> When the window pops up, do you see any output (Exception messages) in the
> console?


No, there are no exception messages in the terminal. But when I close
this window, another window comes up, again with no contents, and this
time the title suggesting that it cannot find any library.

> The window pops up because the GLI doesn't have the information about the
> library url (eg, http://localhost:8080/cgi-bin/library). The problem might
> be caused by the Java version compatibility (since Greenstone is compiled
> using Java 1.4). My guess is you may have to recompile the GLI using Java 6.

I do have Java 6. I will compiling gli from source and report.

Thanks very much for your help.

Vikas