Hi! I have a problem running Swing-applications with the new Blackdown JDK1.2.2 RC3. The following program --------------- import javax.swing.*; public class UIManagerDefaults { public static void main(String[] args) { System.out.println("Default L&F: " + UIManager.getLookAndFeel().getName()); } } ------------- throws this error: $ java -verbose UIManager (... tons of debug info...) [Loaded javax.swing.UIManager$1 from /home/thomas/bla/jdk1.2.2/jre/lib/rt.jar] [Loaded javax.swing.plaf.metal.MetalLookAndFeel from /home/thomas/bla/jdk1.2.2/jre/lib/rt.jar] [Loaded javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicLookAndFeel from /home/thomas/bla/jdk1.2.2/jre/lib/rt.jar] [Loaded javax.swing.LookAndFeel from /home/thomas/bla/jdk1.2.2/jre/lib/rt.jar] (... more debug info ...) [Loaded java.awt.image.PixelInterleavedSampleModel from /home/thomas/bla/jdk1.2.2/jre/lib/rt.jar] [Loaded java.lang.IllegalArgumentException from /home/thomas/bla/jdk1.2.2/jre/lib/rt.jar] Exception in thread "main" java.lang.Error: can't load javax.swing.plaf.metal.MetalLookAndFeel at javax.swing.UIManager.initializeDefaultLAF(UIManager.java, Compiled Code) at javax.swing.UIManager.initialize(UIManager.java, Compiled Code) at javax.swing.UIManager.maybeInitialize(UIManager.java, Compiled Code) at javax.swing.UIManager.getLookAndFeel(UIManager.java, Compiled Code) at UIManagerDefaults.main(UIManagerDefaults.java, Compiled Code) So javax.swing.plaf.metal.MetalLookAndFeel is loaded in the first place, but then it says it isn't? When I override the default LAF to WindowsLAF the same thing happens. I also tried the MotifLAF, and it works: $ java -Dswing.defaultlaf=com.sun.java.swing.plaf.motif.MotifLookAndFeel UIManagerDefaults Default L&F: CDE/Motif A friend of mine, who is using the JDK1.2.2 with the very same linux distribution (Suse 6.3), has no such problems. What's wrong with my system? Any ideas? Thomas -- Thomas Förster Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]