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Java SDK on Fedora 8

I have been trying to install Java 1.7 on my Fedora 8 laptop for ages, but I kept getting errors.

Checking available disk space...
Checking Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment...
Extracting Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment files...
Extracting installation files...
Launching Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment...
java: xcb_xlib.c:50: xcb_xlib_unlock: Assertion `c->xlib.lock' failed.

So, after a lot of searching and a lot of trials, I found the fix;
http://forum.java.sun.com/thread.jspa?threadID=5233340

SImply appending '-console' to the script, fixed my prob

/java_ee_sdk-5_03-linux.bin -console

EDIT: The '-console' fix also works with the Java tools bundle (Netbeans) when running the shell script installer.

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