A problem I’ve hit many times is the grey window java issue, where java-windows will be all grey and have no content. Danske Bank uses java for their homebanking solution and for every transaction a java-windows pops up. So this bug meant no homebanking for me (or rather, forced me to use a windows-based PC for paying my bills).
Today however, I stumbled across a mail on the awesome mailing list mentioning a tool called wmname that apparently solves this issue, by setting a proper netwmname… and lo and behold, this small (53 lines of C code) program actually made homebanking work again \o/. Just compile, install and run it with an argument (the name of your window manager, could be anything).
Is this awesome? (y/Y)
Great small tool, but for me, it does not serve that purpose. Java is still either giving grey windows, or segfaulting Firefox, though wmname outputs evilwm.
You need to change the name to LG3D (no matter what) :)
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Dude! Thanks very much for that…one less thing I need to start up Gnome for!
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