for the records: 0) it's a problem of non-reparenting WMs, in my case cwm 1) see http://awesome.naquadah.org/wiki/Problems_with_Java 2) install x11/wmname 3a) run ``wmname LG3D'' before java apps OR 3b) prepend your window manager in .xinitrc with something like: ``(sleep 10; /usr/local/bin/wmname LG3D) &''
Thanks goes to David Coppa and the usual suspect, Stuart Henderson. Bye, Marcus mcmer-open...@tor.at (MERIGHI Marcus), 2012.10.23 (Tue) 13:37 (CEST): > dco...@gmail.com (David Coppa), 2012.10.23 (Tue) 12:38 (CEST): > > On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 12:33 PM, MERIGHI Marcus <mcmer-open...@tor.at> > > wrote: > > > dco...@gmail.com (David Coppa), 2012.10.23 (Tue) 11:56 (CEST): > > >> On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 11:52 AM, MERIGHI Marcus <mcmer-open...@tor.at> > > >> wrote: > > >> > is there a known problem that I missed with java x windows gui apps? > > >> > > > >> > symptoms: java apps produce their windows but these are just blank. > > >> > > > >> > tried: geo/josm, productivity/projectlibre, databases/jxplorer. > > >> > (found by ``sqlite3 /usr/local/share/sqlports 'select * from Depends > > >> > where fulldepends="jdk->=1.6.0:devel/jdk/1.6";' '') > > >> > > > >> > wanted: cluestick or help on debugging. > > >> > > > >> > dmesg, pkg_info output and Xorg.0.log below > > >> > > > >> > packages were updated after installing snapshot yesterday. > > >> > > > >> > Thanks, Marcus > > >> > > >> What's your window manager? > > > > > > cwm(1) - just tried with fvwm(1) and the symptoms were gone. > > > > > > I switched from scrotwm/spectrwm to cwm just a couple of months ago. I > > > am not sure I tried josm within cwm before. Therefore I cannot tell > > > whether this is a new problem. > > > > > > My cwmrc(5) contains just a few bindings: > > > > > > bind CS-w "xombrero" > > > bind CS-l "xterm -e 'less +F /var/log/full'" > > > bind 4-w "xombrero" > > > > > > Thanks for the quick answer, the window manager hint and thus the > > > workaround. > > > > > > Bye, Marcus > > > > Install wmname-0.1 and add: > > > > /usr/local/bin/wmname LG3D > > > > into your .xinitrc before cwm. > > > > Let me know if this works for you. > > no, unfortunately. > for the records one more info (I am not into annoying you): startup > splash screens (josm) and initial dialogs (like the hints in > projectlibre) are shown as expected. Only the main programs seem to be > blank. > > Ciao, Marcus
