Java GUI apps do not work properly under Wayland

[Sergio Bossa]

I'm running Ubuntu 17.10 with Wayland enabled. I noticed Java GUI apps running with native look and feel (i.e. Swing based apps with GTK look and feel) do not properly work, i.e. fonts are not displayed properly, windows sometimes do not draw correctly and other problems.

If I switch to X11 all works fine instead.

The Java version is:

java version "1.8.0_152"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_152-b16)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.152-b16, mixed mode)

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10
Package: xorg 1:7.7+19ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-16.19-generic 4.13.4
Uname: Linux 4.13.0-16-generic x86_64
.tmp.unity_support_test.0:

ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu3.1
Architecture: amd64
CompositorRunning: None
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Tue Nov 14 12:20:33 2017
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: artful
DistroVariant: ubuntu
ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes
GraphicsCard:
 Intel Corporation Device [8086:591b] (rev 04) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:07bf]
   Subsystem: Dell GM107GLM [Quadro M1200 Mobile] [1028:07bf]
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-10-24 (20 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Alpha amd64 (20170926)
Lsusb:
 Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
 Bus 001 Device 003: ID 1bcf:2b95 Sunplus Innovation Technology Inc.
 Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
MachineType: Dell Inc. Precision 5520
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.13.0-16-generic root=UUID=4f5a6ba3-2eb6-42d3-aa57-c85c628e312d ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: xorg
Symptom: display
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 06/08/2017
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 1.3.4
dmi.board.name: 0X41RR
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.board.version: A02
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvr1.3.4:bd06/08/2017:svnDellInc.:pnPrecision5520:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0X41RR:rvrA02:cvnDellInc.:ct10:cvr:
dmi.product.family: Precision
dmi.product.name: Precision 5520
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.13.1+17.10.20170901-0ubuntu1
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.83-1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 17.2.2-0ubuntu1
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 17.2.2-0ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.19.5-0ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev N/A
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.10.0-1
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.917+git20170309-0ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.15-2

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. The issue you are reporting is an upstream one and it would be nice if somebody having it could send the bug to the developers of the software by following the instructions at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Upstream/GNOME. If you have done so, please tell us the number of the upstream bug (or the link), so we can add a bugwatch that will inform us about its status. Thanks in advance.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

Can you please provide an example command (or app), or two, to help us reproduce the problem?

[Sergio Bossa (sbtourist)]

NetBeans (https://netbeans.org) is such an example, try installing and running it under Wayland and X, and you'll notice the difference. Let me know if you need any more information.

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

Thank you for reporting this bug to Ubuntu.
Ubuntu 17.10 (artful) reached end-of-life on July 19, 2018.

See this document for currently supported Ubuntu releases:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases

We appreciate that this bug may be old and you might not be interested in discussing it any more. But if you are then please upgrade to the latest Ubuntu version and re-test. If you then find the bug is still present in the newer Ubuntu version, please add a comment here telling us which new version it is in and change the bug status to Confirmed.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for gnome-shell (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]