Re: Java Problems

On Sun, 14 Nov 2010 19:43:11 +1030 Brian Schroeder wrote:

>Hi everyone,
>
>I am running Mandriva 2010.1 with Metisse.   Since upgrading
>from 2010.0, I have not been able to run any java applications.
>
>I get the following error:
>
>Exception in thread "main" java.lang.InternalError: Could not get visual
>info
>
>I have done a lot of searching for anything that will tell me what
>is going on, but have not found anything.  The only thing I found of
>any use at all was the java source code that actually produces this
>error.  I didn't actually understand what I was reading - it looked like
>it was saying that it was unable to find an X display to use - but all
>other X-based applications work fine.
>
>I am assuming there is something obvious here I am missing.  Anyone
>got any suggestions?
>
>Brian.
>

Just in case, here's what burned me a while back...

Nowadays, when I run into problems that seem to defy explanation, I just
think back to the time I searched for days only to discover that I'd
installed something in my /usr/local/{bin,sbin} that was incompatible with
newer versions of some other code...  sure was embarrassing; but a lesson
I've never forgotten...  To verify, either remove /usr/local/* from
PATH or change the order. Of course, you may want to check for other
paths you setup yourself...  *lib*,...  :)

HTH,
Pierre