Added a note in README.Debian, closing this report as won't fix. Note for non-reparenting window manager users ---------------------------------------------
If you are using a non-reparenting window manager, such as ratpoison, awesome or dwm, some Java graphical applications using the AWT toolkit will only display empty grey windows, as described in but #508650. There are two solutions to work around this issue: 1. mask your window manager as one of the non-reparenting ones supported by AWT, using the wmname <http://tools.suckless.org/wmname> tool from the dwm-tools package: $ wmname LG3D 2. set the environment variable _JAVA_AWT_WM_NONREPARENTING: $ export _JAVA_AWT_WM_NONREPARENTING=true You can automate these tasks by writing them to your ~/.xsessionrc: $ cat >> ~/.xsessionrc <<EOF export _JAVA_AWT_WM_NONREPARENTING=true EOF ** Changed in: openjdk-6 (Ubuntu) Status: New => Won't Fix -- Java update breaks apps for some window managers https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/258374 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
