>> Sun Java has the same problem, they added to 1.4 the system property >> java.awt.headless. Whatever you do using Fedora / gcj / classpath >> should be compatible, using the same property. Gary> It's set already, in /usr/bin/jonas. Something's ignoring it :-/ I'm sure Gary knows this already, but for the benefit of the record, AFAIK Classpath (and hence libgcj) does not yet implement headless AWT operation. Tom