this is with processing 1.5.1 on a mac mini running 10.6.8 with java se 6. I don't think i've ever run processing on this machine and none of my other computers have snow leopard (processing runs fine on them), but it seems snow leopard should not inherently be a problem.

I've disconnected the internet connection, made sure localhost @127.0.0.1 was in my /etc/hosts file, and switched the java order to run 32 bit first. not sure what else to try. Any help greatly appreciated.