https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8256465
Gj On Tue, Mar 16, 2021 at 12:28 AM jasiii <[email protected]> wrote: > Just to share what I finally got to work and why > > Netbeans 12.2 when I opened any dialog window the application would just > freeze and flicker … > Could not figure out the what or why when any secondary window was opened > the the application went into frozen mode. > > And just to share my approach to figuring out who or what was the cause > the following are the steps that tried > > Safe boot. This would eliminate any add on utilities that I had added > (this is good for Windows also) > > Create a new account This would present a clean user profile to try and > test with. With my test account Netbeans worked fine > > Did a bunch of Google time. Did not find any smoking guns > > Check the system log .. this only showed when netbeans stalled. Did no > help > > Check the system activity again this only showed when the application had > stalled and was not able to add any information > > Did more Google and duck duck. Still no real answer but found out other > issues that may be run into > > Walked away. At this point I was ready to go back to Swift and C and > fortran :-< > > Started working with the different issues that I had found during the > Google and Duck Duck search. Had saved everything that might have helped. > > On attempt #XX there was a descrepting about the system tabs settings that > interfered with a early version on NetBeans > > On working with any and all system configuration files on the 4 item I > found a system preferences for General settings and towards the bottom of > that window was the option for Prefer tabs had been set to always so I > changed that to Never. > > And magic happened and all was good in my small world :-D > > Why did that setting impact NetBeans. Well that is way over my skill > level at this point in time > > Hope this helps someone else > > Oh and a Big Thank you to Paulo Toledo for the Java help that started all > this > > Oh and a small foot note. If anyone else is using Comcast to try to send > e-mail to a different country they set foreign email address to :INVALID. > I spent two full days with their “tech” support working my way up 5 levels > to get that adjusted. It worked for three days and now they are blocking > again.. > > Enjoy > > Jim Sterling (still trying to learn) > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists > >
