On Tue, Mar 15, 2005 at 11:21:00PM -0500, Miguel wrote: > > Lovely. That worked well. However, a general question - does it tell you > > this on any of the assessable java sites? I have not seen anything like > > this, but of course I could be wrong. > > Unfortunately, I don't think I have ever seen this documented on general > java sites. > > > I also created JMOL_HOME and a link in my bin directory to jmol. > > OK ... I haven't used that ... so I did not know if it still worked :-) > > > The app is now running fine, but it keeps repeating two warnings to my > > main > > window:- > > > > 16/03/2005 14:36:31 java.util.prefs.FileSystemPreferences > > checkLockFile0ErrorCode > > WARNING: Could not lock System prefs.Unix error code 1212652808. > > 16/03/2005 14:36:31 java.util.prefs.FileSystemPreferences syncWorld > > WARNING: Couldn't flush system prefs: > > java.util.prefs.BackingStoreException: Couldn't get file lock > > Hmmm ... I don't know who is putting out that message. > > ** 2 minutes later ** > > this java forum discusses other people having this problem > > http://forum.java.sun.com/thread.jspa?threadID=212725&messageID=174250 > > I have a directory tree under /etc/.java > > Looking at the j*.rpm.bin file that I installed from, I see that the > script explicitly created a directory structure at the time that I > installed. > > I assume that you installed your java rpm as root ... > > I suggest that you reinstall your java > > su > # grep in next line might be jre ... whatever they called it when you > # installed the 1.4.? jre on your system > rpm -qa | grep jdk > rpm --erase jdk > cd /path/to/your/download/directory > ls -l j*.rpm.bin > chmod +x j*.rpm.bin > ./j*.rpm.bin > ^D > > then > > ls -ld /etc/.java > > If that directory does *not* exist, then I would download another jre, > either 1.4.2_0? or 1.5.0_?
I did not bother to reinstall. I went straight to installing 1.5.0 which I had already downloaded. That gives the /etc/.java tree and works fine. I also put in the correct link in mozilla for the plugin. Previously that was 1.3. All is well. Thanks. Brian. > After doing this > > su > cd /usr/java > rm home > ln -s jWhatever home > ^D > > Miguel > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide > Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. > Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. > http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_ide95&alloc_id396&op=click > _______________________________________________ > Jmol-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jmol-users -- Brian Salter-Duke (Brian Duke) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Post: 626 Melbourne Rd, Spotswood, VIC, 3015, Australia Phone 03-93992847. http://members.iinet.net.au/~linden1/brian/ ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_ide95&alloc_id396&op=click _______________________________________________ Jmol-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jmol-users
