Xorg 7.1 XGL / Xnest & Limewire
 

I am running Mandriva Cooker (latest development for 2007) - I am running Xorg 7.1 with XGL/Compiz and NVidia proprietary drivers.

I am trying to run the latest Limewire (4.12) for Linux using Sun's jre1.5.0_08

Limewire starts with splash screen asking for upgrade to Pro - but then I get a blank white window with nothing in it - No GUI - nothing.

There is no errors - it just hangs.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thx.

same problem here too
 

I am experiencing the exact same problem running Limewire on openSuSE with Xgl/compiz active. I do not know what's going on but I'm wondering if the java and the Xgl do not like to play with one another.

If I find a fix I will be sure to post it here for you. Good luck!:(

seems that this ia a problem for which no workaround has been established yet. Xgl not interpreting or sending a required java call???

Poor english but http://phoronix.net/forums/archive/index.php/t-30.html
this forum post says as much.

this did not work for me but you may have better luck.

"If you need to use an app that doesn't work well in xgl (eg some java apps have an empty window for me) you can use Xnest which is like the windowed xgl, only the other way around =)

Here's an example usage for LimeWire:

Xnest :1 & DISPLAY=":1" limewire"

quoted from http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_XGL/Tips_and_Tricks

Finally got it working with Xnest.

Open a terminal and type the following:

Xnest -ac :1 & export DISPLAY=:1

Press ENTER. After the Xnest window opens go back to the terminal and type the following:

limewire &

Press ENTER.

That should do the trick. It worked for me and I still have "new car smell" when it comes to linux problems abd trouble-shooting them. I wish I were a bit more tech savvy so that I could explain why and how this works but I cannot. I just know that it does. For me.

Hope this helps. :)

Possible fix
 

The following work-around helped me on this. In order to make it work you need to have Xnest installed on your computer. It comes standard with most Linux distros so you should be good to go.

While in Xgl open a terminal and type the following:

Xnest -ac :1 & export DISPLAY=:1

Press ENTER. That should open up an Xnest window. Go back to your terminal and type the folllowing:

limewire &

Press ENTER. That should do it.

I wish I were more tech savvy and could tell you exactly why that works, but I cannot. I just know that it works for me.

child windows off Limewire the same problem
 

I made a little script with xnest and it works well.
But when i open the options window or any other window from the menu bar, I get the same blank window.
Does any one knows a solution for that problem

#little script
echo *** starting Xnest ***

Xnest -ac :1 & export DISPLAY=:1

echo *** starting Limewire ***

limewire &

The bug was in JDK from Sun Microsystems
The bug (6429775) has now been fixed

... so no more :eek: hacks like Xnest or VNC are needed
:dance:

Download it here
http://download.java.net/jdk6/binaries/


References:
http://download.java.net/jdk6/6u1/pr...dk6u1-b01.html
http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view...bug_id=6429775

Installation help
 

I've been using Linux for quite a few years, but I've never had to install java from a tar ball like this. What are the steps for installing from this and then making it be the default Java environment?

Thanks!