<AWT Dev> RFR: 8027912: [macosx] Provide means to force the headful mode on OS X when running via ssh

David DeHaven david.dehaven at oracle.com
Thu Nov 7 12:20:52 PST 2013


Quick fix to reenable some automated testing that was broken by my recent fix to disable the X11 toolkit.


diff --git a/src/solaris/native/java/lang/java_props_macosx.c b/src/solaris/native/java/lang/java_props_macosx.c
--- a/src/solaris/native/java/lang/java_props_macosx.c
+++ b/src/solaris/native/java/lang/java_props_macosx.c
@@ -106,6 +106,12 @@
 }
 
 int isInAquaSession() {
+    // environment variable to bypass the aqua session check
+    char *ev = getenv("AWT_FORCE_HEADFUL");
+    if (ev && (strncasecmp(ev, "true", 4) == 0)) {
+        // if "true" then tell the caller we're in an Aqua session without actually checking
+        return 1;
+    }
     // Is the WindowServer available?
     SecuritySessionId session_id;
     SessionAttributeBits session_info;




Quick sanity check over a SSH session (where isInAquaSession was returning false):

jdk8-deploy daved$ AWT_FORCE_HEADFUL=false ./build/macosx-x86_64-normal-server-release/jdk/bin/java -jar ~/Desktop/SwingSet2.jar 
2013-11-07 12:13:21.647 java[5088:707] [JRSAppKitAWT markAppIsDaemon]: Process manager already initialized: can't fully enable headless mode.
Exception in thread "main" java.awt.HeadlessException
	at sun.java2d.HeadlessGraphicsEnvironment.getDefaultScreenDevice(HeadlessGraphicsEnvironment.java:77)
	at SwingSet2.main(SwingSet2.java:224)

jdk8-deploy daved$ AWT_FORCE_HEADFUL=true ./build/macosx-x86_64-normal-server-release/jdk/bin/java -jar ~/Desktop/SwingSet2.jar 

jdk8-deploy daved$ AWT_FORCE_HEADFUL=True ./build/macosx-x86_64-normal-server-release/jdk/bin/java -jar ~/Desktop/SwingSet2.jar 

jdk8-deploy daved$ AWT_FORCE_HEADFUL=TRUE ./build/macosx-x86_64-normal-server-release/jdk/bin/java -jar ~/Desktop/SwingSet2.jar 

jdk8-deploy daved$ AWT_FORCE_HEADFUL=TRUETRUE ./build/macosx-x86_64-normal-server-release/jdk/bin/java -jar ~/Desktop/SwingSet2.jar 

jdk8-deploy daved$ AWT_FORCE_HEADFUL=AKASKLJ ./build/macosx-x86_64-normal-server-release/jdk/bin/java -jar ~/Desktop/SwingSet2.jar 
2013-11-07 12:14:04.606 java[5138:707] [JRSAppKitAWT markAppIsDaemon]: Process manager already initialized: can't fully enable headless mode.
Exception in thread "main" java.awt.HeadlessException
	at sun.java2d.HeadlessGraphicsEnvironment.getDefaultScreenDevice(HeadlessGraphicsEnvironment.java:77)
	at SwingSet2.main(SwingSet2.java:224)

jdk8-deploy daved$ ./build/macosx-x86_64-normal-server-release/jdk/bin/java -jar ~/Desktop/SwingSet2.jar 
2013-11-07 12:14:18.351 java[5154:707] [JRSAppKitAWT markAppIsDaemon]: Process manager already initialized: can't fully enable headless mode.
Exception in thread "main" java.awt.HeadlessException
	at sun.java2d.HeadlessGraphicsEnvironment.getDefaultScreenDevice(HeadlessGraphicsEnvironment.java:77)
	at SwingSet2.main(SwingSet2.java:224)

(SwingSet2 ran normally in the runs that did not produce a HeadlessException)

-DrD-



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