I experience a similar error with using SoapUI, but only if I have JxBrowser enabled.
If I disable the JxBrowser SoapUI works. Check this blog post on how to disable JxBrowser: http://blog.mac2k3.be/2011/05/soapui-3-6-after-upgrade-to-ubuntu-11-04/ Here is a email thread about the issue with Ubuntu 11.10: https://groups.google.com/a/teamdev.com/group/jxbrowser-forum/browse_thread/thread/b72c2cfb155d010c/e40f90e346abe02c ** Attachment added: "hs_err_pid7598.log" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjdk-6/+bug/871224/+attachment/2655571/+files/hs_err_pid7598.log -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/871224 Title: java crashed with SIGABRT in gconf_client_get_default() To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjdk-6/+bug/871224/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs