Okay, I just grabbed and setup in a tmp directory the jdk1.2pre1 on a freshly installed slink debian 2.1 system. I have a research system with a gross number of objects and files which I've written using (exclusively) the various 1.1 blackdown jdks. Under 1.1.7, the system initializes and launches without a whimper. Under 1.2, the system initialies to the point where it launches its first thread and then dies. There is no exception or error associated with this. I'll poke around more and give me detail, but I was wondering if this was a gotcha people might have already seen. BTW, I get the zapf font problems, which I haven't fixed yet. Could they cause a problem? -- "It is by will alone I set my mind in motion" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]