Posts Tagged Netbeans

So as I have switched to dwm as my main window manger, I have noticed a few problems with java apps, most notably being netbeans. Upon launching netbeans, I am greeted with nothing but a large blank window. How awesome is that? After a few minutes of searching around, it seems the AWT toolkit is broken on window managers that don’t do reparenting. dwm is apparently one such window manager. The solution? Exporting AWT_TOOLKIT=MToolkit before running netbeans, or switch window managers. Lame, but until the AWT java bug is fixed, I guess I have to export the variable every time. If anyone has other solutions, please let me know.