So the general advice about Java for OSX 10.5 update 4 from the
java-dev list at apple is simply - don't update..

Could you try to modify Info.plist (I know you know how!) to add
-Dapple.awt.graphics.UseQuartz=false as a system property?


From http://lists.apple.com/archives/Java-dev/2009/Jun//msg00291.html:

> A potentially relevant change was that we flipped the
> default graphics pipeline in J2SE 5.0 back to the Quartz
> renderer. You might try explicitly setting the Sun 2D renderer
> using -Dapple.awt.graphics.UseQuartz=false if you can
> reproduce the issue.



On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 15:26, Andrea Wiggins<[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm afraid I've found a couple more bugs...
>
> I updated my Java version just the other day as prompted by my regular
> updater
> (http://support.apple.com/downloads/Java_for_Mac_OS_X_10_5_Update_4), all
> the while thinking in the back of my head, "This is going to screw up
> Taverna. I just know it."
>
> It did.
>
> I can no longer see any details on the workflow diagrams in Taverna 1.7.1,
> just the shapes. In Taverna 2.1 beta, the labels exist, but are dissociated
> from the shapes. And missing their first characters.  I've attached
> screenshots to demonstrate what I'm seeing.
>
> Also, I noticed a second quirky behavior: when I tried to open a workflow
> with a JDBC component in T2.1b, I got the predictable error when it fails to
> open. After dismissing the error, however, the entire menu bar had
> disappeared. Fortunately, I could use the icons in the UI for the same
> operations, and clicking on the open folder icon caused the menu bar options
> to return. I'm sure it's not intended to work quite that way.
>
> Sorry to bring more errors to the table; unfortunately this makes it a
> little harder to do my work. I didn't realize how much I depend on the
> workflow diagram to navigate the structure until I couldn't see the labels!
> Can anyone point to directions on how to roll back the Java update so I can
> have everything working again?
>
> Andrea
>
>
> Andrea Wiggins
> PhD Student, School of Information Studies
> Syracuse University
>
> 337 Hinds Hall
> Syracuse, NY 13244
> [email protected]
> www.andreawiggins.com
>
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