diff -uNr openjdk-orig/jdk/src/share/classes/java/awt/Toolkit.java jdk8/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
+++ jdk8/jdk/src/share/classes/java/awt/Toolkit.java	2009-01-23 12:05:20.000000000 -0500
@@ -883,7 +883,11 @@
                     return null;
                 }
             });
-            loadAssistiveTechnologies();
+         try {
+                 loadAssistiveTechnologies();
+             } catch ( AWTError error) {
+                 // ignore silently
+             }
         }
         return toolkit;
     }