I got similar behaviour. Same system & java version. When I open an applet it is shown correct. Then after reloading or opening a new applet/java-window it is most times grey (sometimes its shown normal). The problem can be solved the same way like the compitz-swing-problem:
export AWT_TOOLKIT="MToolkit" But I don't like this workaround, because it just looks ugly and is buggy. Java 5 is working correct in Firefox. And in Epiphany even java 6 works. So I'm using Epiphany for all java applets... ** Changed in: firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- Java applets are working only one time from launching Mozilla Firefox 3 b5... https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/223764 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs