[jsword-devel] jsword under RH9

[Joe Walker]

Hi,

I'm about to do another beta. I know I said this a while ago, but I've 
been very busy recently.
Given the number of changes, I'd wait for a few more days and try again. 
Sorry.

Joe.

Paul Price wrote:

> G'day guys.
>
>     I'm having a horrible time trying to get some sort of Bible 
> package running under RedHat 9.  I've downloaded and installed sword, 
> along with a few modules.  I've tried gnomesword, but it appears very 
> unstable (along with being downright painful to build).  I've now 
> turned to jsword, and am having trouble getting it going as well.  
> I've installed the Sun Java package (j2sdk-1_4_2_01-linux-i586.rpm).  
> I got the jsword-0.9.5-bin.tar.gz file and extracted it.  Then I 
> include the java executable in my path, and try to run jsword:
>
> price@mithrandir:/home/price/temp>cat jsword-0.9.5-bin.tar.gz | gunzip 
> | tar -xvf -
> price@mithrandir:/home/price/temp>cd jsword-20030420/bin/
> price@mithrandir:/home/price/temp/jsword-20030420/bin>set path = ( 
> $path /usr/java/j2sdk1.4.2_01/bin )
> price@mithrandir:/home/price/temp/jsword-20030420/bin>chmod u+x jsword.sh
> price@mithrandir:/home/price/temp/jsword-20030420/bin>./jsword.sh
> ing.book.Splash(ERROR) Failed to load prediction times
> java.io.FileNotFoundException: /home/price/.jsword/splash.properties 
> (No such file or directory)
>         at java.io.FileInputStream.open(Native Method)
>         at java.io.FileInputStream.<init>(FileInputStream.java:106)
>         at java.io.FileInputStream.<init>(FileInputStream.java:66)
> [... a whole heap of "at" lines I can send if you need them]
>         at 
> org.crosswire.jsword.view.swing.desktop.OptionsAction.createConfig(OptionsAction.java:64) 
>
>         at 
> org.crosswire.jsword.view.swing.desktop.Desktop.<init>(Desktop.java:109)
>         at 
> org.crosswire.jsword.view.swing.desktop.Desktop.main(Desktop.java:84)
>
> I get an introductory window (JSword, v0.9.2 on a background of 
> Genesis), at the bottom of which it says: "Creating GUI: Loading 
> Configuration System".  And then it just sits there.
>
> I would appreciate any help you can offer.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Paul.
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