I've been using LimeWire (4.12) for a lot of time without any problem...until, on a mysterious day, I tried to start it and it was freezing on the splash screen, and didn't go ahead. Then I've just tried FrostWire (4.10), but I have the same problem...

This is what I get (both with FrostWire and LimeWire) when I try to start them from console:

Starting LimeWire...
Java exec found in PATH. Verifying...
Suitable java version found [java = 1.5.0_06]
Configuring environment...
Loading LimeWire:

and nothing but the splash screen, frozen.

I'm using Slackware Linux with kernel v.2.4.29, and of course I have Java installed on my machine (JDK v.1.5.0_06), as I am a Java developer. I've also tried defining in the PATH environment variable other Java versions installed on my machine (JRE v.1.5.0_06 first and JRE v.1.4.2 then), and I've tried with the latest version of JRE (1.5.0_08) too, but nothing changed...

I've also tried to start it manually, bypassing the controls made in the file runLime.sh, by typing

$JAVA_DIR/bin/java -Dorg.apache.commons.logging.Log=org.apache.commons .logging.impl.NoOpLog -D java.library.path=. -jar LimeWire.jar

where, instead of $JAVA_DIR, I've put all the directories where Java is installed on my machine, but nothing changed anyway.
And, of course, I deleted the directories .frostwire and .limewire in my home directory, even if they were empty, but nothing changed...

Please help me if you can!