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 > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > taverna-users mailing list > [email protected] > [email protected] > Web site: http://www.taverna.org.uk > Mailing lists: http://www.taverna.org.uk/taverna-mailing-lists/ > > -- Stian Soiland-Reyes, myGrid team School of Computer Science The University of Manchester ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ taverna-users mailing list [email protected] [email protected] Web site: http://www.taverna.org.uk Mailing lists: http://www.taverna.org.uk/taverna-mailing-lists/
