After the 9.10 upgrade from 9.04 sometimes clicking on eclipse ide buttons doesn't work anymore. How to fix this?

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2 years 12 weeks ago

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To the eclipse launcher, add this line:
export GDK_NATIVE_WINDOWS=1
 
Of course, this assumes you have an .sh launcher that your are executing.  If not, then create one, and point your menu launcher to the new script.  There is probably also a way to add this permanently to your environment, but I haven't found it (for instance, editing .bashrc doesn't work, it only effects when you run bash).

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2 years 12 weeks ago
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This was due to a bug in SWT or GTK. But the good news is the following fixes the problem
 
export GDK_NATIVE_WINDOWS=1
 
To make it permanent you can add this entry into the /etc/environment file or create a eclipse.sh file and add it before calling /path/to/eclipse

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2 years 12 weeks ago

  • Ubuntu 9.10
    ~/.profile -> export GDK_NATIVE_WINDOWS=1 [failed]
    env GDK_NATIVE_WINDOWS=1 /path/to/eclipse [failed]
    /etc/environment -> export GDK_NATIVE_WINDOWS=1 [failed]
     
    Gnome unsets this particular variable whenever he can. Is there anyway to forbid gnome unsetting this variable?
     

    - Visitor 2 years 12 weeks ago
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    Ubuntu 9.10
    ~/.profile -> export GDK_NATIVE_WINDOWS=1 [failed]
    env GDK_NATIVE_WINDOWS=1 /path/to/eclipse [failed]
    /etc/environment -> export GDK_NATIVE_WINDOWS=1 [failed]
     
    Gnome unsets this particular variable whenever he can. Is there anyway to forbid gnome unsetting this variable?
     

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    2 years 12 weeks ago
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    I created a eclipse.sh with the following contents and it works great for me.
     
     
    #!/bin/sh
    export GDK_NATIVE_WINDOWS=1
    /home/eclipse/eclipse
     

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    2 years 12 weeks ago
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    As mentioned before, export  GDK_NATIVE_WINDOWS=1 shell variable before invoke Eclipse, or in my case, Aptana.If you want a simpler workaround: click on the "lazy" buttons that doesn't work to put focus on them and press Enter to "click" on them.Spanish link: http://blog.jorgeivanmeza.com/2009/11/problemas-para-instalar-plugins-de...

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    2 years 12 weeks ago

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