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I got the same problem with amd64: it crashes the vm.

Well, the problem seems to be the AMD64 distribution of Java6, as far as I could figure out.

Setting the default JRE to Java 1.5 via update-java-alternatives and using the above mentioned export, TV-Browser finally works.

Just thought I document this in case others have the same problem.

See you.

#
# An unexpected error has been detected by Java Runtime Environment:
#
#  SIGSEGV (0xb) at pc=0x00002b9bdc6b3385, pid=8945, tid=1076017472
#
# Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (1.6.0-b105 mixed mode)
# Problematic frame:
# C  [libc.so.6+0x2f385]  catgets+0x15

Java frames: (J=compiled Java code, j=interpreted, Vv=VM code)
j  sun.awt.motif.MWindowPeer.pCreate(Lsun/awt/motif/MComponentPeer;Ljava/lang/String;)V+0
j  sun.awt.motif.MWindowPeer.create(Lsun/awt/motif/MComponentPeer;)V+12
j  sun.awt.motif.MComponentPeer.init(Ljava/awt/Component;)V+31
j  sun.awt.motif.MWindowPeer.init(Ljava/awt/Window;)V+65
j  sun.awt.motif.MFramePeer.<init>(Ljava/awt/Frame;)V+159
j  sun.awt.motif.MToolkit.createFrame(Ljava/awt/Frame;)Ljava/awt/peer/FramePeer;+5
j  java.awt.Frame.addNotify()V+20
j  javax.swing.SwingUtilities$SharedOwnerFrame.addNotify()V+1
j  java.awt.Window.addNotify()V+24
j  java.awt.Window.show()V+8
j  util.ui.UiUtilities.centerAndShow(Ljava/awt/Window;)V+150
j  tvbrowser.ui.splashscreen.SplashScreen.showSplash()V+1
j  tvbrowser.TVBrowser.main([Ljava/lang/String;)V+716
v  ~StubRoutines::call_stub

---------------  S Y S T E M  ---------------

OS:4.0

uname:Linux 2.6.20-15-generic #2 SMP Sun Apr 15 06:17:24 UTC 2007 x86_64
libc:glibc 2.5 NPTL 2.5 
rlimit: STACK 8192k, CORE 0k, NPROC infinity, NOFILE 1024, AS infinity
load average:0.37 0.37 0.26

CPU:total 1 amd64 3dnow

Memory: 4k page, physical 2060416k(1051584k free), swap 1991956k(1991956k free)

vm_info: Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (1.6.0-b105) for linux-amd64, built on Nov 29 2006 01:44:03 by "uucp" with gcc 3.2.2 (SuSE Linux)

I've run into the same problem with the grey screen when running Compiz and was glad to find this thread. However, trying to set the AWT_TOOLKIT variable either in the console environment or by adding the equivalent Java-option (-D...) crashes my Java 6 VM (without caring whether I set it to MToolkit or XToolkit...):
[code]#
# An unexpected error has been detected by Java Runtime Environment:
#
# SIGSEGV (0xb) at pc=0x00002b9bdc6b3385, pid=8945, tid=1076017472
#
# Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (1.6.0-b105 mixed mode)
# Problematic frame:
# C [libc.so.6+0x2f385] catgets+0x15[/code]
The following dozens of lines of the generated log file will probably be of no interest except of the following two paragraphs:
[code]Java frames: (J=compiled Java code, j=interpreted, Vv=VM code)
j sun.awt.motif.MWindowPeer.pCreate(Lsun/awt/motif/MComponentPeer;Ljava/lang/String;)V+0
j sun.awt.motif.MWindowPeer.create(Lsun/awt/motif/MComponentPeer;)V+12
j sun.awt.motif.MComponentPeer.init(Ljava/awt/Component;)V+31
j sun.awt.motif.MWindowPeer.init(Ljava/awt/Window;)V+65
j sun.awt.motif.MFramePeer.<init>(Ljava/awt/Frame;)V+159
j sun.awt.motif.MToolkit.createFrame(Ljava/awt/Frame;)Ljava/awt/peer/FramePeer;+5
j java.awt.Frame.addNotify()V+20
j javax.swing.SwingUtilities$SharedOwnerFrame.addNotify()V+1
j java.awt.Window.addNotify()V+24
j java.awt.Window.show()V+8
j util.ui.UiUtilities.centerAndShow(Ljava/awt/Window;)V+150
j tvbrowser.ui.splashscreen.SplashScreen.showSplash()V+1
j tvbrowser.TVBrowser.main([Ljava/lang/String;)V+716
v ~StubRoutines::call_stub[/code]
System Info:
[code]--------------- S Y S T E M ---------------

OS:4.0

uname:Linux 2.6.20-15-generic #2 SMP Sun Apr 15 06:17:24 UTC 2007 x86_64
libc:glibc 2.5 NPTL 2.5
rlimit: STACK 8192k, CORE 0k, NPROC infinity, NOFILE 1024, AS infinity
load average:0.37 0.37 0.26

CPU:total 1 amd64 3dnow

Memory: 4k page, physical 2060416k(1051584k free), swap 1991956k(1991956k free)

vm_info: Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (1.6.0-b105) for linux-amd64, built on Nov 29 2006 01:44:03 by "uucp" with gcc 3.2.2 (SuSE Linux)
[/code]
The sys-info is missing my graphics card, ATI X1950Pro chipset with proprietary ubuntu drivers.

I am able to run TV-Browser in normal, non-XGL Gnome, but it also crashes with the same output when again trying to set either XToolkit or MToolkit.

Can anybody help? Might it be a 64bit problem I need to report somewhere (Ubuntu or Sun)? Thanks in advance.

export AWT_TOOLKIT=MToolkit

I had the same problem with IntelliJ Idea. Changing java version didn't help but [code]export AWT_TOOLKIT=MToolkit[/code] fixed it.

Okay, I have installed java 6 and experimented with various settings and have achieved success as follows :-
Using these available Java Virtual Machines:
[list] [1] blackdown-jdk-1.4.2
[2] sun-jdk-1.5
[3] sun-jdk-1.6 system-vm
[/list]
I found that it was necessary to follow the suggestion to 'export AWT_TOOLKIT=MToolkit'. After which
sun-jdk-1.5 and sun-jdk-1.6 both work, Blackdown doesn't work.
Thanks for the help.

Don't use Blackdown. We don't support it.

Thanks for the suggestions - I'll try fixing my java (It is 5.)), maybe I can switch from Sun to Blackdown or look for an ebuild for Java 6. I can't recall if I have any other java apps (I'm sure I must), so I'll report back if and when I fix this.

There is a Bug in Java 5 when using an XGL-Desktop like Beryl.


http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/compiz/2006-June/000224.html bzw. http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=6322854

This should help:

export AWT_TOOLKIT=MToolkit

Or you could update to Java 6 (currently in Beta)

Maybe it would help to change the LookAndFeel.
Do you have an other Java application to test, if it is also affected?

I noticed the entry in the FAQ explaining how to get rid of a grey screen. Unfortunately this doesn't work in the linux version. TVBrowser worked fine - absolutely excellent program - until I switched to Beryl. Now I get a grey screen. I can tell the information is there because the cursor changes shape and if I click I can get something, but there must be a way to fix this...?