Simple infinite recursion. On 1.1.7 it blows the stack, if it does something different on 1.2 then you may have found a bug (my only system with 1.2 went down hard last night so I can't verify this). To make sure it isn't just still recursing try dropping the stack sizes as small as you can ( java -ss1 -oss1 for 11x) and leave it run a while (about 1 minute on my slow machine (blackdown 117 + tya1.3), appears instantly on my fast box (IBM n117p) ). -=Chris !NEW!-=> <*> cabbey at home dot net http://members.home.net/cabbey/ <*> "What can Microsoft do? They certainly can't program around us." - Linus -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version:3.12 http://www.geekcode.com GCS$/IT/PA$ d(-) s++:+ a-- C+++$ UL++++ UA++$ P++ L++ E- W++ N+ o? K? !P w---(+)$ O- M-- V-- Y+ PGP+ t--- 5++ X+ R tv b+ DI+++ D G e++ h(+) r@ y? ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]