sounds like this problem: http://kt.linuxcare.com/kt19991122_44.html#5
It was pointed out that the latest stable kernels break StarOffice (or rather the Java tool StarOffice depended on). Andrea Arcangeli asked Alan to back out of the stable tree the (purely semantic) patch that had caused the breakage. Alan replied, "Its a broken application, it opens a file that does not exist. Now it gets an error indicating a file does not exist. Getting a valid handle is a bug in my book. If it bugs you emacs their binary and change the format string." Juergen Kreileder replied regarding the Java tool, "I've fixed the problem several weeks ago, the new JDK will be released in a couple of days." nate On 28 Dec 1999, Michael Meskes wrote: meskes >Everytime I start a JAVA program (that runs fine on a SuSe machine with meskes >jdk-1.1.7v3) I only get the messages: meskes > meskes >Cannot open /proc/00525 for GCCannot open /proc/00534 for GC meskes > meskes >Of ocurse these files do not exist. In fact I never saw a file iunder /proc meskes >starting with zeroes. meskes > meskes >Anyway, I have the following packages installed resp. not installed: meskes > meskes >un jdk-common <none> (no description available) meskes >ii jdk1.1 1.1.7v3-1 JDK 1.1.x (Java Development Kit) - Runtime o meskes >ii jdk1.1-dev 1.1.7v3-1 JDK 1.1.x (Java Development Kit) meskes >ii jdk1.1-native 1.1.7v3-1 JDK 1.1.x Runtime - native threads extension meskes >pn jdk1.1-native-d <none> (no description available) meskes >un jdk1.1-runtime <none> (no description available) meskes >un jdk1.2 <none> (no description available) meskes >un jdk1.2-native <none> (no description available) meskes > meskes >Is there anything wrong with my setup? meskes > meskes >Any help would be appreciated. meskes > meskes >Thanks in advance. meskes > meskes >Michael meskes >-- meskes >Michael Meskes | Go SF 49ers! meskes >Th.-Heuss-Str. 61, D-41812 Erkelenz | Go Rhein Fire! meskes >Tel.: (+49) 2431/72651 | Use Debian GNU/Linux! meskes >Email: Michael@Fam-Meskes.De | Use PostgreSQL! meskes > meskes > meskes >-- meskes >To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] meskes >with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] meskes > meskes > meskes >-- meskes >Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null meskes > ----------------------------------------[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-- Vice President Network Operations http://www.firetrail.com/ Firetrail Internet Services Limited http://www.aphroland.org/ Everett, WA 425-348-7336 http://www.linuxpowered.net/ Powered By: http://comedy.aphroland.org/ Debian 2.1 Linux 2.0.36 SMP http://yahoo.aphroland.org/ -----------------------------------------[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-- 8:11pm up 131 days, 8:04, 3 users, load average: 2.05, 1.63, 1.56