diff -uNr openjdk-orig/jdk/src/share/classes/java/awt/Toolkit.java openjdk/jdk/src/share/classes/java/awt/Toolkit.java

--- openjdk-orig/jdk/src/share/classes/java/awt/Toolkit.java	2009-01-23 11:59:47.000000000 -0500

+++ openjdk/jdk/src/share/classes/java/awt/Toolkit.java	2009-01-23 12:05:20.000000000 -0500

@@ -871,7 +871,11 @@

                         return null;

                     }

                 });

-                loadAssistiveTechnologies();

+                try {

+                    loadAssistiveTechnologies();

+                } catch ( AWTError error) {

+                    // ignore silently

+                }

             } finally {

                 // Make sure to always re-enable the JIT.

                 java.lang.Compiler.enable();