I'm sorry if this question has been addressed before. I searched the mailing-list archive by the same subject but apparently different problem that I have. My problem is : localhost$ java -native results in seg faults on my system. Here is a ldconfig -D output -----------------ldconfig -D ------------------------------ /sbin/ldconfig: warning: /usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib/libform.so.1.9.9e has inconsistent soname (libform.so.3.0) /sbin/ldconfig: warning: /usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib/libmenu.so.1.9.9e has inconsistent soname (libmenu.so.3.0) /sbin/ldconfig: warning: /usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib/libncurses.so.1.9.9e has inconsistent soname (libncurses.so.3.0) /sbin/ldconfig: warning: /usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib/libpanel.so.1.9.9e has inconsistent soname (libpanel.so.3.0) /sbin/ldconfig: warning: /usr/lib/libform.so.1.9.9e has inconsistent soname (libform.so.3.0) /sbin/ldconfig: warning: /usr/lib/libmenu.so.1.9.9e has inconsistent soname (libmenu.so.3.0) /sbin/ldconfig: warning: /usr/lib/libncurses.so.1.9.9e has inconsistent soname (libncurses.so.3.0) /sbin/ldconfig: warning: /usr/lib/libpanel.so.1.9.9e has inconsistent soname (libpanel.so.3.0) /sbin/ldconfig: warning: /lib/ld-2.0.7.so has inconsistent soname (ld-linux.so.2) /sbin/ldconfig: warning: /lib/libBrokenLocale-2.0.7.so has inconsistent soname (libBrokenLocale.so.1) /sbin/ldconfig: warning: /lib/libc-2.0.7.so has inconsistent soname (libc.so.6) /sbin/ldconfig: warning: /lib/libnsl-2.0.7.so has inconsistent soname (libnsl.so.1) /sbin/ldconfig: warning: /lib/libcrypt-2.0.7.so has inconsistent soname (libcrypt.so.1) /sbin/ldconfig: warning: /lib/libdb-2.0.7.so has inconsistent soname (libdb.so.2) /sbin/ldconfig: warning: /lib/libdl-2.0.7.so has inconsistent soname (libdl.so.2) /sbin/ldconfig: warning: /lib/libm-2.0.7.so has inconsistent soname (libm.so.6) /sbin/ldconfig: warning: /lib/libnss_compat-2.0.7.so has inconsistent soname (libnss_compat.so.1) /sbin/ldconfig: warning: /lib/libnss_db-2.0.7.so has inconsistent soname (libnss_db.so.1) /sbin/ldconfig: warning: /lib/libnss_dns-2.0.7.so has inconsistent soname (libnss_dns.so.1) /sbin/ldconfig: warning: /lib/libnss_files-2.0.7.so has inconsistent soname (libnss_files.so.1) /sbin/ldconfig: warning: /lib/libnss_nis-2.0.7.so has inconsistent soname (libnss_nis.so.1) /sbin/ldconfig: warning: /lib/libpthread-0.7.so has inconsistent soname (libpthread.so.0) /sbin/ldconfig: warning: /lib/libresolv-2.0.7.so has inconsistent soname (libresolv.so.2) /sbin/ldconfig: warning: /lib/libutil-2.0.7.so has inconsistent soname (libutil.so.1) /sbin/ldconfig: version 970402 /usr/X11R6/lib: libXp.so.6 => libXp.so.6.2 libXpm.so.4 => libXpm.so.4.10 libICE.so.6 => libICE.so.6.3 libXext.so.6 => libXext.so.6.3 libXtst.so.6 => libXtst.so.6.1 libXt.so.6 => libXt.so.6.0 libXmu.so.6 => libXmu.so.6.0 libXi.so.6 => libXi.so.6.0 libXaw.so.6 => libXaw.so.6.1 libXIE.so.6 => libXIE.so.6.0 libX11.so.6 => libX11.so.6.1 libSM.so.6 => libSM.so.6.0 libPEX5.so.6 => libPEX5.so.6.0 libXaw3d.so.6 => libXaw3d.so.6.1 /usr/i486-linuxaout/lib: libvga.so.1 => libvga.so.1.2.7 libtk.so.3 => libtk.so.3.1.1 libtcl.so.3 => libtcl.so.3.1 libm.so.4 => libm.so.4.6.27 libdb.so.1 => libdb.so.1.85.1 libcurses.so.0 => libcurses.so.0.1.2 libc.so.4 => libc.so.4.7.2 libXt.so.6 => libXt.so.6.0 libXt.so.3 => libXt.so.3.1.0 libXpm.so.4 => libXpm.so.4.2 libXaw.so.6 => libXaw.so.6.0 libXaw.so.3 => libXaw.so.3.1.0 libXIE.so.6 => libXIE.so.6.0 libX11.so.6 => libX11.so.6.0 libX11.so.3 => libX11.so.3.1.0 /usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib: libvgagl.so.1 => libvgagl.so.1.2.11 libvga.so.1 => libvga.so.1.2.11 libtermcap.so.2 => libtermcap.so.2.0.8 libstdc++.so.27 => libstdc++.so.27.1.4 libpanel.so.3.0 => libpanel.so.1.9.9e libncurses.so.3.0 => libncurses.so.1.9.9e libmenu.so.3.0 => libmenu.so.1.9.9e libm.so.5 => libm.so.5.0.6 libg++.so.27 => libg++.so.27.1.4 libform.so.3.0 => libform.so.1.9.9e libc.so.5 => libc.so.5.3.12 libXtst.so.6 => libXtst.so.6.1 libXt.so.6 => libXt.so.6.0 libXpm.so.4 => libXpm.so.4.9 libXmu.so.6 => libXmu.so.6.0 libXi.so.6 => libXi.so.6.0 libXext.so.6 => libXext.so.6.3 libXaw3d.so.6 => libXaw3d.so.6.1 libXaw.so.6 => libXaw.so.6.1 libXIE.so.6 => libXIE.so.6.0 libX11.so.6 => libX11.so.6.1 libSM.so.6 => libSM.so.6.0 libPEX5.so.6 => libPEX5.so.6.0 libICE.so.6 => libICE.so.6.3 /usr/lib: libungif.so.3 => libungif.so.3.0.0 libgdk_imlib.so.1 => libgdk_imlib.so.1.8.0 libtkx8.0.3.so => libtkx8.0.3.so libnewt.so.0.30 => libnewt.so.0.30 libpanel.so.3.0 => libpanel.so.1.9.9e libncurses.so.3.0 => libncurses.so.1.9.9e libmenu.so.3.0 => libmenu.so.1.9.9e libform.so.3.0 => libform.so.1.9.9e libpng.so.2 => libpng.so.2.1.0 libexpect5.26.so => libexpect5.26.so libpanel.so.4 => libpanel.so.4.2 libncurses.so.4 => libncurses.so.4.2 libmenu.so.4 => libmenu.so.4.2 libform.so.4 => libform.so.4.2 libImlib.so.1 => libImlib.so.1.8.0 libgck.so.1 => libgck.so.1.0.0 libtixsam4.1.8.0.so => libtixsam4.1.8.0.so libreadline.so.3 => libreadline.so.3.0 libstdc++.so.2.7.2 => libstdc++.so.2.7.2.8 libg++.so.2.7.2 => libg++.so.2.7.2.8 libgtk.so.1 => libgtk.so.1.0.6 libgimp.so.1 => libgimp.so.1.0.1 libgimpui.so.1 => libgimpui.so.1.0.1 libgdk.so.1 => libgdk.so.1.0.6 libglib.so.1 => libglib.so.1.0.6 libtk8.0.so => libtk8.0.so libtix4.1.8.0.so => libtix4.1.8.0.so libtclx8.0.3.so => libtclx8.0.3.so libvgagl.so.1 => libvgagl.so.1.3.0 libtcl8.0.so => libtcl8.0.so libvga.so.1 => libvga.so.1.3.0 libhistory.so.3 => libhistory.so.3.0 libtiff.so.3 => libtiff.so.3.4 libstdc++.so.2.8 => libstdc++.so.2.8.0 libjpeg.so.6 => libjpeg.so.6.0.1 libjpeg.so.62 => libjpeg.so.62.0.0 librle.so.1 => librle.so.1.0.0 libppm.so.1 => libppm.so.1.0.0 libpnm.so.1 => libpnm.so.1.0.0 libpgm.so.1 => libpgm.so.1.0.0 libpbm.so.1 => libpbm.so.1.0.0 libfbm.so.1 => libfbm.so.1.0.0 libgd.so.1 => libgd.so.1.2 libcrack.so.2 => libcrack.so.2.7 libslang.so.0 => libslang.so.0.99.38 libopcodes-2.9.1.0.15.so.0 => libopcodes-2.9.1.0.15.so.0.0.0 libbfd-2.9.1.0.15.so.0 => libbfd-2.9.1.0.15.so.0.0.0 libz.so.1 => libz.so.1.1.3 libgpm.so.1 => libgpm.so.1.13 libgdbm.so.2 => libgdbm.so.2.0.0 libdb.so.2 => libdb.so.2.0.0 /lib: libresolv.so.2 => libresolv-2.0.7.so libnss_nis.so.1 => libnss_nis-2.0.7.so libnss_files.so.1 => libnss_files-2.0.7.so libnss_dns.so.1 => libnss_dns-2.0.7.so libnss_db.so.1 => libnss_db-2.0.7.so libnss_compat.so.1 => libnss_compat-2.0.7.so libutil.so.1 => libutil-2.0.7.so libnsl.so.1 => libnsl-2.0.7.so libBrokenLocale.so.1 => libBrokenLocale-2.0.7.so libm.so.6 => libm-2.0.7.so libdl.so.2 => libdl-2.0.7.so ld-linux.so.1.8.10 => ld-linux.so.1.8.10 libpwdb.so.0 => libpwdb.so.0.55 libcrypt.so.1 => libcrypt-2.0.7.so libdb.so.2 => libdb-2.0.7.so libpam.so.0 => libpam.so.0.64 libpam_misc.so.0 => libpam_misc.so.0.64 libpthread.so.0 => libpthread.so.0.5 libuuid.so.1 => libuuid.so.1.1 libext2fs.so.2 => libext2fs.so.2.4 libcom_err.so.2 => libcom_err.so.2.0 libe2p.so.2 => libe2p.so.2.3 libproc.so.1.2.6 => libproc.so.1.2.6 libdl.so.1 => libdl.so.1.9.5 libc.so.6 => libc-2.0.7.so libtermcap.so.2 => libtermcap.so.2.0.8 ld-linux.so.2 => ld-2.0.7.so libss.so.2 => libss.so.2.0 ld-linux.so.1 => ld-linux.so.1.9.5 ----------- end of ldconfig -D output - - - - - - - - - - - - - - TIA Aris -- Linux! 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