How to execute Chimera

Note: Check that you have all of the required components to be able to run 'HydraStudio'.  This information can be found at system requirements

Windows

From the Startmenu, choose 'Querix' followed by 'Chimera'.

Unix/Linux

In the shell enter
chimera

Usage :

• -h host specify a host to connect to
• -p port specify a port to connect to
• -v print version and exit
• command Application Binary File name

Chimera doesn't run...

Java runtime not installed , wrong version or is corrupted

Chimera requires Java Runtime version 1.2 or later. In both cases, you need to re-install your java runtime (1.2 or later, see link at bottom of page). Once you have re-installed the Java runtime engine, it may be necessary to re-install Chimera.

X server is refusing connection

Unix users may find the application returning errors of the form:

In cases such as this, it is necessary to alter the security of the X server to allow the user access to the graphical environment.

xhost +

chimera Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError javax.swing

chimera Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: javax.swing

You either use an older Version of the Java Runtime (V1.1 or older) or you may use 'GCJ' - the gnu compiler for java, which currently does not support AWT or Swing.

...hence the 'java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: javax.swing.JTextArea'

Please download the Sun Java J2SE runtime (Version 1.2 or later) from java.com