title: Error occurred during initialization of VM in redhat linux
body: <p>I downloaded JDK version 1.6.33 (64-bit) and set the environment following <a href="http://blog.algoworks.com/archives/210" rel="nofollow">this explanation</a>. </p>
  
  <p>When I try </p>
  
  <p><code>echo $JAVA_HOME</code> </p>
  
  <p>it returns
   <code>/usr/java/jdk1.6.0_33/</code>, </p>
  
  <p>for <code>echo $PATH</code>  </p>
  
  <p>it shows  </p>
  
  <p><code>/usr/java/jdk1.6.0_33//bin:/usr/lib64/qt-3.3/bin:/usr/local /sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/root/bin</code> and </p>
  
  <p>for <code>echo $CLASSPATH</code> </p>
  
  <p>it shows <code>.:/usr/java/jdk1.6.0_33//lib/classes.zip</code>.</p>
  
  <p>When I then try to start any application server I get the following error</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>Error occurred during initialization of VM</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p><code>java/lang/NoClassDefFoundError: java/lang/Object</code></p>
  
  <p>Please suggest me what i did wrong...</p>