Whenever I try to run a java app (jre 1.1.6 v5, I immediately get a segfault error. I'm running RH5.0 with libstdc++2.8.0-8 and KDE. I'm able to use kaffe 1.0 with no problem. I've tried: 1) moving libc.so.6 and libdl.so.2a to another directory (from the default $JAVA_HOME/lib/xxx/green_threads/linuxlibs) 2) renaming these files 3) setting CLASSPATH to point to the rt.jar file, in addition to using the -cp option I realize that the jdk comes with a readme, but could somebody point me to a DETAILED step-by step procedure for downloading, installing, and using jdk/jre specifically for linux that might summarize common pitfalls and their solution for a beginning/intermediate-level user?