http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=35536 --- origsrc/gcc-4.5.1/libjava/gnu/java/nio/channels/natFileChannelPosix.cc 2007-04-02 20:05:50.000000000 -0500 +++ src/gcc-4.5.1/libjava/gnu/java/nio/channels/natFileChannelPosix.cc 2010-10-27 13:39:34.044718100 -0500 @@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ FileChannelImpl::available (void) #if defined (FIONREAD) r = ::ioctl (fd, FIONREAD, &num); - if (r == -1 && errno == ENOTTY) + if (r == -1 && (errno == ENOTTY || errno == EINVAL)) { // If the ioctl doesn't work, we don't care. r = 0;