This posting is a thank you note and compiles the responses.
I had this problem:
> >| $ javac HelloWorldApp.java
> >| Segmentation fault (core dumped)
> >|
> >| I run RedHat 5.0, and I am using the glibc version of jdk. Also, I assume
> >| it's important to compile the kernel for Java binaries? I did this.
And got the following, successful advice from several sources:
> I solved the same problems by upgrading to glibc-2.0.7-13.i386.rpm from RedHat.
> I think it was somewhere in the upgrade to 5.0 directory. I'm sure you'll find it
>somewhere there.
> After installing this package, everything works fine now.
Thanks to all. Also, I learned that you do not need to compile the kernel
for Java binaries. If you do, however, then to execute, you have only type
the name of the binary:
% HelloWorldApp.class
instead of
% java HelloWorldApp.class