Re: getting started

2007-06-28 Thread Jack O'Connor
Hey, you were right about the problem; the java that comes with fedora core linux is not fully compatible with every java application. The solution I found was to use JPackage to run 2 versions of java simultaneously (2 'alternatives'). Thanks, Jack Andrus Adamchik wrote: You don't have to rem

Re: getting started

2007-06-28 Thread Jack O'Connor
Hey, problem has just been solved. It was an interesting problem; the java that comes with fedora core linux is different to Sun's java, and not fully compatible with every java application. The solution is to use JPackage to run 2 versions of java simultaneously (2 'alternatives'). Thanks, Ja

Re: getting started

2007-06-28 Thread Michael Gentry
Two silly questions: 1) Can you connect using the mysql command prompt? 2) Can you connect using another tool (there are many DB plugins for Eclipse) that uses a jdbc: type connection string? Thanks, /dev/mrg On 6/27/07, Jack O'Connor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, I'm new to Cayenne and hav

Re: getting started

2007-06-28 Thread Andrus Adamchik
You don't have to remove the GNU Java, just install Sun Java somewhere and make sure that all the executables from Sun JDK are in the path. I usually do it with the "alternatives" command. E.g. (assuming Sun JDK is installed under /usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.5.0_10/): alternatives --install /usr/bin/

Re: getting started

2007-06-28 Thread Jack O'Connor
java -version java version "1.5.0" gij (GNU libgcj) version 4.1.2 20070502 (Red Hat 4.1.2-12) Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

Re: getting started

2007-06-28 Thread Andrus Adamchik
Hi Jack, All this is *very* strange. Are you using JDK that comes with Fedora, or did you install Sun JDK? To check do this: $ java -version I know in the past the open source Java port included with Fedora was unusable (especially with the GUI apps), so Sun Linux JDK must be installed.

getting started

2007-06-27 Thread Jack O'Connor
Hi, I'm new to Cayenne and have just joined a work group that use it. Their system is still using Cayenne 1.2.3, so that is the version I downloaded and unpacked in /home/program_files (in my fresh Fedora 7 Linux installation). They are using the MySQL db, so I also acquired a JDBC driver (called