I tested again with Ubuntu quantal and netbeans now runs fine, with both OpenJDK 6 and 7:
$ /usr/local/netbeans-7.1/bin/netbeans --jdkhome /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-i386/ $ /usr/local/netbeans-7.1/bin/netbeans --jdkhome /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk-i386/ $ /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-i386/bin/java -version java version "1.7.0_07" OpenJDK Runtime Environment (IcedTea7 2.3.2) (7u7-2.3.2a-1ubuntu1) OpenJDK Server VM (build 23.2-b09, mixed mode) $ /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk-i386/bin/java -version java version "1.6.0_24" OpenJDK Runtime Environment (IcedTea6 1.11.4) (6b24-1.11.4-3ubuntu1) OpenJDK Server VM (build 20.0-b12, mixed mode) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/934001 Title: java assert failure: java: ../../src/xcb_io.c:178: dequeue_pending_request: Assertion `!xcb_xlib_unknown_req_in_deq' failed. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjdk-6/+bug/934001/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs