Ok, strange thing This time I didn't kill freenet when it appeared to hang when asking me to enter the port number.
When I took the time to start this email, it eventually unhanged itself and started to work. I seem to have uncovered a different problem then I thought. This freezing happens in both config and during startup. I did change one thing in the mean time, I am now using a different version of java: freenet at localhost ~/freenet $ java -version java version "1.4.2-03" Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build Blackdown-1.4.2-03) Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build Blackdown-1.4.2-03, mixed mode) this time emerged properly. However, the hanging happened exactly as it with 1.5 did so I doubt it was java itself that was hanging *boggle* I can confirm this somewhat in that I am able to run other java programs without a hang. If anybody is interested, here is the log of what I did: freenet at localhost ~/freenet $ ./start-freenet.sh Detected freenet-ext.jar Detected freenet.jar It appears that this is your first time running Freenet. You should read the README file as it contains important instructions and advice. First we must generate a freenet.conf file. I will now run Freenet in configure mode, and it will ask you a number of questions. If you don't understand the question, hitting enter without typing anything will go with the default which is likely to be the right thing. Freenet Configuration Running in simple mode. Some preferences will be skipped. You can choose the default preferences by just hitting <ENTER> Setting: listenPort The port to listen for incoming FNP (Freenet Node Protocol) connections on. os.arch = i386 Loading native... Attempting to load freenet/support/CPUInformation/libjcpuid-x86-linux.so Written to /tmp/jcpuid23945lib.tmp: 55692 INFO: Native CPUID library 'freenet/support/CPUInformation/libjcpuid-x86-linux.so' loaded from resource INFO: Optimized native BigInteger library 'net/i2p/util/libjbigi-linux-athlon.so' loaded from resource <<<--- This is where it hung --->>> 62734 listenPort [19934] Setting: seedFile <<<--- SNIP --->>> Sun java detected. Sun Java 1.4.2 detected. Starting Freenet now: Command line: java -Xmx128m -XX:MaxDirectMemorySize=128m freenet.node.Main Done freenet at localhost ~/freenet $ os.arch = i386 Loading native... Attempting to load freenet/support/CPUInformation/libjcpuid-x86-linux.so Written to /tmp/jcpuid52314lib.tmp: 55692 INFO: Native CPUID library 'freenet/support/CPUInformation/libjcpuid-x86-linux.so' loaded from resource INFO: Optimized native BigInteger library 'net/i2p/util/libjbigi-linux-athlon.so' loaded from resource tail -f freenet.log <<<--- My input to that $ prompt above --->>> Apr 10, 2006 4:30:52 PM (freenet.node.Main, main, NORMAL): Starting Freenet (Fred) 0.5 node, build #5106 on JVM Blackdown Java-Linux Team:Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM:Blackdown-1.4.2-03 <<<--- Hangs here --->>> Apr 10, 2006 4:33:35 PM (freenet.node.Main, main, NORMAL): loading node keys: node Apr 10, 2006 4:33:35 PM (freenet.node.Main, main, NORMAL): Creating node keys: node <<<--- SNIP --->>> From there it appears to work. I am able to connect to the proxy port as normal.