[SOLVED] xorg-server-1.3.0 + xcb breaks java ?

Devport · Guru Joined: 15 Dec 2004 Posts: 361

Since I upgraded xorg-server to 1.3.0 I get this message when I try to run tvbrowser - the only java app I use :

Mindstab · Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2007 5:21 am Post subject:

Xorg 7.2 had optional xcb support, I guess it's mandatory in 7.3. Anyways, it's a whole new implementation of the X protocol, and XLib has been gutted and just wrapped around it. It's better, but it has exposed a few problems, like that bug in Java that the old XLib didn't catch but this xlib does. It's actually Java's fault, not Xorg's. They;re just finally handling it properly, instead of letting broken behavior continue. Of course it's a hassle, bu then any open source project would have been fixed by now as this has been a known issue for ages now. This is what we get for using closed source apps, we depend on one company for fixes and if they can't be bothered, well then we're out of luck.

Just be glad Java is being open sourced. When that finally fully happens, bugs like this won't kick around for half a year. In the mean time, I reiterate, closed source sucks.

Devport · Guru Joined: 15 Dec 2004 Posts: 361

Thanks for the info.

I had the useflag xcb in all my packages already so I am a bit surprised that the new xorg-server triggers that bug. I will mask it.

monolit · n00b Joined: 29 Jan 2004 Posts: 64 Location: Paris/Texas

Getting the same error for azureus-2.5.0.4-r1 and java version of the hjsplit program. Gonna mask and downgrade xorg-server-1.3.0.0. Any idea when this behaviour of the java programs can be fixed?

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Mindstab · Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 8:32 am Post subject:

ha
when sun feels like it

again, this is why closed source sucks. otherwise it would have been fixed already

cocaxx · n00b Joined: 29 Jun 2002 Posts: 43

So this really means there's atm no possibility of using java apps on xorg-server 1.3?

irondog · Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2007 8:45 am Post subject:

Emerge libX11 without XCB.
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shaumux · Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 10:24 pm Post subject:

Is there any workaround for it without disabling the xcb USE flag?

stoil · Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2007 5:18 am Post subject:

http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=6532373

Devport · Guru Joined: 15 Dec 2004 Posts: 361

BernieKe · Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 1:28 pm Post subject:

As per http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=156353#c18 :

For sun-java5-bin:

ferg · Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2007 8:10 am Post subject: Jbidwatcher

Just as a placeholder for people searching. I get this with the latest version of Jbidwatcher. Using the suggested workaround of compiling libxcb withouth the DEBUG flag works perfectly!

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pholthau · Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2007 8:36 am Post subject:

Here you can find a patch. It seems to work for me, although it's just a workaround.
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vuakko · Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2007 4:00 pm Post subject:

Some programs (such as Mathematica and Matlab) use their own JVM, so actually one should rather run

SocialSecurity · n00b Joined: 10 Mar 2007 Posts: 19

This also doesn't occur with Java if the XINERAMA extension doesn't exist.

pavallokazzo · n00b Joined: 08 Jan 2007 Posts: 33

I confirm the solution at the top...

tarpman · Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 9:46 pm Post subject:

According to Sun this bug has been fixed. Hopefully the next round of JVM updates will contain it.
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rtomek · Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2007 7:49 pm Post subject: