[moneydance] Ubuntu 7.10 and Moneydance

[Andy Pastuszak]

This is also a result of Compiz.  Odd part is Compiz and Java work just 
fine on OpenSUSE, but not on Ubuntu.

Andy

Paul Clarke wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Thank you for all the replies.
>
> I do not know what happened but I just tried again and it worked.  
> The only problem is that the MD window will not maximise.  When you try
> it just has blank space around the smaller window.
>
> Regards
>
> Paul
>
>
> On Sun, 2007-11-18 at 16:05 -0600, Robert Kesterson wrote: 
>   
>> 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 &".)
>>
>>     
>
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