Re: Java debugger under Linux

[Nelson Minar]

>I don't know of any options that don't use jdb, unfortunately.

There's the Jikes debugger from IBM AlphaWorks, available at
  http://www.alphaworks.ibm.com/alphapreview_tools/
it's a generic Java debugger but relies on a moving target of the Java
debugging interface. It says it only works in JDK 1.1.6.