I am running the Boron release and do not see this issue. What happens when you start karaf initially? For comparison, here is what I get:
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ECKELCU-M-H15L:distribution-karaf-0.5.0-Boron eckelcu$ cd bin
ECKELCU-M-H15L:bin eckelcu$ ls
client setenv
client.bat setenv.bat
configure-cluster-ipdetect.sh shell
configure_cluster.sh shell.bat
custom_shard_config.txt start
instance start.bat
instance.bat status
karaf status.bat
karaf.bat stop
set_persistence.sh stop.bat
ECKELCU-M-H15L:bin eckelcu$ ./status
Not Running ...
ECKELCU-M-H15L:bin eckelcu$ ./karaf
karaf: Enabling Java debug options: -Xdebug -Xnoagent -Djava.compiler=NONE -Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,server=y,suspend=n,address=5005
Listening for transport dt_socket at address: 5005
Apache Karaf starting up. Press Enter to open the shell now...
100% [========================================================================]
Karaf started in 15s. Bundle stats: 324 active, 324 total
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\_____ \ ______ ____ ____ \______ \ _____ ___.__.| | |__| ____ | |___/ |_
/ | \\____ \_/ __ \ / \ | | \\__ \< | || | | |/ ___\| | \ __\
/ | \ |_> > ___/| | \| ` \/ __ \\___ || |_| / /_/ > Y \ |
\_______ / __/ \___ >___| /_______ (____ / ____||____/__\___ /|___| /__|
\/|__| \/ \/ \/ \/\/ /_____/ \/
Hit '<tab>' for a list of available commands
and '[cmd] --help' for help on a specific command.
Hit '<ctrl-d>' or type 'system:shutdown' or 'logout' to shutdown OpenDaylight.
opendaylight-user@root>
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And then from another window I try to connect to karaf:
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ECKELCU-M-H15L:distribution-karaf-0.5.0-Boron eckelcu$ ls
CONTRIBUTING.markdown data lib
LICENSE deploy lock
README.markdown etc snapshots
bin idmlight.db.mv.db system
cache instances taglist.log
configuration journal version.properties
ECKELCU-M-H15L:distribution-karaf-0.5.0-Boron eckelcu$ cd bin
ECKELCU-M-H15L:bin eckelcu$ ./status
Running ...
ECKELCU-M-H15L:bin eckelcu$ ./client -u karaf
Logging in as karaf
5336 [sshd-SshClient[47542153]-nio2-thread-3] WARN org.apache.sshd.client.keyverifier.AcceptAllServerKeyVerifier - Server at [/0.0.0.0:8101, RSA, 43:a9:43:de:8e:dd:90:cc:f6:4c:de:43:4a:1c:42:4b] presented unverified {} key: {}
________ ________ .__ .__ .__ __
\_____ \ ______ ____ ____ \______ \ _____ ___.__.| | |__| ____ | |___/ |_
/ | \\____ \_/ __ \ / \ | | \\__ \< | || | | |/ ___\| | \ __\
/ | \ |_> > ___/| | \| ` \/ __ \\___ || |_| / /_/ > Y \ |
\_______ / __/ \___ >___| /_______ (____ / ____||____/__\___ /|___| /__|
\/|__| \/ \/ \/ \/\/ /_____/ \/
Hit '<tab>' for a list of available commands
and '[cmd] --help' for help on a specific command.
Hit '<ctrl-d>' or type 'system:shutdown' or 'logout' to shutdown OpenDaylight.
opendaylight-user@root>
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I am also curious as to which version of Java you are using:
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ECKELCU-M-H15L:bin eckelcu$ java -version
java version "1.8.0_77"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_77-b03)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.77-b03, mixed mode)
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