\20101023\codecwav-20101023.jar;C:\Users\Angus\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\libraryjavasound\20101123\libraryjavasound-20101123.jar;C:\Users\Angus\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\librarylwjglopenal\20100824\librarylwjglopenal-20100824.jar;C:\Users\Angus\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\soundsystem\20120107\soundsystem-20120107.jar;C:\Users\Angus\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\io\netty\netty-all\4.0.10.Final\netty-all-4.0.10.Final.jar;C:\Users\Angus\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\google\guava\guava\15.0\guava-15.0.jar;C:\Users\Angus\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\apache\commons\commons-lang3\3.1\commons-lang3-3.1.jar;C:\Users\Angus\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\commons-io\commons-io\2.4\commons-io-2.4.jar;C:\Users\Angus\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\commons-codec\commons-codec\1.9\commons-codec-1.9.jar;C:\Users\Angus\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\java\jinput\jinput\2.0.5\jinput-2.0.5.jar;C:\Users\Angus\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\java\jutils\jutils\1.0.0\jutils-1.0.0.jar;C:\Users\Angus\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\google\code\gson\gson\2.2.4\gson-2.2.4.jar;C:\Users\Angus\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\mojang\authlib\1.5.13\authlib-1.5.13.jar;C:\Users\Angus\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\apache\logging\log4j\log4j-api\2.0-beta9\log4j-api-2.0-beta9.jar;C:\Users\Angus\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\apache\logging\log4j\log4j-core\2.0-beta9\log4j-core-2.0-beta9.jar;C:\Users\Angus\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\lwjgl\lwjgl\lwjgl\2.9.1\lwjgl-2.9.1.jar;C:\Users\Angus\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\lwjgl\lwjgl\lwjgl_util\2.9.1\lwjgl_util-2.9.1.jar;C:\Users\Angus\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\tv\twitch\twitch\5.16\twitch-5.16.jar;C:\Users\Angus\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\versions\1.7.9\1.7.9.jar net.minecraft.client.main.Main
[21:27:46 INFO]: Client> [21:27:46] [main/INFO]: Setting user: livelevil
[21:27:46 INFO]: Client> [21:27:46] [main/INFO]: (Session ID is token:58dd81fba4374513a7182af4e81336b7:62fb648a26b643ca831fcade8a132ece)
[21:27:46 INFO]: Client> [21:27:46] [Client thread/INFO]: LWJGL Version: 2.9.1
[21:27:46 INFO]: Client> #
[21:27:46 INFO]: Client> # A fatal error has been detected by the Java Runtime Environment:
[21:27:46 INFO]: Client> #
[21:27:46 INFO]: Client> # EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION (0xc0000005) at pc=0x6995d480, pid=37488, tid=34776
[21:27:46 INFO]: Client> #
[21:27:46 INFO]: Client> # JRE version: Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (7.0_55-b14) (build 1.7.0_55-b14)
[21:27:46 INFO]: Client> # Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (24.55-b03 mixed mode, sharing windows-x86 )
[21:27:46 INFO]: Client> # Problematic frame:
[21:27:46 INFO]: Client> # C [atioglxx.dll+0x92d480]
[21:27:46 INFO]: Client> #
[21:27:46 INFO]: Client> # Failed to write core dump. Minidumps are not enabled by default on client versions of Windows
[21:27:46 INFO]: Client> #
[21:27:46 INFO]: Client> # An error report file with more information is saved as:
[21:27:46 INFO]: Client> # C:\Users\Angus\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\hs_err_pid37488.log
[21:27:46 INFO]: Client> #
[21:27:46 INFO]: Client> # If you would like to submit a bug report, please visit:
[21:27:46 INFO]: Client> # http://bugreport.sun.com/bugreport/crash.jsp
[21:27:46 INFO]: Client> # The crash happened outside the Java Virtual Machine in native code.
[21:27:46 INFO]: Client> # See problematic frame for where to report the bug.
[21:27:46 INFO]: Client> #
[21:27:47 ERROR]: Game ended with bad state (exit code 1)
[21:27:47 INFO]: Deleting C:\Users\Angus\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\versions\1.7.9\1.7.9-natives-179587873490012
[21:27:47 WARN]: Couldn't delete C:\Users\Angus\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\versions\1.7.9\1.7.9-natives-179587873490012 - scheduling for deletion upon exit
[21:27:47 INFO]: Ignoring visibility rule and showing launcher due to a game crash
Crash in broken ATI graphics driver.
Please update your graphics card drivers following these instructions: Updating Graphics Card Drivers.
If you are using Java arguments to increase the amount of memory, please reduce it to the default 512MB.
Do not rely on automatic searches for driver updates.
Do not use Windows Update or Device Manager - Microsoft doesn't install OpenGL, they promote DirectX.
If you know the brand and type of your graphics card, go to the links provided above and search manually for the most recent driver for your card. The automatic detection tools of the card manufacturers are not recommended.
If all that won't help, please use the Mojang Support Center.