Bug 339741

Summary:	[PATCH] dev-java/icedtea-6.* support non-reparenting window managers (e.g. x11-wm/awesome)
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Jeff Kowalczyk <jeff.kowalczyk>
Component:	[OLD] Development	Assignee:	Java team <java>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	anton.kochkov, fabianoengler, gnu_andrew
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
URL:	http://awesome.naquadah.org/wiki/Problems_with_Java#Use_OpenJDK_With_Vendor_Fix
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Bug Depends on:
Bug Blocks:	247140

Description Jeff Kowalczyk 2010-10-04 19:52:55 UTC

(From Debian Bug) "It is an long standing bug that java programs come with empty gray windows when run in non-reparenting window managers."

I encounter this when trying to use Clojure with sun-jdk-1.6.0.21 on Gentoo ~amd64. Any code that starts a swing window usually results in a grey blank window, no rendered content.

Per the links below, I install a utility wmname and trick sun-jdk into thinking that I'm using a hardcoded recognized wmname LG3D, which fixed the problem completely.

The patch from arch linux would seem to be applicable for Gentoo, and if applied would greatly improve the Java environment for users of non-reparenting window managers such as x11-wm/awesome.

http://awesome.naquadah.org/wiki/Problems_with_Java#Use_OpenJDK_With_Vendor_Fix

FS#15674 - [openjdk6] Include patch for non-reparenting WMs in openjdk builds for repos 
https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/15674

java programs with empty gray windows
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=508650

Reproducible: Always

Comment 1 Vlastimil Babka (Caster) (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2010-10-12 21:30:51 UTC

Changing summary to icedtea, there's no way we can patch sun-jdk.
However, upstream patch inclusion (icedtea, if not openjdk) would be better than distro-specific patching. Have the other distros tried that?

Comment 2 Ralph Sennhauser (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2012-04-08 14:30:00 UTC

*** Bug 388405 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 3 Ralph Sennhauser (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2012-04-08 14:38:44 UTC

The sun bug database claims this to be fixed in recent 1.6 and 1.7. Is this still an issue with >=icedtea-6.1.11.1? If so which WM and icedtea version exactly. At least one of the WMs claimed to be broken always worked for me.

Comment 4 Ralph Sennhauser (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2012-07-25 07:08:13 UTC

*** Bug 427992 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 5 Anton Kochkov 2012-07-25 07:31:39 UTC

Still exist for awesome and dev-java/icedtea-bin-7.2.2.1

Comment 6 Patrice Clement gentoo-dev

2015-08-21 07:28:52 UTC

Marking this bug as FIXED.