JDK-6585553 : glossitope can not start with NPE in Linux GNOME environment
  • Type: Bug
  • Component: client-libs
  • Sub-Component: javax.swing
  • Affected Version: 6u2
  • Priority: P2
  • Status: Closed
  • Resolution: Cannot Reproduce
  • OS: linux
  • CPU: x86
  • Submitted: 2007-07-26
  • Updated: 2011-02-07
  • Resolved: 2011-02-07
Related Reports
Relates :  
JDK-6389282 - NPE in GTKLookAndFeel.initSystemColorDefaults() on mustang when remote X11 displaying.
Description
Has anyone succeeded to start glossitope on Linux GNOME with Sun's JDK?

Site : http://www.glossitope.org
URL : http://www.glossitope.org/downloads/daily/Glossitope_buffered.jnlp

I'm trying it on Ubuntu 7.04 and Fedora Core 6 GNOME but it always fails.

        at com.sun.java.swing.plaf.gtk.GTKLookAndFeel.initSystemColorDefaults(GTKLookAndFeel.java:1267)
        at com.sun.java.swing.plaf.gtk.GTKLookAndFeel.loadStyles(GTKLookAndFeel.java:1509)
        at com.sun.java.swing.plaf.gtk.GTKLookAndFeel.access$000(GTKLookAndFeel.java:37)
        at com.sun.java.swing.plaf.gtk.GTKLookAndFeel$WeakPCL$1.run(GTKLookAndFeel.java:1449)

(full stack will be attached into attachment field)

Changing locale to C does not help. Very simlier NPE happens in some bug
reports (6389282) so I tried the latest JDK7 but it also does not help.
When I switched Desktop from GNOME to KDE, it works fine. Any GTK L&F
problem is still happening?
Comments
PUBLIC COMMENTS Nobody gives information about the bug a long time. I'm closing the bug.
07-02-2011
EVALUATION Dear the submitter: I happened to see your blog mentioning this problem. Please provide the information that the responsible engineer of this bug needs. Thanks,
13-02-2008
EVALUATION Could you please supply me with a simple test case. glossitope is way to heavy for testing agains it. And please take a look at the 6389282 evaluation. I wrote there that it could be a ploblem of not following the rule of the creation components on the EDT. Check that and your code please.
17-08-2007
EVALUATION According to stack trace the problem is in GTK LaF, so I'm reassigning CR to Swing team. Though I have to say that on my Ubuntu 7.04 everything works fine.
26-07-2007