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From: "Lee Cremeans (at home)" <mcampbel@erols.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Problems with JDK-FreeBSD
Date: Tue, 04 Feb 1997 16:54:58 -0500
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Nate Williams wrote:
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> In article <32F69A55.41C67EA6@erols.com>,
> Lee Cremeans (at home) <mcampbel@erols.com> wrote:
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> >I got the JDK port from freefall, and it works on simple ("Hello World!)
> >programs.  If I try it on Corel Office for Java (or any other
> >substantial applet), however, it won't work (either segfaults or gives
> >me a "void main(String argv[]) is not defined").  Also, appletviewer
> >always segfaults, no matter what I use with it.
> 
> Are you running on a 16-bit display?  Sun's JDK (which FreeBSD's port is
> directly related to) only works on 8-bit displays correctly.

D'OH!  That's what it is....

Lee C.