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When I create a launcher item for jvisualvm according to the regular procedure described here, it does not behave as expected. Instead of just starting the app, it starts the app as a different item... What's going on???

Steps to reproduce:

  1. Download and install Oracle JDK 1.7.0 in ~/jdk1.7.0 here
  2. Create a visualvm.desktop file according to the regular procedure, set the executable to be ~/jdk1.7.0/bin/jvisualvm
  3. Drag the visualvm.desktop file onto the launcher
  4. Start the app via the new launcher

Expected:

  • VisualVM starts as a regular app

What actually happens:

  • VisualVM does start up, but it manifests as a new, different item in the launcher instead of the one I just created
  • This new item has a nice icon, so I try to keep it instead of the old one by checking "Keep In Launcher", however, when I click on this new item, nothing happens???

So my question is this: how can I create a well-behaved item in the launcher for jvisualvm?

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Peter De Maeyer
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This is a known issue with many JAVA applications, the BAMF framework (that is responsible for matching windows to their desktop files) fails in these cases. See this bug report: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bamf/+bug/757991

Marcel Stimberg
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This issue is a documented bug at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/visualvm/+bug/657048?comments=all

The /usr/bin/jvisualvm startup script (around line 13) is looking for: /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk : sv@ubu:~$ grep -n /usr/lib/jvm /usr/bin/jvisualvm 13:for j in /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun; do

And, assuming the openjdk-6-jdk package is already installed (sudo apt-get install openjdk-6-jdk), there is no link in /usr/lib/jvm for /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk: sv@ubu:~$ ls /usr/lib/jvm java-1.6.0-openjdk-amd64 java-6-openjdk-amd64 java-6-openjdk-common

Here's what worked for us:

So, to match things up and make the program work, simply create a symlink: sv@ubu:~$ sudo ln -s /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk-amd64 /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk

Note: I am using Ubuntu 12.04 64-bit version, so you may have to adjust your symlink accordingly.

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Shannon_VanWagner
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Use the answer from HERE. It is an application which allows you to add no-native applications to the panel.

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danizmax
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