Hi,

I got the same results with 1.6.1_RC1, but on the other
hand it works alright on CURRENT system (ive managed to
compile Ant with it and it runs swing apps OK so far).
Probably something to do with linux emulation.

Regards
Milos

> Thanks for all responses.  Increasing the limit solved
> the problem.
>
> While the app I have to use works nicely, I experience
> hangs in the jfc  demo applications which come with the
> sun-sdk (like Notepad).  After  some work the process
> (or one thread of it) hangs, uses 99% system time  and
> only dies on kill -KILL.  ktruss doesn't reveal
> anything.
>
> Well, there's problems and problems with Java.  Only use
> Java if you  *really* have to...
>
> Regards, Ulrich