Installation fails after language selection panel displays on Solaris
 Technote (troubleshooting)
 
Problem(Abstract)
WebSphere® Application Server V5.0 installation fails on Solaris® after the language selection panel is displayed.
 
Cause
Solaris Direct Graphics Access (DGA) is apparently not supported during installation of WebSphere Application Server.
 
Resolving the problem
In order to trace installation
./install.sh -is:javaconsole

Produced the following output in the log file
An unexpected exception has been detected in native code outside the VM.

Unexpected Signal : 11 occurred at PC=0xfac14d00
Function name=dga_init_version
Library=/usr/openwin/lib/libdga.so.1

Current Java thread:
       at sun.awt.motif.X11Graphics.X11LockViewResources(Native Method)
       at sun.awt.motif.X11Graphics.lock(X11Graphics.java:850)
       at sun.java2d.loops.LockableRaster.<init>(LockableRaster.java:88)
       at sun.java2d.loops.RasterOutputManager.drawString(RasterOutputManager.java:2872)
       at sun.java2d.pipe.ValidatePipe.drawString(ValidatePipe.java:115)
       at sun.java2d.SunGraphics2D.drawString(SunGraphics2D.java:2240)
       at com.installshield.wizard.awt.FlowLabel.paintImpl(FlowLabel.java:584)
       at com.installshield.wizard.awt.FlowLabel.paint(FlowLabel.java:616)
       at sun.awt.RepaintArea.paint(RepaintArea.java:293)
       at sun.awt.motif.MComponentPeer.handleEvent(MComponentPeer.java:344)
       at java.awt.Component.dispatchEventImpl(Component.java:2658)
       at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:2492)
       at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:334)
       at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForHierarchy(EventDispatchThread.java:126)
       at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(EventDispatchThread.java:93)
       at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:88)
       at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(EventDispatchThread.java:80)

Dynamic libraries:
0x10000         /mnt/sun/jdk/java/bin/../bin/sparc/native_threads/java
0xff350000      /usr/lib/libthread.so.1
0xff390000      /usr/lib/libdl.so.1
0xff200000      /usr/lib/libc.so.1
0xff330000      /usr/platform/SUNW,Ultra-4/lib/libc_psr.so.1
0xfe400000      /mnt/sun/jdk/java/jre/lib/sparc/client/libjvm.so
0xff2e0000      /usr/lib/libCrun.so.1
0xff1e0000      /usr/lib/libsocket.so.1
0xff100000      /usr/lib/libnsl.so.1
0xff0d0000      /usr/lib/libm.so.1
0xff310000      /usr/lib/libw.so.1
0xff0b0000      /usr/lib/libmp.so.2
0xff080000      /mnt/sun/jdk/java/jre/lib/sparc/native_threads/libhpi.so
0xff050000      /mnt/sun/jdk/java/jre/lib/sparc/libverify.so
0xfe7c0000      /mnt/sun/jdk/java/jre/lib/sparc/libjava.so
0xff020000      /mnt/sun/jdk/java/jre/lib/sparc/libzip.so
0xfe3a0000      /usr/lib/nss_files.so.1
0xfd010000      /mnt/sun/jdk/java/jre/lib/sparc/libnet.so
0xfaf90000      /mnt/sun/jdk/java/jre/lib/sparc/libawt.so
0xf4c00000      /mnt/sun/jdk/java/jre/lib/sparc/motif21/libmawt.so
0xfaeb0000      /mnt/sun/jdk/java/bin/../jre/lib/sparc/libmlib_image.so
0xed980000      /usr/dt/lib/libXm.so.4
0xfac90000      /usr/openwin/lib/libXt.so.4
0xfadd0000      /usr/openwin/lib/libXext.so.0
0xfadb0000      /usr/openwin/lib/libXtst.so.1
0xf4b00000      /usr/openwin/lib/libX11.so.4
0xfac70000      /usr/openwin/lib/libSM.so.6
0xfac40000      /usr/openwin/lib/libICE.so.6
0xfac10000      /usr/openwin/lib/libdga.so.1
0xed680000      /mnt/sun/jdk/java/jre/lib/sparc/libfontmanager.so
0xedba0000      /usr/openwin/lib/libdps.so.5
0xf4e40000      /mnt/sun/jdk/java/bin/../jre/lib/sparc/libsunwjdga.so
0xf4d60000      /mnt/sun/jdk/java/bin/../jre/lib/sparc/libxinerama.so
0xf4d40000      /usr/lib/nss_dns.so.1
0xf4bb0000      /usr/lib/libresolv.so.2
The exception above was detected in native code outside the VM
Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (1.3.1_05-b02 mixed mode)


Setting this environment variable to disable DGA

csh:
% setenv NO_J2D_DGA true or

ksh:
$ export NO_J2D_DGA true

Run the ./install.sh to install successfully.

 
 
Cross Reference information
Segment Product Component Platform Version Edition
Application Servers Runtimes for Java Technology Java SDK
 
 


Document Information


Product categories: Software > Application Servers > Distributed Application & Web Servers > WebSphere Application Server > Install
Operating system(s): Solaris
Software version: 5.0
Software edition:
Reference #: 1143279
IBM Group: Software Group
Modified date: Mar 31, 2004