src/java.desktop/unix/native/libawt_xawt/xawt/XToolkit.c

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  JNIEXPORT jint JNICALL
  DEF_JNI_OnLoad(JavaVM *vm, void *reserved)
  {
      jvm = vm;
+ 
+     //Set the gtk backend to x11 on all the systems
+     putenv("GDK_BACKEND=x11");
+ 
      return JNI_VERSION_1_2;
  }
  
  /*
   * Class:     sun_awt_X11_XToolkit