kaffe 1.0 b1 eats up all memory

[Wolfgang Fiedler]

Hi kaffe users (and ~ drinker)

troubles ahead...

I´ve downloaded, untarred, ./configured and made kaffe-1.0.b1
successfully. (only some warnings during compiling, but nothing
serious).
java -version gives a few lines of text. So far, so good.

But compiling a java-source-file (like: javac HelloWorld.java) or
executing a class file (java HelloWorld) is *not* possible.
Kaffe starts up and eats up all memory -> the system becomes unusable
(thank God or the responlible guys for the SysReq-key)

Some system information might be useful:

Libraies in /usr/local/lib:

lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root           18 Sep 21 17:21
/usr/local/lib/libkaffevm.so -> libkaffevm.so.1.00
-rw-r--r--   1 root     root       761382 Sep 21 17:21
/usr/local/lib/libkaffevm.so.1.00
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root           21 Sep 21 17:21
/usr/local/lib/libmanagement.so -> libmanagement.so.1.00
-rw-r--r--   1 root     root         3846 Sep 21 17:21
/usr/local/lib/libmanagement.so.1.00
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root           15 Sep 21 17:21
/usr/local/lib/libmath.so -> libmath.so.1.00
-rw-r--r--   1 root     root        37964 Sep 21 17:21
/usr/local/lib/libmath.so.1.00
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root           17 Sep 21 17:21
/usr/local/lib/libnative.so -> libnative.so.1.00
-rw-r--r--   1 root     root       288910 Sep 21 17:21
/usr/local/lib/libnative.so.1.00
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root           14 Sep 21 17:21
/usr/local/lib/libnet.so -> libnet.so.1.00
-rw-r--r--   1 root     root        82399 Sep 21 17:21
/usr/local/lib/libnet.so.1.00
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root           14 Sep 21 17:21
/usr/local/lib/libzip.so -> libzip.so.1.00
-rw-r--r--   1 root     root        40822 Sep 21 17:21
/usr/local/lib/libzip.so.1.00

ldd /usr/local/bin/Kaffe   gives:
	libkaffevm.so => /usr/local/lib/libkaffevm.so (0x4000a000)
	libdl.so.1 => /lib/libdl.so.1 (0x40053000)
	libm.so.5 => /lib/libm.so.5 (0x40056000)
	libc.so.5 => /lib/libc.so.5 (0x4005f000)

gcc -v gives:
Reading specs from
/usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1/egcs-2.91.57/specs
gcc version egcs-2.91.57 19980901 (egcs-1.1 release)


lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root           13 Jan 17  1998 /lib/libc.so.4 ->
libc.so.4.7.6
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     root       634880 Apr 29  1996
/lib/libc.so.4.7.6
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root           14 May 12 11:32 /lib/libc.so.5 ->
libc.so.5.4.44
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     root      1803483 Nov 14  1997
/lib/libc.so.5.4.33
-rwxr-xr-x   1 bin      bin       1874736 Feb  2  1998
/lib/libc.so.5.4.44
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root           14 Jan 17  1998 /lib/libdl.so.1
-> libdl.so.1.9.6
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     root         5396 Nov 21  1997
/lib/libdl.so.1.9.6
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root           13 Jan 17  1998 /lib/libm.so.5 ->
libm.so.5.0.9
-rwxr-xr-x   1 bin      bin         77793 Feb  2  1998
/lib/libm.so.5.0.9
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root           13 Jan 17  1998 /lib/libncp.so.1
-> libncp.so.1.0
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     root       116335 Nov 14  1997
/lib/libncp.so.1.0
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root           24 Jan 17  1998
/lib/libncurses.so.3.0 -> libncurses.so.3.0.970515
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     root       613310 Nov 17  1997
/lib/libncurses.so.3.0.970515
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root           17 May 12 11:24
/lib/libpthread.so.0 -> libpthread.so.0.7
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     root        57300 Nov 15  1997
/lib/libpthread.so.0.5
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     root        98757 May 12 11:34
/lib/libpthread.so.0.7

uname -a 
Linux fiedler2 2.1.122 #14 Fri Sep 18 20:03:46 MEST 1998 i686 unknown


Has anybody a clue what is happening here?? Is it my system or is it
because its beta ?
Is it my fault ?

thanks in advance for any helpful ideas and sorry for my
not-so-perfect-english(TM)

Wolfgang Fiedler
Student at University of Technology Graz, Austria

P.S.:  Sorry if this is often asked. I know that there is an archive of
all messages, but obvioulsy the 3000+ pages attack of Ken Starr slows
not only the US net but also the transatlantic connections. And this was
released a few hours ago....