> P.S. I tried updating my java from 1.4 but SPM doesn't have a more > recent version. It looks like you'll have more success running Java apps when Java is working properly. Instructions for installing Java 1.5 on Ubuntu Dapper are here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Java Or here if you want the latest 1.6: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=332674 -Jared