Thanks for the help.  I've installed the IBM java kit and successfully exported JAVA_HOME to the install path.
Now when I run ./startconsole, I get the following error:

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError
        at com.sun.java.swing.plaf.windows.WindowsLookAndFeel.initialize(WindowsLookAndFeel.java:154)
        at com.netscape.management.nmclf.SuiLookAndFeel.initialize(Unknown Source)
        at javax.swing.UIManager.setLookAndFeel(UIManager.java:424)
        at com.netscape.management.client.console.Console.common_init(Unknown Source)
        at com.netscape.management.client.console.Console.<init>(Unknown Source)
        at com.netscape.management.client.console.Console.main(Unknown Source)
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadLibrary0(ClassLoader.java:2171)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadLibrary(ClassLoader.java:2006)
        at java.lang.Runtime.loadLibrary0(Runtime.java:824)
        at java.lang.System.loadLibrary(System.java:910)
        at sun.security.action.LoadLibraryAction.run(LoadLibraryAction.java:76)
        at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged1(Native Method)
        at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(AccessController.java:287)
        at java.awt.Toolkit.loadLibraries(Toolkit.java:1488)
        at java.awt.Toolkit.<clinit>(Toolkit.java:1511)
        ... 6 more

Is this error saying something with the Java gui is screwed up?

- Delamatrix

From: Richard Megginson [mailto:rmeggins@redhat.com]
To: golden@cnt.org, General discussion list for the Fedora Directory server project. [mailto:fedora-directory-users@redhat.com]
Sent: Mon, 05 Dec 2005 22:09:19 -0600
Subject: Re: [Fedora-directory-users] Cant't Start Console

Golden Butler wrote:

> I've just installed fedora directory server on my fedora core 4
> machine. The installation was a breeze, but when I go to start the
> console, I get the following error:
>
> ./startconsole: Your JAVA_HOME environment variable is not set.
> Please set it appropriately.

export JAVA_HOME=/path/to/java e.g. on my Fedora Core 4 system with the
RHEL4 IBM 1.4.2 JDK:
export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.4.2-ibm-1.4.2.2

>
> I've confirmend that I indeed have java run time installed. Is there
> some config somewhere that I need to set or is ignoring? Any help or
> suggestions will be appreciated. Thanks
>
> - Delamatrix
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