In article <695961317.20050930132247@gmx.net>, uhel  <uhel@gmx.net> wrote:

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>
>:~> ulimit
>unlimited
>
>but firefox-linux still fails
>(without the line: Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM warning.....):
>
>Error occurred during initialization of VM
>Could not reserve enough space for object heap
>INTERNAL ERROR on Browser End: Could not read ack from child process
>System error?:: Resource temporarily unavailable
>

At this point I would suggest that you replace java with a shell
script that prints the resource limits to a file and exits. Alternatively
you can put a shell script that does:

#!/bin/sh
exec ktrace $JAVA_HOME/bin/java "$@"

and look at the trace...

christos