diff -uNr openjdk-orig/jdk/src/share/classes/java/awt/Toolkit.java jdk8/jdk/src/share/classes/java/awt/Toolkit.java

--- openjdk-orig/jdk/src/share/classes/java/awt/Toolkit.java	2009-01-23 11:59:47.000000000 -0500

+++ jdk8/jdk/src/share/classes/java/awt/Toolkit.java	2009-01-23 12:05:20.000000000 -0500

@@ -883,7 +883,11 @@

                     return null;

                 }

             });

-            loadAssistiveTechnologies();

+         try {

+                 loadAssistiveTechnologies();

+             } catch ( AWTError error) {

+                 // ignore silently

+             }

         }

         return toolkit;

     }