Force java.awt.headless=true on pyghidra's JVM#706
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PyGhidra's HeadlessPyGhidraLauncher initializes Ghidra in headless mode but does not set java.awt.headless at the JVM level. Ghidra's launch.properties loads AWT rendering flags unconditionally, so when DISPLAY is set but X11 is unreachable (Docker, CI, SSH, devcontainers), any AWT code path fails with a HeadlessException. Fix by pre-empting pyghidra.open_program()'s lazy JVM startup with an explicit HeadlessPyGhidraLauncher that injects the headless flag. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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java.awt.headless=trueon pyghidra's JVM to prevent HeadlessException when DISPLAY is set but X11 is unreachableLink to Related Issue(s)
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PyGhidra's HeadlessPyGhidraLauncher initializes Ghidra in headless mode but does not set
java.awt.headlessat the JVM level. Ghidra's launch.properties loads AWT rendering flags unconditionally, so when DISPLAY is set but X11 is unreachable, any AWT code path fails with a HeadlessException.Fix by pre-empting
pyghidra.open_program()'s lazy JVM startup with an explicitHeadlessPyGhidraLauncherthat injects the headless flag.Anyone you think should look at this, specifically?
Not sure. @paulnoalhyt @whyitfor ?