Blank Welcome Screen on Ubuntu

Technical Support & Bugs
1

See the screenshot:

I think the screen is the one where I am supposed to enter my name and password. Any ideas? It pops up after I select a scenario.

System Info:

robert@robert-OptiPlex-3010:/proc$ java -version
java version "1.7.0_91"
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (IcedTea 2.6.3) (7u91-2.6.3-0ubuntu0.15.10.1)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 24.91-b01, mixed mode)

Java Info

java version "1.7.0_91"
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (IcedTea 2.6.3) (7u91-2.6.3-0ubuntu0.15.10.1)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 24.91-b01, mixed mode)
2

Thus spake rburkej:

See the screenshot:
[1]

I think the screen is the one where I am supposed to enter my name and
password. Any ideas? It pops up after I select a scenario.

System Info:

Code:

robert@robert-OptiPlex-3010:/proc$ java -version
java version “1.7.0_91”
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (IcedTea 2.6.3)
(7u91-2.6.3-0ubuntu0.15.10.1)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 24.91-b01, mixed mode)

Try resizing the blank dialog. I’ve seen a bug in Java occasionally
where dialogs don’t get repainted until they’re resized.

–
J.

3

Thanks for the suggestion. Sad to report that it had no affect. The window behaves as normal, but redrawing the window doesn’t have an affect.

Also, I realized that I copied the same system info twice. Here is my system info:

robert@robert-OptiPlex-3010:~$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID:	Ubuntu
Description:	Ubuntu 15.10
Release:	15.10
Codename:	wily
robert@robert-OptiPlex-3010:~$ uname -a
Linux robert-OptiPlex-3010 4.2.0-21-generic #25-Ubuntu SMP Wed Dec 2 18:42:25 UTC 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
robert@robert-OptiPlex-3010:~$
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I just want to post a fix. I ended up removing all versions of java I had and followed the steps on this site (webupd8.org/2012/09/install- … a-ppa.html) to install Java 8. That fixed the problem for me!

5

I am also having the same problem. I’m not going the Java 8 route since it’s not supported, and there will be no security updates according to the linked page. VASSAL is completely unusable on 2 Ubuntu 15.10 systems currently.

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Thus spake williambertram:

I am also having the same problem. I’m not going the Java 8 route since
it’s not supported, and there will be no security updates according to
the linked page. VASSAL is completely unusable on 2 Ubuntu 15.10
systems currently.

What you’re hitting is a bug in Java. There’s nothing we can do about
it. The fix is to use a different version of Java.

–
J.

7

what version?

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I’ve used Ubuntu 14.04, 15.10, and now 16.04, and had no problems with “OpenJDK Java 7 Runtime” and Vassal.