Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 131053
System freezes when compiling certain Java files with javac (IBM Java 1.4.1 or 1.4.2)
Last modified: 2015-01-04 17:09:12 EST
From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.6) Gecko/20040510 Description of problem: I installed Fedora Core 2, and then proceeded to install software from the TinyOS project (www.tinyos.net). After downloading the IBM 1.4.2 SDK for 32-bit xSeries (Intel compatible) and the JAVACOMM package and installing them, I installed the software for TinyOS which includes some tools written in Java. When I type "make", it invokes javac for each of the Java files. Then the system freezes -- no blinking cursor, no response to keyboard, mouse, or power switch. I have to pull the power cable out to get my system to reboot. Because of the file dependencies being compiled automatically in Java, I don't know what file in particular causes the freeze, and it's slow going to test each one. It just doesn't seem like running javac on *anything* should cause a total system freeze. I have tried both 1.4.2 and 1.4.1 versions of IBM's Java. 1.4.1 used to work on Fedora Core 1. 1.4.1 rpms: IBMJava2-SDK-1.4.1-2.0 IBMJava2-JAVACOMM-1.4.1-2.0 1.4.2 rpms: IBMJava2-SDK-1.4.2-0.0 IBMJava2-JAVACOMM-1.4.2-0.0 Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): kernel-2.6.5-1.358 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Go to /opt/tinyos/tools/java/net/tinyos 2. Type "make" 3. Wait for the system to freeze (sometimes on "javac BcastInject.java" but not always). Actual Results: The terminal window doesn't move, and when I try to move my mouse cursor, I can't find it because it's not moving. Ctl-Alt-Del doesn't do anything, nor trying to switch terminals with Ctl-Alt-F?. Pressing the power switch at the front of the case doesn't do anything (I didn't try holding it down) so I pull the power cable out of the back, wait 20 seconds, plug it back in, and boot the machine. Expected Results: It should have finished compiling lots of Java files. Additional info: FWIW, I am using a brand-new HP Pavilion a605x machine.
I forgot to mention, I say "certain" Java files because simple ones, like HelloWorld, it compiles fine, as well as a number of files it builds before it gets to the one that kills the machine.
This is a duplicate of bug 121902.
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