I just (more or less) confirmed that there seems to be a conflict
problem between the stock jdk1.1.6v1-test and ld.so-1.9.9.
I've had this problem on both Linux machines I can experiment on:
0. with ld.so-1.9.8 installed:
1. Installed jdk1.1.6v1-test.tar.gz exactly as it appears on blackdown.
2. Applet ran fine. (Except for the frame being "off the screen" to
the upper left).
3. Installed ld.so-1.9.9
4. Got a Thread Alarm!!!
5. Removing .../green_threads/libdl.so.1 (? this is from memory),
and ../green_threads/libc.so.5 and rerunning ldconfig cleared
up the problem.
-- Todd --