Description of problem: Running any of j2re1.4.2-06(SUN), j2re1.4.2-03(Blackdown), jre-1.5(SUN) results in segfault (1.4.2 immediate, 1.5 while running a java app). I'm not able to run it within gdb. --- (gdb) r Starting program: /opt/j2re1.4.2/bin/java (no debugging symbols found)...[Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled] [New Thread 1119936 (LWP 5701)] (no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...Cannot find user-level thread for LWP 5701: generic error --- Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): kernel-smp-2.6.9-1.667 With UP kernel it runs fine. There are no kernel messages. System is a P4 with HT.
You are better off reporting this to the JRE vendors (for Sun go to http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/index.jsp ) since they have the source and can see where this is crashing and can determine whether it is actually a bug in the JVM.
It's ok with kernel-smp-2.6.9-1.698_FC3. Could the 4G/4G split have been the cause?