[moneydance] Ubuntu 7.10 and Moneydance

[Robert Kesterson]

On Sun, 18 Nov 2007 14:27:36 -0600, Paul Clarke  
<pjclarke at grapevine.net.au> wrote:
>
> I am trying Ubuntu 7.10 after using Fedora for years and cannot install
> Moneydance.
>
> You get the following error.
>
> paul at paul-u:~/Download$ sudo sh moneydance_linux_x86.sh
> No suitable Java Virtual Machine could be found on your system.
> Do you want to download a JRE? (y/n)
> paul at paul-u:~/Download$
> If you install java if gets to the first install screen but there is no
> text in it

When you install and/or run Moneydance, you need to turn off compiz  
(Desktop Effects).  For whatever reason, Java apps don't get their windows  
painted like they should.  If you're using fusion-icon or compiz-manager  
or something similar, there should be an icon in your task bar that lets  
you switch to a different window manager temporarily (metacity, etc).  (If  
you don't have such an icon, and you're running the gnome desktop, open a  
terminal and do "metacity --replace &".  That will switch you to the gnome  
metacity window manager.  When you're done, you can get compiz back by  
"compiz --replace &".)

-- 
   Robert Kesterson
   robertk at robertk.com