[Bcc: to Java Linux list and package maintainers.] I am happy to report that (after a grating update "post register_frame_info"), the loadLibrary() problem with Debian "slink" libc6 and JDK 1.1.7v1a-native is gone. >dpkg -l libc6 ii libc6 2.0.7u-7.1 The GNU C library version 2 >dpkg -s libc6 Package: libc6 Status: install ok installed ... Version: 2.0.7u-7.1 There still is a "W stat" symbol in /lib/libreadline.so.2.1, which to my understanding should not be there, as this symbol is not supposed to appear anywhere in a libc6 dependend library except for /usr/lib/libc_nonshared.a. >dpkg -s libreadlineg2 Package: libreadlineg2 Status: install ok installed ... Version: 2.1-12 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.0.7u), libncurses4 If you want me to submit a new "stat in libreadline" bug report, drop me a line. The libc6 related bug can be closed, as far as I can tell. b.