Fedora 8 Java Error Solved (Xlib.lock problem)

dude998866 · 12-06-2007, 10:51 PM

Like many people I had the dreaded Xlib.lock java error and after many hair pulling hours searching the net found a solution.

Note: I had to add the --nodeps tag to get this to work

So i installed the fc7 libX11-1.0.3-8.fc7.i386.rpm and libX11-devel-1.0.3-8.fc7.i386.rpm with the following command :

rpm -ihv --force libX11-1.0.3-8.fc7.i386.rpm libX11-devel-1.0.3-8.fc7.i386.rpm
(you can find them by fc7 search in http://rpm.pbone.net/index.php3/stat/2/simple/2)

I didn't do the following but the guide I found did so you may desire to:

and then removed the problematic version (libX11-1.1.3-4.fc8.i386.rpm and libX11-devel-1.1.3-4.fc8.i386.rpm) via SMART package manager.

axelfc · 12-09-2007, 09:31 AM

You don't have to install fedora 7 rpms to solve the Xlib.lock problem. Check at the end of this guide for a workaround.

http://www.my-guides.net/en/content/.../1/5/#sun_java