In article <4537D1D2.1040702@lanl.gov>, Al Urbaitis  <avu@lanl.gov> wrote:
>Open office writer (soffice)
>works ok when user is root. That is
>the java based "wizards" work as intended.
>
>However the "wizards" hang when launched as
>a local user with the following error messages
>
>
>Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM warning: Can't detect initial thread stack 
>location -
>  find_vma failed
>
>
>According to some miscellaneous rummaging the above message
>is due to a "proc" query that is rejected. This occurs as user root
>or local user.
>
>These errors occur specifically for the local user. I ma not a native 
>java speaker and would appreciate if someone might use their secret 
>decoder ring on the following

put in /etc/fstab:

procfs          /proc           procfs  rw,linux                 0 0

and remount procfs

christos