diff --git a/jdk/src/solaris/classes/sun/awt/X11/XDesktopPeer.java b/jdk/src/solaris/classes/sun/awt/X11/XDesktopPeer.java
index ce6ae164154..740eabac485 100644
--- a/jdk/src/solaris/classes/sun/awt/X11/XDesktopPeer.java
+++ b/jdk/src/solaris/classes/sun/awt/X11/XDesktopPeer.java
@@ -44,11 +44,27 @@ import java.awt.peer.DesktopPeer;
 public class XDesktopPeer implements DesktopPeer {
 
     private static boolean nativeLibraryLoaded = false;
-    static {
-        nativeLibraryLoaded = init();
+    private static boolean initExecuted = false;
+
+    private static void initWithLock(){
+        XToolkit.awtLock();
+        try {
+            if (!initExecuted) {
+                nativeLibraryLoaded = init();
+            }
+        } finally {
+            initExecuted = true;
+            XToolkit.awtUnlock();
+        }
+    }
+
+    //package-private
+    XDesktopPeer(){
+        initWithLock();
     }
 
     static boolean isDesktopSupported() {
+        initWithLock();
         return nativeLibraryLoaded;
     }
 
@@ -83,12 +99,17 @@ public class XDesktopPeer implements DesktopPeer {
     }
 
     private void launch(URI uri) throws IOException {
-        if (!nativeLibraryLoaded) {
-            throw new IOException("Failed to load native libraries.");
-        }
-
         byte[] uriByteArray = ( uri.toString() + '\0' ).getBytes();
-        boolean result = gnome_url_show(uriByteArray);
+        boolean result = false;
+        XToolkit.awtLock();
+        try {
+            if (!nativeLibraryLoaded) {
+                throw new IOException("Failed to load native libraries.");
+            }
+            result = gnome_url_show(uriByteArray);
+        } finally {
+            XToolkit.awtUnlock();
+        }
         if (!result) {
             throw new IOException("Failed to show URI:" + uri);
         }
diff --git a/jdk/src/solaris/native/sun/xawt/awt_Desktop.c b/jdk/src/solaris/native/sun/xawt/awt_Desktop.c
index d9f9be2bf1c..69b9207bc99 100644
--- a/jdk/src/solaris/native/sun/xawt/awt_Desktop.c
+++ b/jdk/src/solaris/native/sun/xawt/awt_Desktop.c
@@ -48,9 +48,15 @@ int init(){
     }
     dlerror(); /* Clear errors */
     gnome_vfs_init = (GNOME_VFS_INIT_TYPE*)dlsym(vfs_handle, "gnome_vfs_init");
+    if (gnome_vfs_init == NULL){
+#ifdef INTERNAL_BUILD
+        fprintf(stderr, "dlsym( gnome_vfs_init) returned NULL\n");
+#endif
+        return 0;
+    }
     if ((errmsg = dlerror()) != NULL) {
 #ifdef INTERNAL_BUILD
-        fprintf(stderr, "can not find symble gnome_vfs_init\n");
+        fprintf(stderr, "can not find symbol gnome_vfs_init %s \n", errmsg);
 #endif
         return 0;
     }