[Bug 1497816] [NEW] No support for HDPI/retina displays in Java 7/8

[Michael Gratton]

Public bug reported:

I have Ubuntu Wily 15.10 installed on a MBP retina and Java GUI apps
(sadly all too common in research fields) are not scaled up to cope with
the high pixel density, and so are displayed with unreadable fonts,
icons, etc, which make them unusable.

This is the case for both the OpenJDK 7 and 8 runtimes.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10
Package: openjdk-7-jre 7u85-2.6.1-2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-10.11-generic 4.2.0
Uname: Linux 4.2.0-10-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.18.1-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: GNOME
Date: Mon Sep 21 12:58:21 2015
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-07-22 (61 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Release amd64 (20150422)
SourcePackage: openjdk-7
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to wily on 2015-08-27 (24 days ago)

** Affects: openjdk-7 (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug gnome3-ppa third-party-packages wily

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Title:
  No support for HDPI/retina displays in Java 7/8

Status in openjdk-7 package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I have Ubuntu Wily 15.10 installed on a MBP retina and Java GUI apps
  (sadly all too common in research fields) are not scaled up to cope
  with the high pixel density, and so are displayed with unreadable
  fonts, icons, etc, which make them unusable.

  This is the case for both the OpenJDK 7 and 8 runtimes.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10
  Package: openjdk-7-jre 7u85-2.6.1-2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-10.11-generic 4.2.0
  Uname: Linux 4.2.0-10-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.18.1-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: GNOME
  Date: Mon Sep 21 12:58:21 2015
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-07-22 (61 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Release amd64 (20150422)
  SourcePackage: openjdk-7
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to wily on 2015-08-27 (24 days ago)

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