Re: NullPointerException on JavaKey

Charlie Lai (charlie@angeles.eng.sun.com)
Wed, 23 Dec 1998 15:01:19 -0800 (PST)

hi,

> I have recieved an error using javakey that I have not been able
> to find any documentation on. I have used the identitydb.obj file from one
> machine to another and tried to add a new identity to it. While I can
> create a new signer identity when I go to create the key pair for the
> signer, one of two things happen. On the machine that I put the file on,
> the call to generate the keys is the following:
>
> javakey -gk MM DSA 1024 - where MM is the name of the identity
>
> But this hangs the window and I need to restart the task.

if you're using JDK 1.1.6 on Win95, then there are some problems
with Win95 threads which causes your system to hang. we've made
changes to the JDK to try to get around this problem, and the fix
will be in JDK 1.1.7.

thanks,
charlie