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Old September 16th, 2007
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Default Re: LimeWirePro/Basic 4,14.8 - Blank window on Ubuntu 7.04

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Originally Posted by dustigroove View Post
Are you by chance running Compiz or Beryl? If so, this is a bug having to do with Java.

Try launching LW using this:
Code:
XLIB_SKIP_ARGB_VISUALS=1 limewire
Ahah! I think you've nailed it. The XLIB_SKIP... variable didn't help, but I noted that 'compiz' and 'compiz.bin' processes were running. I killed both of them, following which entering 'limewire' at the command prompt started LimeWire Pro working correctly.

(All the window decorations disappeared when I killed Compiz, but they hadn't been working correctly either, even before installing LimeWire.)

The installed Java version is 1.5.0_11. Would the Compiz problem be resolved by updating Java to a later version?

Thanks for your help.
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