Kevin,

This is a due to a VM which does not have the latest exception handling code. If you can't easily get a suitable VM, you can work around this problem by changing

file _ [fd readOnlyFileNamed: keysFileName] 
	on: FileDoesNotExistException do:[:ex| nil].

to

file _ [fd readOnlyFileNamed: keysFileName] 
	on: FileDoesNotExistException do:[:ex| ex resume: nil].

Cheers,
Bob

On Wed, 27 Jun 2001 22:06:46 -0400 Kevin Fisher <kgf at golden.net> wrote:
>To follow up a bit on this:  I've tracked things down a bit further.  The 
>method that is hanging is SecurityManager>>loadSecurityKeys.
>
>It is hanging at this point:
>..
>..
>file _ [fd readOnlyFileNamed: keysFileName] 
>	on: FileDoesNotExistException do:[:ex| nil].
>
>file ifNil:[ ^self]. "no keys file"
>
>.. 
>..
>
>For some reason, during the start up of the image, the return from this method 
>seems to deadlock..the rest of SecurityManager>>startUp never gets run.
>
>Again, if you run the startUp manually after the image has started, it works 
>just fine...