okay i was doing a little java and kept having a little weird error. just in case im wrong here is the error i got wen i tried to run a formerly operational program on mandrake(yes i switch distros in the middle of an assignment but i just couldnt hold out i really wanted to switch and yes i do like suse better now).
Code:
Warning: Cannot convert string "-b&h-lucida-medium-r-normal-sans-*-140-*-*-p-*-iso8859-1" to type FontStruct
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException
at java.awt.Container.addImpl(Container.java:625)
at java.awt.Container.add(Container.java:518)
at javax.swing.JScrollPane.setHorizontalScrollBar(JScrollPane.java:801)
at PetRecoverySystemGui.initComponents(PetRecoverySystemGui.java:211)
at PetRecoverySystemGui.<init>(PetRecoverySystemGui.java:17)
at PetRecoverySystem.main(PetRecoverySystem.java:209)
now after some online research i found that this i caused by x not having the proper font but when i switched all my fonts to monspace i had the same error. then i read online that this may be caused by an error in bash so now i want to use a different shell. drakeconfig had a menu to do this but i havnt been able to find one in yast. if there is a graphic solution to the problem that would be great but im willing to settle for terminal one.
how to switch form bash to another shell
