Re: Aurora 2.0 Java? (UltraSPARC 2)

"Scot P. Floess" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.aurora.user
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Charles:

I've been using the blackdown port of 1.4.1 (hadn't really tried the gcj 
version).  Keep in mind I have done very little with it (as in mostly 
nothing) as I need newer VMs like 1.6...  I wish a more modern version 
were available as I'd probably do more with my Ultra 5's...

Charles Tryon wrote:
>
> I've been away from the Aurora project for a while, so I hope my 
> questions aren't lame....
>
> I have an UltraSPARC 2 Enterprise box I'm trying to bring up with 
> Aurora Linux.  The 2.0 version seemed to install fine, though I had to 
> use the Text install, since X wouldn't start up on the video adapter 
> in the box.  That's another issue though.
>
> Now that I have it up and running pretty smoothly, I'm wondering, what 
> is the state of Java in the Aurora 2.0 release on the UltraSPARC?  
> I've been trying to figure out the packages, and see some GCJ stuff 
> ("This script is a placeholder for the /usr/bin/java...") but no real 
> java.  I tried the Blackdown version, but that blew up with a signal 
> 11, even after installing the compat-libstdc++ package.  (I'm guessing 
> it's related to the 32/64 bit userspace libs).  I'm using "yum" to 
> install and update packages, though I'm not positive I have all the 
> right repositories.
>
> Just looking for a starting point to begin looking.
>
>
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