From: "Gan Uesli Starling" <oinkfreebiker@att.net>
> Okay, did that. Excerpt from my .cshrc now reads as (I turned off wrap).
>
> set path=(/sbin /usr/sbin /bin /usr/bin /usr/pkg/sbin /usr/pkg/bin
/usr/pkg/java/bin /usr/X11R6/bin /usr/local/sbin /usr/local/bin)
>
> # stuff for vixaml-b8 package
> set JAVA_HOME=(/usr/pkg/java/bin)
> set SWING_HOME=(/usr/pkg/lib/java)
> set
CLASSPATH=${JAVA_HOME}/lib:${JAVA_HOME}/lib/classes.zip:${JAVA_HOME}/jre/{bi
n,lib}:${SWING_HOME}/swingall.zip
>
> ...but I still get...
>
> gus# visxml
> Unable to initialize threads: cannot find class java/lang/Thread
> Could not create Java VM
> gus#

Try hardwiring the path to rt.jar into your classpath (like classes.zip).  I
just checked to verify that that's where the Thread classes live.