[ale] RedHat 9, threading

[David Corbin]

Yu, Jerry wrote:

> such incompatiblity and getaround are noted in redhat 9 release notes.
> I think 1.4.2 jdk and above should work. You can disable the native 
> thread support completely using a boot option, 'nosysinfo'. 
> Alternatively, you can run your incompatible program with 
> LD_ASSUME_KERNEL=2.4.1 or 2.2.5
>

Thanks.  I AM using 1.4.2 JDK, nad I've tried the LD_ASSUME_KERNEL 
variable.  No joy, so it must not be threading problem.  Is there a 
difference in the LD_ASSUME_KERNEL values and what they mean?

David