i386 java binaries causing 100% cpu on amd64

[David Israelsson]

Ashley Moran <work at ashleymoran.me.uk> writes:

> I have an Althlon 64 server running 6.0-rel in amd64 mode.  I'm trying to 
> compile JDK 1.5 on it, and I've gone about it two ways:
>
> * installing the binary package of the native JDK 1.4 created on my i386 
> desktop
> * installing emulators/linux_base and the Linux JDK 1.4
>
> In both cases, when I run java -version, it does nothing but takes up 100% 
> CPU.  I've stress-tested the system by running an i386 version of the 
> misc/chef port, and that runs, so the issue is not with i386 binaries in 
> general.

I had the same problems on amd64.  In my case the problem was solved
by deinstalling linux_base-8 and installing linux_base-rh-9.  After
that, the JDK build went fine using linux-sun-jdk-14.

    /David