Sun JVM 1.4.2_8 doesn't work with FC4

[Raman Gupta]

Brian G. Anderson wrote:

>> java.net.SocketException: Invalid argument or cannot assign requested 
>> address
>>         at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.socketConnect(Native Method)
>>         at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.doConnect(PlainSocketImpl.java:305)
>>         at 
>> java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connectToAddress(PlainSocketImpl.java:171)
>>         at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connect(PlainSocketImpl.java:158)
>>         at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:452)
>>         at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:402)
>>         at java.net.Socket.<init>(Socket.java:309)
>>         at java.net.Socket.<init>(Socket.java:153)
>>         at SocketTest.main(SocketTest.java:18)
>
Brian, I had the exact same (strange!) problem with my 1.4.2 JVM after 
upgrading to Core 4. I did not investigate in detail -- I just assumed 
it was some sort of conflict between my Sun VM and the gcj stuff that 
comes with Core 4, as warned about in the release notes.  As you said, 
using JVM 1.5 worked fine, and all of my JDK 1.4 compiled programs work 
fine without recompilation on a 1.5 JVM.  One thing I did not try was 
uninstalling my Sun 1.4 JDK package (which was a holdover from an 
upgraded Core 2 installation) and installing a jpackage-based 1.4 JDK on 
Core 4. If you try that, I would use rpm -V vigorously :-)

Cheers,
Raman