> That doesn't look good. It certainly looks like a JVM problem with > your Opteron system. > > There must be some version of the JVM which runs on Opteron - Sun's > new Java Station is Opteron after all, and they offer dual cpu with > RedHat x86 as an option. I tried going back a kernel package, to 2.6.7-1.494.2.2smp. That seems to have fixed the problem. java runs and gives me it's version, and the plugin for mozilla works now too. Thanks to all who offered ideas and help! Mike Iglesias Email: iglesias@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx University of California, Irvine phone: 949-824-6926 Network & Academic Computing Services FAX: 949-824-2069