Re: Empty ImageJ windows under Ubuntu with compiz

Posted by Michael Doube on May 13, 2008; 12:27pm
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/Empty-ImageJ-windows-under-Ubuntu-with-compiz-tp3696241p3696243.html

I've started a bug report here:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sun-java6/+bug/229824

If you have more information that can help the developers please post it
there.

Cheers

Mike

Fco. Javier Merino Guardiola wrote:

> I think most of the bugs between Compiz and AWT belongs to the AWT
> implementation and how it draw the components.
>
> One fix for some problems is editing the /etc/environment and adding the
> var:
>
>  AWT_TOOLKIT="MToolkit"
>
> I remember that nasty bug  but I think I didnt find a fix :( (except
> than disabling compiz). I used the opensource ATI Radeon drivers, but I
> bet the problem is the way AWT components are drawn, may be the last
> version of the JVM fix some problems (I tested long time ago with JDK 5).
>
>
>
> El 13/05/2008, a las 6:40, Doube, Michael escribió:
>
>> Hi all
>>
>> Compiz is the whizz-bang eye candy that Ubuntu uses with the GNOME
>> desktop environment.
>>
>> When I enable compiz, I sometimes get empty windows with ImageJ: these
>> can be image windows or plugin windows (like W&L for example).  
>> Closing and opening the file / plugin a few times can restore
>> functionality.  Using no eye-candy (compiz disabled) also restores
>> normal functionality.
>>
>> Has anyone else seen this, or is it peculiar to my setup?  I'm not
>> sure where to aim this bug so I've started here; it could just as
>> easily belong to Sun's JRE, compiz or GNOME so please let me know if
>> you have more insight than I, and I'll file the bug in the right place.
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Mike

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Dr Michael Doube  BPhil BVSc PhD MRCVS
Research Associate
Department of Bioengineering
Imperial College London
South Kensington Campus
London  SW7 2AZ
United Kingdom