Java problem on Linux only
I recently installed an older version of Linux (Mandrake 6.1 - which says it is based on RH 6.0) on an old P166 so I could have a testbed for Java under Linux. I then installed Java 1.2.2 on the machine. If I just do console stuff, everything is fine. But if I use any GUI components, either awt or Swing, I get a half dozen warning messages in the console. The one shown below was one of the messages that showed up when I ran the SwingSet demo applet. Warning: Cannot convert string " Home,_Key_Begin" to type Virtual Binding All of the other messages are of the same form, with only the string changing. All of the strings have the substring in them. What is particulary puzzling, is that everything in the applet seemed to work, but if I'm getting errors, I'd like to know why. Something must be wrong and maybe I just haven't found what isn't working yet. I'm a complete newbie to Linux, so I don't know if this is a Linux problem or a Java problem. I've checked the documentation and couldn't find any Virtual Binding class. I've checked Roedy Green's Java glossary, and the FAQ on Sun's site and Peter Van der Linden's FAQ. If the info is either place, I missed it. I'd appreciate any help. thanks Thomas W. Cowdery [EMAIL PROTECTED] We have met the enemy, and he is us. Walt Kelley's Pogo
Newbie version questions
I want to set up a Linux box to test Java apps/applets (and to learn a little about Linux). As the subject implies, I'm a newbie to Linux. I started by reading some FAQ's about hardware questions, but they always approach the problem from the opposite direction that I'm coming from. I don't want to know if a given version will run on my machine. Having already checked out the boxed versions of Red Hat, SuSe, and Mandrake, I realize that the latest-greatest isn't likely to work satisfactorily on my hardware. Instead, I'd like some opinions on what version of any Linux distro WOULD run reasonably well on the hardware that I have, and what version of Java might be available for that version of Linux. What I have to work on is an older (AMD) 233 Mhz machine with 64 MB of memory and a hard drive with about 2 GB free. I can free up more HD space if I need to. Since I need to test apps/applets with GUI interfaces, I am assuming that I must have X Windows. I'd probably want a desktop environment like KDE or Gnome so I can easily run Netscape (and/or other browsers). I obviously have to have some version of Java, but I can even limit myself to v 1.1.x if I have to. I probably won't do much actual development on this machine - most of the time I'll be testing stuff developed elsewhere - but I'll probably want the JDK anyway so I have the option to make changes if I need to. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thomas W. Cowdery [EMAIL PROTECTED] We have met the enemy, and he is us. Walt Kelley's PogoJoin Excite! - http://www.excite.comThe most personalized portal on the Web!
