More Limewire

[Jesse Jarzynka]

Jesse Jarzynka wrote:

> How about this?
>
> [jesse at jesse ~]$ limewire
> Starting LimeWire...
> Java exec found in PATH. Verifying...
> Suitable java version found [java = 1.4.2]
> Configuring environment...
> Loading LimeWire:
> Exception during runtime initialization
> java.lang.NullPointerException
>   <<No stacktrace available>>
>
> ******************************************************************
> Something went wrong with LimeWire.
> Maybe you're using the wrong version of Java?
> (LimeWire is tested against and works best with with Sun's JRE, Java 
> 1.4+)
> The version of Java in your PATH is:
> java version "1.4.2"
> gij (GNU libgcj) version 4.0.0 20050519 (Red Hat 4.0.0-8)
>
> Copyright (C) 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There 
> is NO
> warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR 
> PURPOSE.
>
> [jesse at jesse ~]$


Fixed it myself. When I installed the Java rpm, I saw that /usr/bin/java 
pointed to /etc/alternatives/java, i removed it and pointed 
/usr/bin/java to /usr/java/jre1.5.0_02/bin/java, and it went fine. very 
strange, -Jesse