Using:

 bali% cat /etc/redhat-release 
 Red Hat Linux release 7.0.90 (Fisher)

See:

http://www.redhat.com/apps/download/beta/rhl.html


After installing Sun java 1.3.1beta build 15 I request a version string
 but get a segmentation fault instead...

 Reproducible: Always
 Steps to Reproduce:

 1. Download and install j2sdk-1_3_1-beta-linux-i386.bin
     from java.sun.com

 2. Type:

     java -version

         

 Actual Results:  bali% ./java -version

 Unexpected Signal : 11 occurred at PC=0x401f3f9c
 Function name=start_thread__2osP6Thread
 Library=/usr/java1.3.1/jre/lib/i386/client/libjvm.so

 Current Java thread:

 Expected Results:  kuta% ./java -version
 java version "1.3.1-beta"
 Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.3.1-beta-b15)
 Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.3.1beta-b15, mixed mode)
 kuta% 


 bali% ./java -version

 Unexpected Signal : 11 occurred at PC=0x401f3f9c
 Function name=start_thread__2osP6Thread
 Library=/usr/java1.3.1/jre/lib/i386/client/libjvm.so

 Current Java thread:

 zsh: segmentation fault  ./java -version
 bali% 
 bali% ./java 
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 (gdb) run -version
 Starting program: /usr/java1.3.1/bin/i386/native_threads/java -version
 [New Thread 1024 (LWP 1567)]
 [New Thread 2049 (LWP 1577)]
 Delayed SIGSTOP caught for LWP 1577.
 [New Thread 1026 (LWP 1578)]
 Delayed SIGSTOP caught for LWP 1578.
 LWP 1578 exited.

 Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
 [Switching to Thread 1024 (LWP 1567)]
 0x401f3f9c in os::start_thread () at eval.c:41
 41      eval.c: No such file or directory.
         in eval.c
 (gdb) 
 (gdb) 
 (gdb) where
 #0  0x401f3f9c in os::start_thread () at eval.c:41
 #1  0x40224237 in Threads::create_vm () at eval.c:41
 #2  0x401971d8 in JNI_CreateJavaVM () at eval.c:41
 #3  0x08049bca in InitializeJVM () at eval.c:41
 #4  0x08048fd0 in main () at eval.c:41
 #5  0x40444f11 in __libc_start_main (main=0x8048c90 <main>, argc=2,
 ubp_av=0xbffff93c, 
     init=0x8048974 <_init>, fini=0x804aaec <_fini>, rtld_fini=0x4000e214
 <_dl_fini>, 
     stack_end=0xbffff934) at ../sysdeps/generic/libc-start.c:129
 (gdb) 
 (gdb) info threads
   3 Thread 1026 (unknown thread_db state 1)  __strtol_internal (nptr=???,
 endptr=???, 
     base=???, group=???) at eval.c:36
   2 Thread 2049 (LWP 1577)  0x40500a07 in __poll (fds=0x808d1ac, nfds=1,
 timeout=2000)
     at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/poll.c:63
 * 1 Thread 1024 (LWP 1567)  0x401f3f9c in os::start_thread () at eval.c:41
 (gdb) 

 Linux version 2.4.0-0.99.11 (###@###.###) (gcc version 2.96
 20000731 (Red Hat Linux 7.0)) #1 Wed Jan 24 16:07:17 EST 2001

 bali% ldd -v libjvm.so            
         libnsl.so.1 => /lib/libnsl.so.1 (0x403ee000)
         libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x40404000)
         libpthread.so.0 => /lib/libpthread.so.0 (0x40408000)
         libstdc++-libc6.1-1.so.2 => /usr/lib/libstdc++-libc6.1-1.so.2 (0x4041d000)
         libm.so.6 => /lib/libm.so.6 (0x40460000)
         libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x40480000)
         /lib/ld-linux.so.2 => /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x2aaaa000)

         Version information:
         ./libjvm.so:
                 libm.so.6 (GLIBC_2.0) => /lib/libm.so.6
                 libm.so.6 (GLIBC_2.1) => /lib/libm.so.6
                 libdl.so.2 (GLIBC_2.1) => /lib/libdl.so.2
                 libdl.so.2 (GLIBC_2.0) => /lib/libdl.so.2
                 libc.so.6 (GLIBC_2.1) => /lib/libc.so.6
                 libc.so.6 (GLIBC_2.0) => /lib/libc.so.6
                 libpthread.so.0 (GLIBC_2.0) => /lib/libpthread.so.0
                 libpthread.so.0 (GLIBC_2.1) => /lib/libpthread.so.0
         /lib/libnsl.so.1:
                 libc.so.6 (GLIBC_2.1.3) => /lib/libc.so.6
                 libc.so.6 (GLIBC_2.2) => /lib/libc.so.6
                 libc.so.6 (GLIBC_2.0) => /lib/libc.so.6
                 libc.so.6 (GLIBC_2.1) => /lib/libc.so.6
         /lib/libdl.so.2:
                 libc.so.6 (GLIBC_2.1.3) => /lib/libc.so.6
                 libc.so.6 (GLIBC_2.1) => /lib/libc.so.6
                 libc.so.6 (GLIBC_2.2) => /lib/libc.so.6
                 libc.so.6 (GLIBC_2.0) => /lib/libc.so.6
         /lib/libpthread.so.0:
                 libc.so.6 (GLIBC_2.1.3) => /lib/libc.so.6
                 libc.so.6 (GLIBC_2.1) => /lib/libc.so.6
                 libc.so.6 (GLIBC_2.2) => /lib/libc.so.6
                 libc.so.6 (GLIBC_2.1.2) => /lib/libc.so.6
                 libc.so.6 (GLIBC_2.0) => /lib/libc.so.6
         /usr/lib/libstdc++-libc6.1-1.so.2:
                 libc.so.6 (GLIBC_2.1) => /lib/libc.so.6
                 libc.so.6 (GLIBC_2.0) => /lib/libc.so.6
         /lib/libm.so.6:
                 libc.so.6 (GLIBC_2.1.3) => /lib/libc.so.6
                 libc.so.6 (GLIBC_2.0) => /lib/libc.so.6
         /lib/libc.so.6:
                 ld-linux.so.2 (GLIBC_2.1.1) => /lib/ld-linux.so.2
                 ld-linux.so.2 (GLIBC_2.1) => /lib/ld-linux.so.2
                 ld-linux.so.2 (GLIBC_2.2) => /lib/ld-linux.so.2
                 ld-linux.so.2 (GLIBC_2.0) => /lib/ld-linux.so.2