January 2000 java-linux FAQ

-java-linux.html I will continue to accept comments and corrections personally, but we're also thinking about a special mailing list for FAQ suggestions. If I've missed one of your requests this time, please let me know! Stephen Wynne [EMAIL PROTECTED] - [

November 1998 java-linux FAQ

Other than some shuffling, the document hasn't changed a great deal, but it does reflect some of the changes related to JDK 1.1.7. Comments and corrections welcome. Stephen Wynne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> PGP Key 1024/D54C69B9 Fingerprint: 2C 54 C6 F3 9C FF 11 D3 90 56 DD 85 37 E3 1F A

Re: JDK1.1.6v4a can't find library libXp.so.6

In message , [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I have the same setup as Wim does (RedHat4.2) and encounter the same problems: can't load library libXp.so.6 . For now, you want to grab the .tar.gz for libc5 and install it by hand.

Re: JDK FTP files

In message , "Robert P. Biuk-Aghai" writes: Which of these is what? Please take a look at http://www.blackdown.org/java-linux/docs/faq/FAQ-java-linux-2.html#ss2.3 and let us know if you still need help. Best regards, Steve

Re: Problems with java on Linux

In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Jeffrey Smith writes: I am running jdk1.1.6-v2-libc5 . . . I have just installed this new version of slakware with version 2.0.34 of linux. Jeffrey, >From your system inventory, I see you're running ld-linux.so.1.9.9. You will probably be a

CMS Problem: Incorporate as a Nonprofit?

I asked a member of the Apache group for advice about our problem with configuration management, and he suggested that we incorporate. Once we did that, then we could have one representative license, and share access to a repository as one "internal" group. Does a nonprofit organization sound help

Re: Hallo

In message , James Seigel writes: I recently just got 3.5 SLACKWARE and now can't run seemingly any thing that loads some library in java. (ps if you have a quick fix..puhhhllleeze tell me..) oh this hurts.. James, http://www.blackdown.

How Well is 1.1.6v3-test for i386 Working?

For those of you who downloaded this, I'd sure appreciate any feedback.

Re: Problem with big array.

In message , Sezemsky Petr writes: I have the problem with large array on JVMs on Debian 2.0 on Pentium 200 MMX, 32 MB RAM. Netscape Communicator 4.5 writes: Applet Sorttest can't start: ERROR, appletviwer from JDK 1.1.6 writes the

Announcement: Test Release of JDK 1.1.6v3 for Intel

ECTED], but do feel free to comment or ask for help! Regards, Stephen Wynne [EMAIL PROTECTED] Saturday, August 8th 1998

Re: I want the 1.2beta4 version of javadoc

In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Karl Pfleger writes: I'd really like to get the 1.2beta4 version of javadoc running on my Linux machine as well. Is there any easy way for me to do this? Karl, As mentioned at http://www.blackdown.org/java-linux/docs/faq/FAQ-java-linux-2.html#ss2.7, you

July 1998 java-linux FAQ

C69B9 Stephen Wynne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Fingerprint: 2C 54 C6 F3 9C FF 11 D3 90 56 DD 85 37 E3 1F AA [EMAIL PROTECTED] FAQ by Stephen Wynne July 26, 1998 This document attempts to answer the most commonly-asked questions on the [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list. Its focus is the Bl

Re: FAQ Managed Partly by Script?

In message , "Kevin B. Hendricks" writes: I have never used Wiki Wiki Web. . . Kevin, Wiki Wiki is amazing. But with what little I've done with it, I would say that it demands more philosophical conformance out of the user than FAQ-o-matic does. While *I'm* willing to adjust that way, I do

Re: problem/fix

In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Haw Juin Lin writes: is thre a better fix? Jon, The best bet is to add swap space. We're saying that the JDK needs at least 20MB of free VM to run. Of course it's nice if you can do that in physmem, but it's understandable if can't :) Linux lets you add

Re: A shift-key problem

In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Darius Bacon writes: In awt's KeyEvents the shift key is not being recognized -- event.isShiftDown() is false when it should be true. This is with Swing 1.0.2 and JDK 1.1.6 v2 for libc5, under RedHat release 4.1 with kernel 2.0.27. Darius, A

Re: 1.1.6-libc under redhat 5?

In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "J.P.Lewis" writes: Hello, can I run the libc version of 1.1.6 under plain redhat 5 We haven't tried in a long time, and we don't recommend it. I think RedHat's support team wouldn't recommend it, either :)

Re: Sorry, but

In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Steve Cohen writes: I read your README.linux and your strong suggestion to send bugs via the java-linux.org. Steve, Whups, we've not updated this! The java-linux.org site isn't active any longer. Please use http://www.blackdown.org/java-linux.html instead

Re: Help! jdk does NOT work!

In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Hotaru writes: I have upgraded my Slackware to 3.5, and everything works well, except jdk. There's a problem with ld-1.9.9 discussed briefly at http://www.blackdown.org/java-linux/docs/faq/FAQ-java-linux-5.html#ss5.6. This might be your problem, given th

Re: JNI and green_threads

In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Bernd Kreimeier writes: In case you missed it on the list - Juergen Kreileder just told me that JNI can't work with green_threads under Linux, if you use certain system calls like open(). I just checked the FAQ as he said it's "documented" - I had m

Re: Installation problem

In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I read the FAQ but still could not find a solution. I downloaded a copy of jdk-sbb-1.1.6-2.1.1glibc.i386.rpm from http://anna.inf.u-szeged.hu/java/java-rpm.html. But when i installed this RPM version, "libXm.so.1 is nee

Re: Java and C interaction via stdin/stdout

* @version $Id: ShellProcess.java,v 1.4 1998/05/19 10:00:29 stevemw Exp stevemw $ * @author Stephen Wynne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * */ public class ShellProcess extends Thread { private Writer outPut; private String command[] = { "/bin/true" }; String environment[] = {

Re: Need a Java/Linux RedHat 5.0 configuration where getLocalHost works

In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "John A. Zinky" writes: We have not been able to find a configuration of Linux Red Hat 5.0 and jdk 1.1.x that works for the following one line test program. John, I tried this code on RH5 myself; same result. In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Per Wi

Re: java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: readImage

In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Stefaan A Eeckels writes: Sorry to follow up on my own message, but it was late yesterday night, and I should have added the complete error message. Stefaan, Thanks for the additional information. A fully-running class could help. Also, feel free to

Re: 1.1.6v1 bug report

In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Peter Schuller writes: First, is there a list of knows bugs for Steve Byrne's JDK ports? If this one's already been reported, I want to avoid duplicating bug reports again. Peter, Thanks for the report. I don't know if this has been addressed. Stev

Re: Linux native threads

In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Christopher Seawood writes: The blackdown version is ported using Sun's source and it still contains the script options for native threads although they have not been implemented yet. Karl is right. There just aren't yet any publicly-available Sun JDKs

Re: dependencies and javac?

In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Bernd Kreimeier writes: Is there any way to use GNU make for "depend" purposes with JDK? Warren Pfeffer has a Java 1.1 dependency graph generator that says it can help with this sort of thing at http://pluto.njcc.com/~slinky/land_of_science.html. It also

Re: Netscape (Linux) and Java Plug In (Activator)

In message <004601bd90af$0a613060$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Brett Roy" writes: The java.sun.com site notes that the Java Plug In (Activator) is available for Netscape on Solaris. Has it been ported to Linux yet? And if so, where would one connect for automatic download and/or place it

Re: jdk 1.1.6?

In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Jason Dillon writes: Where can I find the latest version of 1.1.6 in non-rpm format? Jason, Please see (currently) section 8.5 in http://www.place.org/~stevemw/java/FAQ/FAQ-java-linux.html Your comments on readability are welcome. Steve

May 1998 java-linux FAQ

ut to people as quickly as possible. I welcome suggestions about improving the FAQ, and please don't hesitate to correct my mistakes. Also, I've quoted some of you here -- I hope for everyone's benefit. Thanks and enjoy! Steve PGP Key 1024/D54C69B9 Stephen Wynne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: How do I install JDK 1.1.5?

In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Raphakl Bauduin" writes: ...how do I install JDK 1.1.5? I unpack [the] archive, and I only have directories and a readme that doesn't help me. Raph, We're working on improving the README file and also will be providing a small amount of additional, e

Re: Unidentified subject!

In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Kiran Josyula writes: I am new to jdk-linux. Can anybody pls. tell me what are these libc5 and glibc libraries. Do I require them to run java on my linux machine ? Kiran, I'll try to answer these questions the best I can, but we need to know what dist

Re: Pointers to jdk1.1.5

In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Chetan Kumar writes: Can any of [you] please point to a rigt site to download jdk1.1.5 and swing. Chetan, Sure. As Sorin Lingureanu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> recently posted, you can download these RPMs: for RedHat 4.2: ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub

CJK fonts.properties?

Has anyone adjusted fonts.properties under i18n for Chinese/Japanese/Korean support on Linux/XFree86? For example, fonts.properties.ja looks like it's still the Solaris/CDE version to me. Thanks!

Re: Library path not set

be personal, so please don't send it back to this list :-) Good luck, Steve #!/bin/sh # # Quick hack by Stephen Wynne to collect info for Java trouble-shooters. # # Disclaimer: please understand what this script sends its recipient # before executing. Please don't mail to java-linux for

Re: RedHat w/Linux

Stephen Wynne writes: Here's what I did. Your situation may be different enough so that these exact steps won't work optimally for you. And of course I forgot to mention downloading SBB's JDK 1.1.5v7 from one of the mirrors located from http://www.blackdown.org/java-linux.html :)

Re: RedHat w/Linux

In message <002b01bd8402$9e78a670$4c28df80@sgee>, "Steve" writes: Until yesterday I used Slackware 3.4. It came with Java support. Now we have moved to RedHat5.0. What needs to be done, if anything, to set it up for Java? Where can I get the latest JDK for Linux? Steve, He

Re: ported jdk installation instructions?

In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Karl Pfleger writes: So maybe I'm being completely clueless here, but aren't there some instructions somewhere on how to do the installation of Steve Byrne's port? Karl, Yes, http://www.blackdown.org/java-linux/docs/libraries.html is a start. Can

Re: Swing under Linux

In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Aaron Walker writes: Does anyone know if the JFC (Swing) is available under Linux? Aaron, Although I'm not using JFC yet, I've informally tested it using the Swing 1.02 "SwingSet" and trying all the tabs. I had no notable problems using SBB JDK versions

Re: Does RMI work in jdk1.1.5v7/Red Hat 5.0?

In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, John Collins writes: OK. I'm still stuck. I've attached a tar file that exhibits the problem. It's about as simple as an RMI app can be. John, I've taken a quick look at it. It works OK here on my system -- which means I haven't been able to help you

Re: Linux Java problems...

In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Brad Pepers writes: The main things I notice off the bat are problems with fonts. The font used by default on Linux is in italics which makes things look a little ugly. There also seems to be other font problems. Brad, It does sound like you hav

Re: jdk-1.1.5-v7-glibc (sbb-port) not working properly

In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Chris Picton writes: I have a new install of Redhat 5.0 off the CD Chris, Go ahead and get relevant updates described at http://www.redhat.com/support/docs/rhl/rh50-errata-general.html The glibc updates are most important. You may also wish to instal