jdk1.4.2: plugin & javaws users feedback request

[Panagiotis Astithas]

On Monday 08 December 2003 14:32, Alexey Zelkin wrote:
> Gentelmen,
>
> If you are using jdk1.4.2p5 and also use plugin and/or javaws, then
> I would ask you send me your feedbacks (positive and/or negative) about
> their correctnes and functionality.  I am not using them heavily, so
> not able to test them a lot.
>
> Thank you in advance!

I am quite happy with the plugin, but javaws gives me this when I invoke it:

edgar% bash /usr/local/jdk1.4.2/jre/javaws/javaws
javawsbin in malloc(): error: allocation failed
Abort (core dumped)

edgar% gdb /usr/local/jdk1.4.2/jre/javaws/javawsbin javawsbin.core
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This GDB was configured as "i386-undermydesk-freebsd"...
(no debugging symbols found)...
Core was generated by `javawsbin'.
Program terminated with signal 6, Aborted.
Reading symbols from /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6...
(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6
Reading symbols from /usr/local/lib/libiconv.so.3...
(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/local/lib/libiconv.so.3
Reading symbols from /lib/libc.so.5...(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib/libc.so.5
Reading symbols from /libexec/ld-elf.so.1...(no debugging symbols found)...
done.
Loaded symbols for /libexec/ld-elf.so.1
#0  0x2829edbf in kill () from /lib/libc.so.5
(gdb) bt
#0  0x2829edbf in kill () from /lib/libc.so.5
#1  0x28293848 in raise () from /lib/libc.so.5
#2  0x2830bff2 in abort () from /lib/libc.so.5
#3  0x2830a76e in tcflow () from /lib/libc.so.5
#4  0x2830b00b in tcflow () from /lib/libc.so.5
#5  0x2830b3c6 in malloc () from /lib/libc.so.5
#6  0x08051612 in ReadFileToBuffer ()
#7  0x0804df88 in parsePropertyFile ()
#8  0x0804b16e in LoadCfgFile ()
#9  0x0804b116 in LoadConfigurationFile ()
#10 0x08049a4a in main ()
#11 0x080498a2 in _start ()

This is from a bleeding-edge 5.2-CURRENT, but the jdk14 port was built about a 
month ago. Any clues?
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Panagiotis Astithas
Electrical & Computer Engineer, PhD
Network Management Center
National Technical University of Athens, Greece