XGL and Java (or Swing in particular)

[David Reveman]

On Thu, 2006-08-17 at 11:18 +1000, Marek Wawrzyczny wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have been running X (KDE) with Xgl for some time now quite successfully. 
> This is one of the last remaining problems. Perhaps someone knows more about 
> this. 
> 
> I have a problem where certain Swing applications (stuff I work on and more 
> importantly Netbeans) fail to update the contents of the screens, so you end 
> up with blank windows.
> 
> I have scoured the web and have found a few reports of this problem. A few 
> mention patches by Sun, but no further references can be found anywhere.
> 
> I currently run Netbeans using Xnest.
> 
> Does anyone know more about this issue?

Look at this thread:

http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/compiz/2006-June/000218.html


-David