Linux terminal command "./idea.sh" results in blank License Agreement
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System info:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7.5 (VM)
java version: "1.8.0_172"
Original install zip: ideaIU-2018.1.5.tar.gz
Name: after unzip: idea-IU-181.5281.24
IntelliJ IDEA: Version: 2018.1.5 Build: 181.5281.24
I cannot open or Run intelliJ on my system because it does not install correctly.
Steps to recreate problem
- Open terminal
- cd (directory path to unzipped intelliJ/idea-IU-181.5281.24/bin)
- ./idea.sh
Result
An empty windows with the header/title "IntelliJ IDEA User License Agreement"
The contents of the window are empty. If I click the bottom right corner of the window it closes. I am assuming there must be some type of invisible button there.
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Please see https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IDEA-110048.
The screen shots look a little different then what I am getting. I get a blank white dialog box (Not transparent). In the bug they get a transparent screen.
Also, it looks like everyone has already installed intelliJ. I am coming across this issue right away before the IDE is even run once. I download it, unzip, and try to run the Linux idea.sh file and the first thing I see is a blank dialog box. Not transparent but just blank with a white background.
Can you run other Java Swing apps on this system? Try JEdit or NetBeans.
Try switching the JVM IDE is using: https://intellij-support.jetbrains.com/hc/articles/206544879.
I just tried NetBeans and I had the exact same problem I'm having with IntelliJ. On the installation start it shows a blank white screen. I can see the title of the dialog box but nothing inside of it. Do you have any idea what could be causing this issue? I tired googling it and found a bunch of non-related issues... Let me know if you have a solution. Thanks!
You have some system specific issue with running Java Swing applications. It's probably some window manager setting or outdated window manager/video driver package.
If you run it in the VM, try updating the VM software you are using to the latest version, it may be some video driver issue.
Try a different desktop environment, see if any 3D effects are enabled and try disabling them.
In case other folks stumble across this thread like I did: after much tail-chasing I was able to resolve this issue by changing my color depth settings to 24 bits vice the configured 32 bits. I was experiencing this issue over an xrdp connection, so in my case I edited max_bpp in /etc/xrdp/xrdp.ini from 32 to 24. After restarting xrdp my java windows magically started working.
Going to /etc/xrdp/xrdp.ini and changing to max_bpp=24 did the trick!!! everything is working very well now ☺ Thank you very much for helping out!!!