Comment 3 for bug 324882

I used openjdk 6, which I believe is the standard version on ubuntu.

I tried running jabref from a Sidux box, which is similar to a debian
unstable, and there no problem with that system. So, maybe we should
look for the problem in the ubuntu version of openjdk.

/Peter

On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 11:00, gregor herrmann
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> On Tue, 03 Feb 2009 15:21:53 -0000, Peter Hansen wrote:
>
>> The jabref GUI looks as illustrated by the attached graphics file.
>> All fields are sort of overlapping causing the interface to be more
>> difficult to read and use.
>
> Doesn't look good.
>
>> When running a "jar" version of this program with openjdk on ubuntu
>> the problem is the same.
>> When running a "jar" version of this program with sun java 6 on
>> ubuntu the GUI looks correct.
>
> Thanks for the report.
> Which version of openjdk did you try with? If I'm not mistaken Ubuntu
> has openjdk6 and openjdk7.
>
> I can't reproduce this bug (on Debian unstable) with openjdk6 (and
> there is no openjdk7 in Debian) ...
>
>
> Cheers,
> gregor, maintainer of jabref in Debian
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> jabref gui problems with openjdk
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> Status in "jabref" source package in Ubuntu: New
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> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: jabref
>
> 1) system release: ubuntu 8.10
> 2) package version: jabref 2.3.1-5ubuntu1
>
> The jabref GUI looks as illustrated by the attached graphics file. All fields are sort of overlapping causing the interface to be more difficult to read and use.
> When running a "jar" version of this program with openjdk on ubuntu the problem is the same.
> When running a "jar" version of this program with sun java 6 on ubuntu the GUI looks correct.
>