<AWT Dev> Java Fullscreen Mode with Xorg server 1.3.0+ (I'm ready to work on a patch)

[Yuri Nesterenko]

Hi Dan,

this new bug, 6599351, seems to be about the same issue, isn't it?
It should be fixed in several releases, as I understand.

Now let's decide: if you will create a patch for your bug then I'll not 
work on my,  otherwise I'll start but not very fast, either. Anyway, 
after your patch is ready for jdk7, I can port it to earlier non-open releases
where applicable. 
Oleg or/and I, we can help when necessary and review your code.

Thanks,
-Yuri

On Mon, Dec 03, 2007 at 08:25:42PM +0000, Dan Munckton wrote:
> Hi Oleg
> 
> Thanks for your reply.
> 
> > am I right that your are going to fix our code so it correctly handled 
> > situation when Xinerama is loaded but we have just one screen, so we 
> > could use Xrandr extension in such configuration?
> 
> Yes. I'm happy to try and produce a patch if there's no-one else working
> on this issue. My employer's product will soon be directly affected by
> the problem so I'm very motivated to see it solved as soon as possible.
> 
> This would be my first contribution to Java/OpenJDK and therefore I may
> not progress as quickly as others who are already involved. Is it true
> that new contributors are assigned a mentor to assist a little?
> 
> > This code is somewhere on boundary of AWT and 2D areas so you may want 
> > to also check with 2D.  As for AWT side I can say for sure that we do 
> > not work on similar issue.
> 
> Hello 2d-dev, is there anyone aware of/working on this problem already?
> (http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/awt-dev/2007-November/000109.html)
> 
> > 
> >  > I've still not opened a bug on the Java bug database, do I need to do
> >  > that to be tidy?
> > 
> > you are supposed to send a path with bug id, so it looks reasonable to 
> > have one :)
> 
> I have now opened a bug which has been assigned an id. It's not yet
> visible in the external database but here's the link anyway:
> 
> http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=6636469
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Dan