Hi ! I 've been using on Linux versions 1.1.3 & 1.1.6v2 (libc version) Recently i've downloaded 1.1.6 v5 (also libc version NOT glibc) with that last version i get the following when trying to run java: /UNIX/speech3i/home1/users/perak/jdk116_v5/bin/../bin/checkVersions: {isGreaterOrEqual: command not found /UNIX/speech3i/home1/users/perak/jdk116_v5/bin/../bin/i486/green_threads/java: can't load library 'libXp.so.6' : I don't want to 've any printing capabilities in java , so is there any way to bypass the problem & run java without libXp ?( maybe installing by source or changing some script?) (I 've got Slackware 3.1 -'96' with 2.0.29 kernel , libc.4.7.6 & 5.4.23 & libdl 1.8.10 ) Also, i had some problems using Buffered stream over a gziped stream via sockets & some problems with sound(i 've allready reported that here) Could you tell me about the fixes in 1.1.6 v5 regarding sound & buffered io? Also , the bugs you fix are bugs of the compiler , the JVM or both? (So as , to know if i should recompile from a previous version having that bug) Thanks a lot !! Perhaps if i get more free time in future i would be interested to join the poring team.. (I currently work on a program for deploying speech recognition on WEB , so i use java & Native methods , as SUN doesn't support recording !!) -- Perakakis Manolis