PS you need the "Linux other" version of Limewire. Download and extract that, then change to that directory and at the prompt type:
./runLime.sh
to start Limewire.
But first, here's the fix:
Okay, I looked around some logs to see that IBM java couldn't load a Times New Roman font. I looked for it in the java fonts directory:
/usr/local/java/IBMJava2-ppc-142/jre/lib/fonts/tnrwt_j.ttf
and it's not there. So I edited the java font properties file by commenting out all mentions of times new roman, and substituted another font. Here is my file if you want to replace yours. The file is called font.properties
It is here on my machine:
/usr/local/java/IBMJava2-ppc-142/jre/lib/font.properties
Enjoy Limewire!
(BTW- Yahoo games in Konqueror seem to load with audio, but just a bare grey screen- no images. Anyone get java to work in Konqueror?)
#
# @(#)src/classes/pfm/sun/awt/motif/font.properties, fontprop, ax1420, 20040610 1.24.1.1
# ===========================================================================
# Licensed Materials - Property of IBM
# "Restricted Materials of IBM"
#
# IBM SDK, Java(tm) 2 Technology Edition, v1.4.2
# (C) Copyright IBM Corp. 2000, 2003. All Rights Reserved
# ===========================================================================
#
#
# ===========================================================================
# Copyright 2002 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
#
# ===========================================================================
#
# font.properties
#
# Intended for Linux
# Note: modification of this file is risky and not supported
# see http://java.sun.com/products/jdk/1.2/do ... tprop.html
serif.0=-jdk-lucidabright-medium-r-normal--*-%d-75-75-p-*-iso8859-1
serif.1=-jdk-lucidabright-medium-r-normal--*-%d-75-75-p-*-iso8859-15
#serif.2=-monotype-timesnewromanwt-medium-r-normal--*-%d-75-75-p-*-microsoft-symbol
serif.2=-jdk-lucidabright-medium-r-normal--*-%d-75-75-p-*-iso8859-1
serif.italic.0=-jdk-lucidabright-medium-i-normal--*-%d-75-75-p-*-iso8859-1
serif.italic.1=-jdk-lucidabright-medium-i-normal--*-%d-75-75-p-*-iso8859-15
#serif.italic.2=-monotype-timesnewromanwt-medium-r-normal--*-%d-75-75-p-*-microsoft-symbol
serif.italic.2=-jdk-lucidabright-medium-i-normal--*-%d-75-75-p-*-iso8859-1
serif.bold.0=-jdk-lucidabright-bold-r-normal--*-%d-75-75-p-*-iso8859-1
serif.bold.1=-jdk-lucidabright-bold-r-normal--*-%d-75-75-p-*-iso8859-15
#serif.bold.2=-monotype-timesnewromanwt-medium-r-normal--*-%d-75-75-p-*-microsoft-symbol
serif.bold.2=-jdk-lucidabright-bold-r-normal--*-%d-75-75-p-*-iso8859-1
serif.bolditalic.0=-jdk-lucidabright-bold-i-normal--*-%d-75-75-p-*-iso8859-1
serif.bolditalic.1=-jdk-lucidabright-bold-i-normal--*-%d-75-75-p-*-iso8859-15
#serif.bolditalic.2=-monotype-timesnewromanwt-medium-r-normal--*-%d-75-75-p-*-microsoft-symbol
serif.bolditalic.2=-jdk-lucidabright-bold-i-normal--*-%d-75-75-p-*-iso8859-1
sansserif.0=-jdk-lucida-medium-r-normal--*-%d-75-75-p-*-iso8859-1
sansserif.1=-jdk-lucida-medium-r-normal--*-%d-75-75-p-*-iso8859-15
#sansserif.2=-monotype-timesnewromanwt-medium-r-normal--*-%d-75-75-p-*-microsoft-symbol
sansserif.2=-jdk-lucida-medium-r-normal--*-%d-75-75-p-*-iso8859-1
sansserif.italic.0=-jdk-lucida-medium-i-normal--*-%d-75-75-p-*-iso8859-1
sansserif.italic.1=-jdk-lucida-medium-i-normal--*-%d-75-75-p-*-iso8859-15
#sansserif.italic.2=-monotype-timesnewromanwt-medium-r-normal--*-%d-75-75-p-*-microsoft-symbol
sansserif.italic.2=-jdk-lucida-medium-i-normal--*-%d-75-75-p-*-iso8859-1
sansserif.bold.0=-jdk-lucida-bold-r-normal--*-%d-75-75-p-*-iso8859-1
sansserif.bold.1=-jdk-lucida-bold-r-normal--*-%d-75-75-p-*-iso8859-15
#sansserif.bold.2=-monotype-timesnewromanwt-medium-r-normal--*-%d-75-75-p-*-microsoft-symbol
sansserif.bold.2=-jdk-lucida-bold-r-normal--*-%d-75-75-p-*-iso8859-1
sansserif.bolditalic.0=-jdk-lucida-bold-i-normal--*-%d-75-75-p-*-iso8859-1
sansserif.bolditalic.1=-jdk-lucida-bold-i-normal--*-%d-75-75-p-*-iso8859-15
#sansserif.bolditalic.2=-monotype-timesnewromanwt-medium-r-normal--*-%d-75-75-p-*-microsoft-symbol
sansserif.bolditalic.2=-jdk-lucida-bold-i-normal--*-%d-75-75-p-*-iso8859-1
monospaced.0=-jdk-lucidatypewriter-medium-r-normal--*-%d-75-75-m-*-iso8859-1
monospaced.1=-jdk-lucidatypewriter-medium-r-normal--*-%d-75-75-m-*-iso8859-15
monospaced.2=-monotype-sansmonowt-medium-r-normal--*-%d-75-75-m-*-microsoft-symbol
monospaced.italic.0=-jdk-lucidatypewriter-medium-i-normal--*-%d-75-75-m-*-iso8859-1
monospaced.italic.1=-jdk-lucidatypewriter-medium-i-normal--*-%d-75-75-m-*-iso8859-15
monospaced.italic.2=-monotype-sansmonowt-medium-r-normal--*-%d-75-75-m-*-microsoft-symbol
monospaced.bold.0=-jdk-lucidatypewriter-bold-r-normal--*-%d-75-75-m-*-iso8859-1
monospaced.bold.1=-jdk-lucidatypewriter-bold-r-normal--*-%d-75-75-m-*-iso8859-15
monospaced.bold.2=-monotype-sansmonowt-medium-r-normal--*-%d-75-75-m-*-microsoft-symbol
monospaced.bolditalic.0=-jdk-lucidatypewriter-bold-i-normal--*-%d-75-75-m-*-iso8859-1
monospaced.bolditalic.1=-jdk-lucidatypewriter-bold-i-normal--*-%d-75-75-m-*-iso8859-15
monospaced.bolditalic.2=-monotype-sansmonowt-medium-r-normal--*-%d-75-75-m-*-microsoft-symbol
dialog.0=-jdk-lucida-medium-r-normal--*-%d-75-75-p-*-iso8859-1
dialog.1=-jdk-lucida-medium-r-normal--*-%d-75-75-p-*-iso8859-15
#dialog.2=-monotype-timesnewromanwt-medium-r-normal--*-%d-75-75-p-*-microsoft-symbol
dialog.2=-jdk-lucida-medium-r-normal--*-%d-75-75-p-*-iso8859-1
dialog.italic.0=-jdk-lucida-medium-i-normal--*-%d-75-75-p-*-iso8859-1
dialog.italic.1=-jdk-lucida-medium-i-normal--*-%d-75-75-p-*-iso8859-15
#dialog.italic.2=-monotype-timesnewromanwt-medium-r-normal--*-%d-75-75-p-*-microsoft-symbol
dialog.italic.2=-jdk-lucida-medium-i-normal--*-%d-75-75-p-*-iso8859-1
dialog.bold.0=-jdk-lucida-bold-r-normal--*-%d-75-75-p-*-iso8859-1
dialog.bold.1=-jdk-lucida-bold-r-normal--*-%d-75-75-p-*-iso8859-15
#dialog.bold.2=-monotype-timesnewromanwt-medium-r-normal--*-%d-75-75-p-*-microsoft-symbol
dialog.bold.2=-jdk-lucida-bold-r-normal--*-%d-75-75-p-*-iso8859-1
dialog.bolditalic.0=-jdk-lucida-bold-i-normal--*-%d-75-75-p-*-iso8859-1
dialog.bolditalic.1=-jdk-lucida-bold-i-normal--*-%d-75-75-p-*-iso8859-15
#dialog.bolditalic.2=-monotype-timesnewromanwt-medium-r-normal--*-%d-75-75-p-*-microsoft-symbol
dialog.bolditalic.2=-jdk-lucida-bold-i-normal--*-%d-75-75-p-*-iso8859-1
dialoginput.0=-jdk-lucidatypewriter-medium-r-normal--*-%d-75-75-m-*-iso8859-1
dialoginput.1=-jdk-lucidatypewriter-medium-r-normal--*-%d-75-75-m-*-iso8859-15
dialoginput.2=-monotype-sansmonowt-medium-r-normal--*-%d-75-75-m-*-microsoft-symbol
dialoginput.italic.0=-jdk-lucidatypewriter-medium-i-normal--*-%d-75-75-m-*-iso8859-1
dialoginput.italic.1=-jdk-lucidatypewriter-medium-i-normal--*-%d-75-75-m-*-iso8859-15
dialoginput.italic.2=-monotype-sansmonowt-medium-r-normal--*-%d-75-75-m-*-microsoft-symbol
dialoginput.bold.0=-jdk-lucidatypewriter-bold-r-normal--*-%d-75-75-m-*-iso8859-1
dialoginput.bold.1=-jdk-lucidatypewriter-bold-r-normal--*-%d-75-75-m-*-iso8859-15
dialoginput.bold.2=-monotype-sansmonowt-medium-r-normal--*-%d-75-75-m-*-microsoft-symbol
dialoginput.bolditalic.0=-jdk-lucidatypewriter-bold-i-normal--*-%d-75-75-m-*-iso8859-1
dialoginput.bolditalic.1=-jdk-lucidatypewriter-bold-i-normal--*-%d-75-75-m-*-iso8859-15
dialoginput.bolditalic.2=-monotype-sansmonowt-medium-r-normal--*-%d-75-75-m-*-microsoft-symbol
#
# To enable helvetica, courier and timesroman as real fonts
# remove aliases, and define them as real terminal fonts.
# (i.e. timesroman.0=TimesRoman)
#
# timesroman.0=TimesRoman
#alias.timesroman=serif
# helvetica.0=Helvetica
alias.helvetica=sansserif
# courier.0=Courier
alias.courier=monospaced
# font filenames
filename.lucida_bold_i=LucidaSansDemiOblique.ttf
filename.lucida_bold_r=LucidaSansDemiBold.ttf
filename.lucida_medium_i=LucidaSansOblique.ttf
filename.lucida_medium_r=LucidaSansRegular.ttf
filename.lucidabright_bold_i=LucidaBrightDemiItalic.ttf
filename.lucidabright_bold_r=LucidaBrightDemiBold.ttf
filename.lucidabright_medium_i=LucidaBrightItalic.ttf
filename.lucidabright_medium_r=LucidaBrightRegular.ttf
filename.lucidatypewriter_bold_i=LucidaTypewriterBoldOblique.ttf
filename.lucidatypewriter_bold_r=LucidaTypewriterBold.ttf
filename.lucidatypewriter_medium_i=LucidaTypewriterOblique.ttf
filename.lucidatypewriter_medium_r=LucidaTypewriterRegular.ttf
filename.sansmonowt_medium_r=mtsansdj.ttf
#filename.timesnewromanmt30_medium_r=tnrmt30.ttf
#filename.timesnewromanwt_medium_r=tnrwt_j.ttf
# default char definition
default.char=02ff
fontcharset.serif.0=sun.io.CharToByteISO8859_1
fontcharset.serif.1=sun.io.CharToByteISO8859_15
fontcharset.serif.2=sun.awt.CharToByteSymbol
fontcharset.serif.italic.0=sun.io.CharToByteISO8859_1
fontcharset.serif.italic.1=sun.io.CharToByteISO8859_15
fontcharset.serif.italic.2=sun.awt.CharToByteSymbol
fontcharset.serif.bold.0=sun.io.CharToByteISO8859_1
fontcharset.serif.bold.1=sun.io.CharToByteISO8859_15
fontcharset.serif.bold.2=sun.awt.CharToByteSymbol
fontcharset.serif.bolditalic.0=sun.io.CharToByteISO8859_1
fontcharset.serif.bolditalic.1=sun.io.CharToByteISO8859_15
fontcharset.serif.bolditalic.2=sun.awt.CharToByteSymbol
fontcharset.sansserif.0=sun.io.CharToByteISO8859_1
fontcharset.sansserif.1=sun.io.CharToByteISO8859_15
fontcharset.sansserif.2=sun.awt.CharToByteSymbol
fontcharset.sansserif.italic.0=sun.io.CharToByteISO8859_1
fontcharset.sansserif.italic.1=sun.io.CharToByteISO8859_15
fontcharset.sansserif.italic.2=sun.awt.CharToByteSymbol
fontcharset.sansserif.bold.0=sun.io.CharToByteISO8859_1
fontcharset.sansserif.bold.1=sun.io.CharToByteISO8859_15
fontcharset.sansserif.bold.2=sun.awt.CharToByteSymbol
fontcharset.sansserif.bolditalic.0=sun.io.CharToByteISO8859_1
fontcharset.sansserif.bolditalic.1=sun.io.CharToByteISO8859_15
fontcharset.sansserif.bolditalic.2=sun.awt.CharToByteSymbol
fontcharset.monospaced.0=sun.io.CharToByteISO8859_1
fontcharset.monospaced.1=sun.io.CharToByteISO8859_15
fontcharset.monospaced.2=sun.awt.CharToByteSymbol
fontcharset.monospaced.italic.0=sun.io.CharToByteISO8859_1
fontcharset.monospaced.italic.1=sun.io.CharToByteISO8859_15
fontcharset.monospaced.italic.2=sun.awt.CharToByteSymbol
fontcharset.monospaced.bold.0=sun.io.CharToByteISO8859_1
fontcharset.monospaced.bold.1=sun.io.CharToByteISO8859_15
fontcharset.monospaced.bold.2=sun.awt.CharToByteSymbol
fontcharset.monospaced.bolditalic.0=sun.io.CharToByteISO8859_1
fontcharset.monospaced.bolditalic.1=sun.io.CharToByteISO8859_15
fontcharset.monospaced.bolditalic.2=sun.awt.CharToByteSymbol
fontcharset.dialog.0=sun.io.CharToByteISO8859_1
fontcharset.dialog.1=sun.io.CharToByteISO8859_15
fontcharset.dialog.2=sun.awt.CharToByteSymbol
fontcharset.dialog.italic.0=sun.io.CharToByteISO8859_1
fontcharset.dialog.italic.1=sun.io.CharToByteISO8859_15
fontcharset.dialog.italic.2=sun.awt.CharToByteSymbol
fontcharset.dialog.bold.0=sun.io.CharToByteISO8859_1
fontcharset.dialog.bold.1=sun.io.CharToByteISO8859_15
fontcharset.dialog.bold.2=sun.awt.CharToByteSymbol
fontcharset.dialog.bolditalic.0=sun.io.CharToByteISO8859_1
fontcharset.dialog.bolditalic.1=sun.io.CharToByteISO8859_15
fontcharset.dialog.bolditalic.2=sun.awt.CharToByteSymbol
fontcharset.dialoginput.0=sun.io.CharToByteISO8859_1
fontcharset.dialoginput.1=sun.io.CharToByteISO8859_15
fontcharset.dialoginput.2=sun.awt.CharToByteSymbol
fontcharset.dialoginput.italic.0=sun.io.CharToByteISO8859_1
fontcharset.dialoginput.italic.1=sun.io.CharToByteISO8859_15
fontcharset.dialoginput.italic.2=sun.awt.CharToByteSymbol
fontcharset.dialoginput.bold.0=sun.io.CharToByteISO8859_1
fontcharset.dialoginput.bold.1=sun.io.CharToByteISO8859_15
fontcharset.dialoginput.bold.2=sun.awt.CharToByteSymbol
fontcharset.dialoginput.bolditalic.0=sun.io.CharToByteISO8859_1
fontcharset.dialoginput.bolditalic.1=sun.io.CharToByteISO8859_15
fontcharset.dialoginput.bolditalic.2=sun.awt.CharToByteSymbol
# exclusion info
# X11 Specific font set (necessary for TextArea and TextField)
fontset.serif.plain=\
-jdk-lucidabright-medium-r-normal--*-%d-75-75-p-*-iso8859-1,\
-jdk-lucidabright-medium-r-normal--*-%d-75-75-p-*-iso8859-15
fontset.serif.italic=\
-jdk-lucidabright-medium-i-normal--*-%d-75-75-p-*-iso8859-1,\
-jdk-lucidabright-medium-i-normal--*-%d-75-75-p-*-iso8859-15
fontset.serif.bold=\
-jdk-lucidabright-medium-r-normal--*-%d-75-75-p-*-iso8859-1,\
-jdk-lucidabright-bold-r-normal--*-%d-75-75-p-*-iso8859-15
fontset.serif.bolditalic=\
-jdk-lucidabright-bold-i-normal--*-%d-75-75-p-*-iso8859-1,\
-jdk-lucidabright-bold-i-normal--*-%d-75-75-p-*-iso8859-15
fontset.sansserif.plain=\
-jdk-lucida-medium-r-normal--*-%d-75-75-p-*-iso8859-1,\
-jdk-lucida-medium-r-normal--*-%d-75-75-p-*-iso8859-15
fontset.sansserif.italic=\
-jdk-lucida-medium-i-normal--*-%d-75-75-p-*-iso8859-1,\
-jdk-lucida-medium-i-normal--*-%d-75-75-p-*-iso8859-15
fontset.sansserif.bold=\
-jdk-lucida-bold-r-normal--*-%d-75-75-p-*-iso8859-1,\
-jdk-lucida-bold-r-normal--*-%d-75-75-p-*-iso8859-15
fontset.sansserif.bolditalic=\
-jdk-lucida-bold-i-normal--*-%d-75-75-p-*-iso8859-1,\
-jdk-lucida-bold-i-normal--*-%d-75-75-p-*-iso8859-15
fontset.monospaced.plain=\
-jdk-lucidatypewriter-medium-r-normal--*-%d-75-75-m-*-iso8859-1,\
-jdk-lucidatypewriter-medium-r-normal--*-%d-75-75-m-*-iso8859-15
fontset.monospaced.italic=\
-jdk-lucidatypewriter-medium-i-normal--*-%d-75-75-m-*-iso8859-1,\
-jdk-lucidatypewriter-medium-i-normal--*-%d-75-75-m-*-iso8859-15
fontset.monospaced.bold=\
-jdk-lucidatypewriter-bold-r-normal--*-%d-75-75-m-*-iso8859-1,\
-jdk-lucidatypewriter-bold-r-normal--*-%d-75-75-m-*-iso8859-15
fontset.monospaced.bolditalic=\
-jdk-lucidatypewriter-bold-i-normal--*-%d-75-75-m-*-iso8859-1,\
-jdk-lucidatypewriter-bold-i-normal--*-%d-75-75-m-*-iso8859-15
fontset.dialog.plain=\
-jdk-lucida-medium-r-normal--*-%d-75-75-p-*-iso8859-1,\
-jdk-lucida-medium-r-normal--*-%d-75-75-p-*-iso8859-15
fontset.dialog.italic=\
-jdk-lucida-medium-i-normal--*-%d-75-75-p-*-iso8859-1,\
-jdk-lucida-medium-i-normal--*-%d-75-75-p-*-iso8859-15
fontset.dialog.bold=\
-jdk-lucida-bold-r-normal--*-%d-75-75-p-*-iso8859-1,\
-jdk-lucida-bold-r-normal--*-%d-75-75-p-*-iso8859-15
fontset.dialog.bolditalic=\
-jdk-lucida-bold-i-normal--*-%d-75-75-p-*-iso8859-1,\
-jdk-lucida-bold-i-normal--*-%d-75-75-p-*-iso8859-15
fontset.dialoginput.plain=\
-jdk-lucidatypewriter-medium-r-normal--*-%d-75-75-m-*-iso8859-1,\
-jdk-lucidatypewriter-medium-r-normal--*-%d-75-75-m-*-iso8859-15
fontset.dialoginput.italic=\
-jdk-lucidatypewriter-medium-i-normal--*-%d-75-75-m-*-iso8859-1,\
-jdk-lucidatypewriter-medium-i-normal--*-%d-75-75-m-*-iso8859-15
fontset.dialoginput.bold=\
-jdk-lucidatypewriter-bold-r-normal--*-%d-75-75-m-*-iso8859-1,\
-jdk-lucidatypewriter-bold-r-normal--*-%d-75-75-m-*-iso8859-15
fontset.dialoginput.bolditalic=\
-jdk-lucidatypewriter-bold-i-normal--*-%d-75-75-m-*-iso8859-1,\
-jdk-lucidatypewriter-bold-i-normal--*-%d-75-75-m-*-iso8859-15
# ibm text performance feature
ibm.java2d.useawtfonts=1
# font substitution
substitute.0=Times New Roman WT=Times New Roman MT 30
substitute.1=Monotype Sans Duospace WT=Times New Roman MT 30
substitute.2=Monotype Sans Duospace WT=Times New Roman WT J
substitute.3=Times New Roman MT 30=Times New Roman WT J
substitute.4=-timesnewromanwt=timesnewromanmt30
substitute.5=-sansmonowt=timesnewromanmt30
substitute.6=-sansmonowt=timesnewromanwtj
register.0=-monotype-timesnewromanmt30-medium-r-normal--*-%d-75-75-*-*-iso10646-0
