The AWT doesn't do well with X visuals not matching those found on
Solaris platforms. In some past discussion on this topic, it came up
that running the X server at depth 15 (X -bpp 15) creates a visual (5
bits for each primary) that the AWT seems to like much better.
Nathan
On 27 Oct, Chris LeDantec wrote:
> We've noticed a problem with the Metal look-and-feel and 16 bit color.
>
> Basically, if an X server is set to 16 bit color depth, then applications
> (specifically NetBeans Developer) will not load the Metal look and feel --
> subsequently crashing.
>
> Is this an issue with the motif libraries that are linked in with java at
> this time? If the color depth is set to 8 bit or 24 or 32 bit then
> everything works fine, no problems. It is only an issue that arises with
> the 16 bit color depth.
>
> Any insight into this would be great...
>
> Thanks,
> Chris LeDantec
> NetBeans, Inc.
>
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