problem with java swing application in beryl

inclusion of beryl in fedora core is really something that deserves admiration. it has added cool eye-soothing effects in desktop. it caught me not only because its effects but also it does not impose high hardware requirement like vista. but soon i got stuck when i tried to run java swing apps. because it showed only empty white window when i started java application. the reason was not so apparent in the first place. after googling for a while, i got the reason. and it had nothing to do with beryl rather the problem was associated with the java vm. i found bunch of workarounds. but the best one to me was using nested x server ‘Xnest’. i was not satisfied with this one though. hell of lengthy sequence of steps were associated with it. recently another solution was posted in the beryl-wiki. the whole process is nicely explained there. as long as the jdk6/jre6 is not visible in the arena, this workaround is most probably the best way to keep things nice and fine.

netbeans 5.5 is out!

Netbeans needs no introduction to java programmer i suppose. its 5.0 version was like dream comes true to me. simply an extraordinarily intelligent java editor. now it is version 5.5 out. i have not tried is yet though but i am sure it is going to be another spark. netbeans.org is shipping free netbeans 5.5 CD is requested. i’ve posted request and will try it as soon as i get the CD.