Found the Freecol startup script in /usr/games/ , not /usr/bin/ as indicated at http://sourceforge.net/projects/freecol/forums/forum/141201/topic/3269853 . Added the bit indicated and the problem is now fixed.
Recap: cd /usr/games/ sudo gedit freecol Added -Dsun.java2d.pmoffscreen=false to the last line -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/499156 Title: ***extremely*** slow with openjdk -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs