I tried installing the 32-bit rpms on my 64-bit Xeon system as Richard Megginson suggested was possible in this thread: https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-directory-users/2006-February/msg00042.html I encountered the following problems: Setup failed (but completed), giving the following messages: ---------------------------- [slapd-gause]: starting up server ... [slapd-gause]: Fedora-Directory/1.0.1 B2005.342.165 [slapd-gause]: gause.esm.harvard.edu:389 (/opt/fedora-ds/slapd-gause) [slapd-gause]: [slapd-gause]: [03/Feb/2006:14:39:40 -0500] - Fedora-Directory/1.0.1 B2005.342.165 starting up [slapd-gause]: [03/Feb/2006:14:39:42 -0500] - slapd started. Listening on All Interfaces port 389 for LDAP requests Your new directory server has been started. Created new Directory Server Start Slapd Starting Slapd server configuration. Fatal Slapd ERROR: Ldap authentication failed for url ldap://gause.esm.harvard.edu:389/o=NetscapeRoot user id admin (151:Unknown error.) Fatal Slapd Did not add Directory Server information to Configuration Server. Configuring Administration Server... Setting up Administration Server Instance... ERROR: Administration Server configuration failed. See install.log. ---------------------------- I tried to start the console anyway, but my java VM crashed: ---------------------------- $ ./startconsole -u admin -a http://gause.esm.harvard.edu:1389/ # [thread 1077664096 also had an error] # An unexpected error has been detected by HotSpot Virtual Machine: # # SIGILL (0x4) at pc=0x0000002a958b3665, pid=15189, tid=1076611424 # # Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (1.5.0-b64 mixed mode) # Problematic frame: # V [libjvm.so+0x336665] # # An error report file with more information is saved as hs_err_pid15189.log # # If you would like to submit a bug report, please visit: # http://java.sun.com/webapps/bugreport/crash.jsp # ./startconsole: line 72: 15189 Aborted $JAVA_HOME/bin/java -ms8m -mx64m -cp .:./base.jar:./mcc10_en.jar:./jss3.jar:./ldapjdk.jar:./mcc10.jar:./nmclf10_en.jar:./nmclf10.jar -Djava.library.path=../lib -Djava.util.prefs.systemRoot=. -Djava.util.prefs.userRoot=. com.netscape.management.client.console.Console $* ---------------------------- Any suggestions? Thanks, Dan