Re: JRE as part of Linux

2001-01-27 Thread Doug Collinge
Oracle has developed a virtualized JVM for their various web products. It puts all the shared, read-only stuff in one layer and all the private read-write stuff in another layer. It allows each client session to have effectively their own private JVM with something like 20KB overhead per ses

Re: Fwd: Re: JRE as part of Linux

2001-01-27 Thread Nicolás Lichtmaier
> The problem is that the connection to the X display happens when the AWT > native library is first loaded. It's a single connection that is used > through the life of the JVM. As currently structured, the AWT won't let > you associate different objects with different X connections. It would > ta

Re: JRE as part of Linux

2001-01-27 Thread Tony Dean
Sounds what we need is the old UNIX sticky bit put back into Linux. The sticky bit was a file attribute that told the Kernel that the application should stay in cached for some period of time after it was initially loaded. Way back when, UNIX did this and things that got hit a lot like editors (vi

Re: JRE as part of Linux

2001-01-25 Thread noisebrain
> What is really needed is a pre-started jvm. When you start up a java > process, the jvm will fork, and the child will su to you and proceed as > normal. I don't know exactly what the jvm is doing when it is taking > all that time starting up so I don't know how useful this would be. I like t

Re: Fwd: Re: JRE as part of Linux

2001-01-23 Thread Nathan Meyers
allen petersen wrote: > > you know, it would probably make a whole lot more sense to integrate the jvm > with something like gnome or kde rather than with the operating system itself. > that way you skip the various xdisplay problems (since you'll necessarily have > an x environment associated wi

Re: Fwd: Re: JRE as part of Linux

2001-01-23 Thread allen petersen
you know, it would probably make a whole lot more sense to integrate the jvm with something like gnome or kde rather than with the operating system itself. that way you skip the various xdisplay problems (since you'll necessarily have an x environment associated with your session) and you don'

Re: JRE as part of Linux

2001-01-23 Thread Joseph Shraibman
Yavor Kolarov wrote: > > Thanks to everyone who replied! > > It is clear that JVM can't be part of the kernel. Because of three main > reasons: > 1. Java is not GPL'ed > 2. the more code in the kernel the worse. Java is too big and not so stable. > You don't want different people sharing the j

Re: Fwd: Re: JRE as part of Linux

2001-01-23 Thread Nathan Meyers
Yavor Kolarov wrote: > > There are some additional problems. > > If we have a wrapper starting all programs it has to be able to: > - open news windows and frames on a specific X terminal. ( User A running > Java application on localhost:0.0 and user B on localhost:1.0) > This raises the questio

Re: JRE as part of Linux

2001-01-19 Thread Juergen Kreileder
> "Brett" == Brett W McCoy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Brett> On 19 Jan 2001, Juergen Kreileder wrote: >> Yes, a "simplified" implementation isn't too hard but a complete >> implementation isn't trivial. >> BTW, SCO has done this for Solaris and UnixWare: >> http://www.sco

Re: JRE as part of Linux

2001-01-19 Thread Andreas Rueckert
Hi! On Fre, 19 Jan 2001 Yavor Kolarov wrote: > Thanks to everyone who replied! > > It is clear that JVM can't be part of the kernel. Because of three main > reasons: > 1. Java is not GPL'ed > 2. the more code in the kernel the worse. Java is too big and not so stable. Sorry, the JOS mailing is

Re: JRE as part of Linux

2001-01-19 Thread Yavor Kolarov
Thanks to everyone who replied! It is clear that JVM can't be part of the kernel. Because of three main reasons: 1. Java is not GPL'ed 2. the more code in the kernel the worse. Java is too big and not so stable. Here is one possible design: 1. At boot time a wrapper is started in the user spac

Re: JRE as part of Linux

2001-01-19 Thread Andreas Rueckert
Hi! On Fre, 19 Jan 2001 Bruno Randolf wrote: > i understand the reluctance of the linux community to use java because > of licencing problems, but on the other hand i think it would be really > interresting to integrate java and linux. Don't forget that the GNU utils are a huge part of Li

Re: JRE as part of Linux

2001-01-19 Thread Paul Mclachlan
At 21:58 01 Jan 2001 +0200, Yavor Kolarov wrote: > Recently an interesting question crossed my mind - is there a project for > "emedding" JRE as part of Linux system. By embedding I mean starting it at > system boot or the first time it's needed and keep it running, so that when > the user sta

Re: JRE as part of Linux

2001-01-19 Thread Bruno Randolf
hello! i also thought of a similar thing - would'nt it be cool to have java wrappers around the linux kernel and the system calls - so that you can access them in java? also a java shell would be nice (java instead of shell-scripts!). i understand the reluctance of the linux community to use jav

Re: JRE as part of Linux

2001-01-19 Thread Brett W. McCoy
On 19 Jan 2001, Juergen Kreileder wrote: > Yes, a "simplified" implementation isn't too hard but a complete > implementation isn't trivial. > BTW, SCO has done this for Solaris and UnixWare: > http://www.sco.com/10xmore/ But I'm sure they have done it under license and NDA. It's a different sto

Re: JRE as part of Linux

2001-01-19 Thread Juergen Kreileder
> "Nathan" == Nathan Meyers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Nathan> "Brett W. McCoy" wrote: >> >> On Thu, 18 Jan 2001, Yavor Kolarov wrote: >> >> > Recently an interesting question crossed my mind - is there a >> > project for "emedding" JRE as part of Linux system. By

Re: JRE as part of Linux

2001-01-19 Thread Andreas Rueckert
Hi! On Don, 18 Jan 2001 Brett W. McCoy wrote: > On Thu, 18 Jan 2001, Yavor Kolarov wrote: > > > Recently an interesting question crossed my mind - is there a project for > > "emedding" JRE as part of Linux system. By embedding I mean starting it at > > system boot or the first time it's needed a

Re: JRE as part of Linux

2001-01-18 Thread Nathan Meyers
"Brett W. McCoy" wrote: > > On Thu, 18 Jan 2001, Yavor Kolarov wrote: > > > Recently an interesting question crossed my mind - is there a project for > > "emedding" JRE as part of Linux system. By embedding I mean starting it at > > system boot or the first time it's needed and keep it running,

Re: JRE as part of Linux

2001-01-18 Thread Joseph Shraibman
Until Sun agress to release java under the gpl, it ain't gonna happen. There isn't even a 1.2 compatible free jvm. Yavor Kolarov wrote: > > Hello > > Recently an interesting question crossed my mind - is there a project for > "emedding" JRE as part of Linux system. By embedding I mean starting

Re: JRE as part of Linux

2001-01-18 Thread Brett W. McCoy
On Thu, 18 Jan 2001, Yavor Kolarov wrote: > Recently an interesting question crossed my mind - is there a project for > "emedding" JRE as part of Linux system. By embedding I mean starting it at > system boot or the first time it's needed and keep it running, so that when > the user starts an Jav

Re: JRE as part of Linux

2001-01-18 Thread David Brownell
http://gcc.gnu.org/ ... look at the Java support if you want startup times that are as good as native code. (And don't need Swing... GTK integration is in the works though.) GCC 3.0 includes a Java compiler, GCJ. It's in code slush now, soon to branch; "hope to release by the end of Q1 2001".

Re: JRE 1.1.8 Native Threads support missing for linux/Intel

2000-06-12 Thread Juergen Kreileder
> "Urban" == Urban Widmark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Urban> On Wed, 7 Jun 2000, Andrew Majercik wrote: >> And there-in lies the rub, because I am trying to find a viable >> JRE for shipping a product. :) Urban> Sorry, I need to read $subject more carefully. >> Does any

Re: JRE 1.1.8 Native Threads support missing for linux/Intel

2000-06-08 Thread Urban Widmark
On Wed, 7 Jun 2000, Andrew Majercik wrote: > And there-in lies the rub, because I am trying to find a viable JRE for > shipping a product. :) Sorry, I need to read $subject more carefully. > Does anyone know who to contact? The blackdown people are on this list, they probably already know.

Re: JRE 1.1.8 Native Threads support missing for linux/Intel

2000-06-07 Thread Andrew Majercik
Ahhh! And there-in lies the rub, because I am trying to find a viable JRE for shipping a product. :) Does anyone know who to contact? Thanks, Andrew >From: Oscar Carrillo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: JRE 1.1.8 Native Threads support mi

Re: JRE 1.1.8 Native Threads support missing for linux/Intel

2000-06-07 Thread Oscar Carrillo
OK. It's been awhile and I went back to look at the blackdown stuff more closely. The jdk_118_v1 for blackdown DOES have a "native_threads" directory. But the jre_118_v1 does NOT have a "native_threads" directory to contain all the relevant binaries, etc. Which is fine, as long as you don't wa

Re: JRE 1.1.8 Native Threads support missing for linux/Intel

2000-06-07 Thread Urban Widmark
On Wed, 7 Jun 100, Oscar Carrillo wrote: > I couldn't figure this out either. Can someone please enlighten us? > I posted an inquiry before but got no reply. > > I had to eventually use the IBM JRE 1.1.8, which only supports native threads. > I would probably make an RPM of the balckdown 1.1.8 i

Re: JRE 1.1.8 Native Threads support missing for linux/Intel

2000-06-07 Thread Oscar Carrillo
I couldn't figure this out either. Can someone please enlighten us? I posted an inquiry before but got no reply. I had to eventually use the IBM JRE 1.1.8, which only supports native threads. I would probably make an RPM of the balckdown 1.1.8 if I could figure out the native threads support. Os

Re: JRE -and- JDK

2000-04-14 Thread Weiqi Gao
Trieu Truong wrote: > > A newbie question (this seems too obvious even for the FAQs): I need to > install the JRE (I'm going to use the one at blackdown.org) so that I > can run Oracle 8i on my Linux box. Does this either preclude or hinder > my ability to install and use Blackdown's JDK so tha

Re: JRE -and- JDK

2000-04-14 Thread Jesus M. Salvo Jr.
You can have several JDKs, JREs in your box like I do, just make sure you know what you are using and when. For more information on installing 8i on Linux, see my signature at the bottom of this e-mail. John Salvo Trieu Truong wrote: > > A newbie question (this seems too obvious even for the FA

Re: JRE -and- JDK

2000-04-14 Thread David Marshall
Dan Hobbs wrote: > Trieu Truong said, about JRE -and- JDK > > A newbie question (this seems too obvious even for the FAQs): I need to > > install the JRE (I'm going to use the one at blackdown.org) so that I > > can run Oracle 8i on my Linux box. Does this either preclude or hinder > > my abili

Re: JRE -and- JDK

2000-04-14 Thread Dan Hobbs
Trieu Truong said, about JRE -and- JDK > A newbie question (this seems too obvious even for the FAQs): I need to > install the JRE (I'm going to use the one at blackdown.org) so that I > can run Oracle 8i on my Linux box. Does this either preclude or hinder > my ability to install and use Blackd

RE: JRE error installing Oracle8i

1999-12-09 Thread Robert Grunloh
I've done a couple installs of Oracle 8i on RH6.0 and 6.1. There are some interesting gotchas, if this isn't too far off topic. Using a newer jre than Oracle's recommended 1.1.6v5 will often (not always) work as far as installing the software itself, but for me the install program would then bomb

Re: JRE error when installing Oracle8i

1999-12-09 Thread Chris Abbey
At 13:05 12/9/99 +0700, you wrote: >FYI, I've already installed JRE 1.1.6v5 in /usr/local/jre directory um... try a *current* version. For a x86 box running RH6.1 I'd highly recommend either blackdown's 118v1 or IBM's 118. -=Chris cabbey at home dot net <*> http://members.home.net/cabbey

Re: jre and native thread

1999-09-15 Thread Chris Abbey
At 19:24 9/15/99 -0600, Carlos Alberto Román Zamitiz wrote: >I think your linux box doesn't have memory enough. >You should close others applications and try again. >(ups! that's sound like Windows). yeah, that would be windows ... >I'm not sure. Please, tell me if I'm wrong. I very much suspe

Re: jre and native thread

1999-09-15 Thread Carlos Alberto Román Zamitiz
I think your linux box doesn't have memory enough. You should close others applications and try again. (ups! that's sound like Windows). I'm not sure. Please, tell me if I'm wrong. Greetings Carlos Pierre Legay wrote: > Hello, > when I execute a very simple program ( jre Hello.class) with the

Re: jre and redhat 6

1999-07-07 Thread Nathan Meyers
steve patient wrote: > > Hi Folks > > Thanks to the many of you who recommended jre 1.1.7v3 - at least there > appears to be a consensus. > > I've downloaded and installed this and now get a shiny new error message: > > can't find java/lang/Thread > > It doesn't appear to make any difference

Re: jre and redhat 6

1999-07-07 Thread Alex M.
That's really strange that you are having that much trouble. Here's what I did to install java on RedHat 6: install redhat (easier than Windows, btw) uninstall kaffe (rpm -e kaffe) install jdk1.2-pre2 for linux And everything worked from there. Just to be sure, I even installed the 1.1.7 jdks,

Re: jre

1999-04-22 Thread Chris Abbey
At 10:00 AM 4/23/99 +0800, Jayvee Vibar wrote: >Is there a java runtime environment for linux?? yes. http://www.blackdown.org/java-linux/mirrors.html lists many mirrors you can choose from. All of them have it. Select any one, then select the level you want (i.e. JDK-1.1.7), then select your arc

Re: jre

1999-02-06 Thread Michael Sinz
On Sat, 06 Feb 1999 15:17:03 PST, alexander lang wrote: >Hi, > >I am quite the rookie computer guy and am having trouble getting my >application to work with jre1.1.7. > >I am getting this error message: >"../usr/local/jre117_v1a/bin/i586/green_threads/jre: can't load library >'libXp.so.6' Thi

Re: jre

1999-02-06 Thread Michael Sinz
On Sat, 06 Feb 1999 15:17:03 PST, alexander lang wrote: >Hi, > >I am quite the rookie computer guy and am having trouble getting my >application to work with jre1.1.7. > >I am getting this error message: >"../usr/local/jre117_v1a/bin/i586/green_threads/jre: can't load library >'libXp.so.6' Thi

Re: jre 1.1.5

1999-02-03 Thread Michael Sinz
On Wed, 03 Feb 1999 02:25:26 PST, alexander lang wrote: >Hi, > >Do you know where I can get a JRE 1.1.5 (for LINUX). Will higher >versions of jre be compatible with code compiled with a lower jdk? Yes, the JRE 1.1.7 should run all older JRE 1.1.x code and most all JRE 1.0.2 code (they claim al

Re: jre/java troubles

1998-10-09 Thread Tom Jenkins
I'd hazard a guess that your CLASSPATH does not have '.' in it so the JVM can't locate your Main.class file At 03:15 PM 10/9/98 -0400, Ian Wehrman wrote: >good day all, > >i'm sure this is a frequently asked question, but after looking around, >i haven't yet found anything. i have the JDK 1.1.6v4

Re: jre/java troubles

1998-10-09 Thread dan
Ian Wehrman wrote: > good day all, > > i'm sure this is a frequently asked question, but after looking around, > i haven't yet found anything. i have the JDK 1.1.6v4a for i386-glibc > linux, and compiling .java files with javac works fine, however whenever > i try to execute a class file with t

Re: jre failed

1998-10-05 Thread dan
When using the '-cp' flag in jdk1.1.x, the classpath specified at runtime *replaces* the classpath specified in your environment. Make sure that you also specify the location of 'classes.zip' and 'swingall.jar' (if you are using swing, that is) in addition to 'testq.jar'. -dan [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: jre failed

1998-10-04 Thread mlorton
> I tried to run an application packed in a JAR file: > $ jre -cp testq.jar QueueTest > but got the following message: > > Unable to initialize threads: cannot find class java/lang/Thread > Could not create Java VM > > I use jdk-1.1.6, RPM version (jdk-sbb-1.1.6-2.1.2glibc). > CLASSPATH, JAVA_H