FULL PRODUCT VERSION :
java version "1.8.0_06"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_06-b23)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 25.6-b23, mixed mode)

ADDITIONAL OS VERSION INFORMATION :
Linux beaglebone 3.8.13-bone50 #1 SMP Tue May 13 13:24:52 UTC 2014 armv7l GNU/Linux

EXTRA RELEVANT SYSTEM CONFIGURATION :
beaglebone debian

A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
Starting up a swing/awt application the following error occurs:


08:15:32:919 AWT-EventQueue-0: Error
java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: sun.font.FreetypeFontScaler.initIDs(Ljava/lang/Class;)V
at sun.font.FreetypeFontScaler.initIDs(Native Method)
at sun.font.FreetypeFontScaler.<clinit>(FreetypeFontScaler.java:50)
at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)
at java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:259)
at sun.font.FontScaler.<clinit>(FontScaler.java:98)
at sun.font.TrueTypeFont.getScaler(TrueTypeFont.java:1262)
at sun.font.FileFontStrike.<init>(FileFontStrike.java:179)
at sun.font.FileFont.createStrike(FileFont.java:95)
at sun.font.Font2D.getStrike(Font2D.java:344)
at sun.font.Font2D.getStrike(Font2D.java:293)
at sun.font.CompositeStrike.getStrikeForSlot(CompositeStrike.java:78)
at sun.font.CompositeStrike.getFontMetrics(CompositeStrike.java:93)
at sun.font.FontDesignMetrics.initMatrixAndMetrics(FontDesignMetrics.java:359)
at sun.font.FontDesignMetrics.<init>(FontDesignMetrics.java:350)
at sun.font.FontDesignMetrics.getMetrics(FontDesignMetrics.java:302)
at sun.swing.SwingUtilities2.getFontMetrics(SwingUtilities2.java:1039)
at javax.swing.JComponent.getFontMetrics(JComponent.java:1623)
at javax.swing.text.PlainView.calculateLongestLine(PlainView.java:639)
at javax.swing.text.PlainView.updateMetrics(PlainView.java:209)
at javax.swing.text.PlainView.updateDamage(PlainView.java:527)
at javax.swing.text.PlainView.insertUpdate(PlainView.java:451)
at javax.swing.text.FieldView.insertUpdate(FieldView.java:293)
at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicTextUI$RootView.insertUpdate(BasicTextUI.java:1610)
at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicTextUI$UpdateHandler.insertUpdate(BasicTextUI.java:1869)
at javax.swing.text.AbstractDocument.fireInsertUpdate(AbstractDocument.java:201)
at javax.swing.text.AbstractDocument.handleInsertString(AbstractDocument.java:748)
at javax.swing.text.AbstractDocument.insertString(AbstractDocument.java:707)
at javax.swing.text.PlainDocument.insertString(PlainDocument.java:130)
at javax.swing.text.AbstractDocument.replace(AbstractDocument.java:669)
at javax.swing.text.JTextComponent.setText(JTextComponent.java:1712)
at twslaunch.jclient.ad.W(ad.java:925)
at twslaunch.jclient.ad.V(ad.java:828)
at ibgateway.hc.V(Unknown Source)
at twslaunch.jclient.ad.c(ad.java:1320)
at ibgateway.hb.run(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.event.InvocationEvent.dispatch(InvocationEvent.java:311)
at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEventImpl(EventQueue.java:744)
at java.awt.EventQueue.access$400(EventQueue.java:97)
at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(EventQueue.java:697)
at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(EventQueue.java:691)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.security.ProtectionDomain$1.doIntersectionPrivilege(ProtectionDomain.java:75)
at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:714)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(EventDispatchThread.java:201)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(EventDispatchThread.java:116)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(EventDispatchThread.java:105)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:101)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:93)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(EventDispatchThread.java:82)


STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
start an awt/swing application on beagleboard/debian/arm with jre8 installed

EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
EXPECTED -
no errors
ACTUAL -
08:15:32:919 AWT-EventQueue-0: Error
java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: sun.font.FreetypeFontScaler.initIDs(Ljava/lang/Class;)V
at sun.font.FreetypeFontScaler.initIDs(Native Method)
at sun.font.FreetypeFontScaler.<clinit>(FreetypeFontScaler.java:50)
at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)
at java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:259)
at sun.font.FontScaler.<clinit>(FontScaler.java:98)
at sun.font.TrueTypeFont.getScaler(TrueTypeFont.java:1262)
at sun.font.FileFontStrike.<init>(FileFontStrike.java:179)
at sun.font.FileFont.createStrike(FileFont.java:95)
at sun.font.Font2D.getStrike(Font2D.java:344)
at sun.font.Font2D.getStrike(Font2D.java:293)
at sun.font.CompositeStrike.getStrikeForSlot(CompositeStrike.java:78)
at sun.font.CompositeStrike.getFontMetrics(CompositeStrike.java:93)
at sun.font.FontDesignMetrics.initMatrixAndMetrics(FontDesignMetrics.java:359)
at sun.font.FontDesignMetrics.<init>(FontDesignMetrics.java:350)
at sun.font.FontDesignMetrics.getMetrics(FontDesignMetrics.java:302)
at sun.swing.SwingUtilities2.getFontMetrics(SwingUtilities2.java:1039)
at javax.swing.JComponent.getFontMetrics(JComponent.java:1623)
at javax.swing.text.PlainView.calculateLongestLine(PlainView.java:639)
at javax.swing.text.PlainView.updateMetrics(PlainView.java:209)
at javax.swing.text.PlainView.updateDamage(PlainView.java:527)
at javax.swing.text.PlainView.insertUpdate(PlainView.java:451)
at javax.swing.text.FieldView.insertUpdate(FieldView.java:293)
at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicTextUI$RootView.insertUpdate(BasicTextUI.java:1610)
at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicTextUI$UpdateHandler.insertUpdate(BasicTextUI.java:1869)
at javax.swing.text.AbstractDocument.fireInsertUpdate(AbstractDocument.java:201)
at javax.swing.text.AbstractDocument.handleInsertString(AbstractDocument.java:748)
at javax.swing.text.AbstractDocument.insertString(AbstractDocument.java:707)
at javax.swing.text.PlainDocument.insertString(PlainDocument.java:130)
at javax.swing.text.AbstractDocument.replace(AbstractDocument.java:669)
at javax.swing.text.JTextComponent.setText(JTextComponent.java:1712)
at twslaunch.jclient.ad.W(ad.java:925)
at twslaunch.jclient.ad.V(ad.java:828)
at ibgateway.hc.V(Unknown Source)
at twslaunch.jclient.ad.c(ad.java:1320)
at ibgateway.hb.run(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.event.InvocationEvent.dispatch(InvocationEvent.java:311)
at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEventImpl(EventQueue.java:744)
at java.awt.EventQueue.access$400(EventQueue.java:97)
at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(EventQueue.java:697)
at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(EventQueue.java:691)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.security.ProtectionDomain$1.doIntersectionPrivilege(ProtectionDomain.java:75)
at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:714)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(EventDispatchThread.java:201)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(EventDispatchThread.java:116)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(EventDispatchThread.java:105)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:101)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:93)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(EventDispatchThread.java:82)


ERROR MESSAGES/STACK TRACES THAT OCCUR :
08:15:32:919 AWT-EventQueue-0: Error
java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: sun.font.FreetypeFontScaler.initIDs(Ljava/lang/Class;)V
at sun.font.FreetypeFontScaler.initIDs(Native Method)
at sun.font.FreetypeFontScaler.<clinit>(FreetypeFontScaler.java:50)
at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)
at java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:259)
at sun.font.FontScaler.<clinit>(FontScaler.java:98)
at sun.font.TrueTypeFont.getScaler(TrueTypeFont.java:1262)
at sun.font.FileFontStrike.<init>(FileFontStrike.java:179)
at sun.font.FileFont.createStrike(FileFont.java:95)
at sun.font.Font2D.getStrike(Font2D.java:344)
at sun.font.Font2D.getStrike(Font2D.java:293)
at sun.font.CompositeStrike.getStrikeForSlot(CompositeStrike.java:78)
at sun.font.CompositeStrike.getFontMetrics(CompositeStrike.java:93)
at sun.font.FontDesignMetrics.initMatrixAndMetrics(FontDesignMetrics.java:359)
at sun.font.FontDesignMetrics.<init>(FontDesignMetrics.java:350)
at sun.font.FontDesignMetrics.getMetrics(FontDesignMetrics.java:302)
at sun.swing.SwingUtilities2.getFontMetrics(SwingUtilities2.java:1039)
at javax.swing.JComponent.getFontMetrics(JComponent.java:1623)
at javax.swing.text.PlainView.calculateLongestLine(PlainView.java:639)
at javax.swing.text.PlainView.updateMetrics(PlainView.java:209)
at javax.swing.text.PlainView.updateDamage(PlainView.java:527)
at javax.swing.text.PlainView.insertUpdate(PlainView.java:451)
at javax.swing.text.FieldView.insertUpdate(FieldView.java:293)
at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicTextUI$RootView.insertUpdate(BasicTextUI.java:1610)
at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicTextUI$UpdateHandler.insertUpdate(BasicTextUI.java:1869)
at javax.swing.text.AbstractDocument.fireInsertUpdate(AbstractDocument.java:201)
at javax.swing.text.AbstractDocument.handleInsertString(AbstractDocument.java:748)
at javax.swing.text.AbstractDocument.insertString(AbstractDocument.java:707)
at javax.swing.text.PlainDocument.insertString(PlainDocument.java:130)
at javax.swing.text.AbstractDocument.replace(AbstractDocument.java:669)
at javax.swing.text.JTextComponent.setText(JTextComponent.java:1712)
at twslaunch.jclient.ad.W(ad.java:925)
at twslaunch.jclient.ad.V(ad.java:828)
at ibgateway.hc.V(Unknown Source)
at twslaunch.jclient.ad.c(ad.java:1320)
at ibgateway.hb.run(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.event.InvocationEvent.dispatch(InvocationEvent.java:311)
at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEventImpl(EventQueue.java:744)
at java.awt.EventQueue.access$400(EventQueue.java:97)
at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(EventQueue.java:697)
at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(EventQueue.java:691)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.security.ProtectionDomain$1.doIntersectionPrivilege(ProtectionDomain.java:75)
at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:714)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(EventDispatchThread.java:201)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(EventDispatchThread.java:116)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(EventDispatchThread.java:105)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:101)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:93)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(EventDispatchThread.java:82)


REPRODUCIBILITY :
This bug can be reproduced always.