Thanx Geertjan, I have the strong feeling this is application independent and hence I will simply run Nb8.2 on the Alienware and see if it fails just using Nb8.2. I will keep you posted. First I go the naive way (hope) and try jdk16 ... ;-)
On Fri, May 7, 2021 at 7:27 AM Geertjan Wielenga < geertjan.wiele...@googlemail.com> wrote: > Can you create a small Swing app to try to reproduce there? > > Gj > > On Fri, 7 May 2021 at 14:26, bruehlicke <bruehli...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Bummer, still happens with jdk 11. It is the entire outer window which >> jumps and leaves droppings/copies of itself when fx moving mouse accross I >> start wondering if there is a problem with the laptop. On the other hand it >> only happens with the NetBeans RPC app. Regardless if using Nvidea card or >> Intels integrated. >> >> Will try jdk17 if possible .... mysterious >> >> On Thu, May 6, 2021, 14:01 bruehlicke <bruehli...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Laszlo,, you are a hero ! I downloaded the OpenJDK 11 and just copied >>> the entire folder into my NetBeans 8.2 RCP app (build on jdk8) and renamed >>> the jkd11 folder to "jre" - Voila ! I just looooove Java, it surprises me >>> even again and again even after coding for 2 decades with it. Of course, >>> lots of testing needs to be done but so far it looks like a work-around. We >>> will have the app running all day tomorrow on jdk11 to see if it "creeps >>> back to the flicker madness". >>> >>> Of course the biggest thanks is to all the people involved making jdk11 >>> (and later versions) and keeping it compatible and allowing normal mortals >>> like me to stay "clueless" - as Jaroslav so nicely puts it - about all the >>> underlying plumbing which was changed. >>> >>> Thanks ! >>> Bernd >>> >>> On Thu, May 6, 2021 at 10:35 AM bruehlicke <bruehli...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Ahh, ok good point ! I will try running NetBeans with jdk 11 (OpenJdk) >>>> on the Alienware and see how it goes. Thank you for your interest and >>>> suggestion. >>>> >>>> Bests >>>> Bernd >>>> >>>> On Thu, May 6, 2021 at 10:24 AM Laszlo Kishalmi < >>>> laszlo.kisha...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I'd put my bet on the JDK AWT VRAM handling, so when I suggested >>>>> upgrade JDK, I meant upgrading it to a more recent version than 1.8. I'd >>>>> Try JDK 11 first, if that's still do not work I'd test more recent ones... >>>>> On 5/6/21 8:02 AM, Geertjan Wielenga wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Maybe Swing-specific, so try reproduce with another Swing app or >>>>> create a new small Swing app yourself to reproduce the problem. >>>>> >>>>> Gj >>>>> >>>>> On Thu, 6 May 2021 at 16:55, bruehlicke <bruehli...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Thanx. Tried 1.8u202 (latest I can use without commercial license) >>>>>> and it happened as well after a while. Hmm ... currently only on >>>>>> Alienware >>>>>> laptop. ... wicket. Anyhow here running NetBeans on a Gaming laptop >>>>>> having >>>>>> trouble ? It looks like a generic problem and hence just running >>>>>> NetBeans >>>>>> should cause the same issue. >>>>>> >>>>>> Anyhow, thank you for your suggestion >>>>>> Bernd >>>>>> >>>>>> On Wed, May 5, 2021 at 10:04 AM Laszlo Kishalmi < >>>>>> laszlo.kisha...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Try to upgrade your JDK >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On 5/5/21 7:53 AM, bruehlicke wrote: >>>>>>> > We have a mature NetBeans 8.2 app with Java 1.8u112 running on Win >>>>>>> 10 >>>>>>> > without any problems. Now we got an Alienware and from time to >>>>>>> time >>>>>>> > the app becomes unusable as the different windows within the app >>>>>>> are >>>>>>> > moving randomly around when fx just moving the mouse. I do not >>>>>>> want to >>>>>>> > use the work "flickering" as that is not describing it correctly. >>>>>>> It >>>>>>> > is like the old mouse droppings we have seen, just on the entire >>>>>>> > windows on the app. >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > We have tried >>>>>>> > 1) To turn off the Nvidea card and use the interval Intel graphic >>>>>>> > after which it worked for a while but came back >>>>>>> > 2) Vica versa turning off Intel same result. >>>>>>> > 3) Reboot usually naked it work for a while >>>>>>> > 4) It happens on both internal and external monitors. >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > I know, it sounds like Sci-Fi. Just wanted to see if anyone out >>>>>>> there >>>>>>> > has had a similar issue and maybe even found a work-around. >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > Until now we have only seen this on Alienware machines. So it >>>>>>> MIGHT be >>>>>>> > a SciFi effect ;-) >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > Bests >>>>>>> > Bernd >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> >>>>>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@netbeans.apache.org >>>>>>> For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@netbeans.apache.org >>>>>>> >>>>>>> For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: >>>>>>> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists >>>>>>> >>>>>>>