IBM SDK for Linux, Java 2 Technology Edition, Version 1.4.2
Service Refresh 1
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This READMEFIRST file applies to Version 1.4.2, Service 
Refresh 1, and to all subsequent releases and modifications 
until otherwise indicated in a new READMEFIRST file.


This READMEFIRST file provides late-breaking information that 
was not incorporated into the User Guides.  This file must be 
read in conjunction with any User Guides listed below.


For Service Refresh 1, the Runtime User Guide and the 
Information for Japanese Users, which are the guides normally 
translated, have not been translated. If you use the 
translated versions of those guides, please refer to the 
English-language versions to see the small number of changes 
made for Service Refresh 1. 



SLES9
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On SLES9, you might experience internationalization problems 
with, for example:

Font displays.

Input Method Engine (Canna might not work on Big Endian 
platforms).

Locale data (SDK for PowerPC 64-bit might not work correctly 
because of missing locale data)

If you see these problems, please contact SuSE.




Linux IA 32-bit
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On SLES9 NPTL, the parallel port driver causes a kernel crash and brings down 
a Java thread. The JVM detects this crash when it tries to suspend the thread 
for Garbage Collection and then crashes producing a core file and the message
"JVMLH030: threads are disappearing when trying to suspend all threads".

Bugzilla report 11483 is raised against this problem.




Linux PPC 32-bit and Linux PPC 64-bit
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On SLES9 and RHEL3 update 3, file I/O transfer on serial communication 
ports does not work.

Bugzilla report 11535 is raised against this problem.

