I had the same issue. The only solution is to advertise your merge module output variables as input variables too. In the parent installer, these variable must be set by what would normally be the output of the merge module. Using the same names in the merge module and the parent installer does not help. The variables have to be copied. This way, in silent mode, when the silent installer enter the merge module, the variables that are read from the response file are used to set the variables inside the merge module, and pass through back to the parent installer. Yes, it is contorted. ... View more

Hello Just to finish this up, we found out, that this is a confirmed java bug. Easily reproducable by any swing application with JTextField and xming-Servers on Windows. http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=7029051. As a further workaround you can use: Xnest :3 &) && DISPLAY=:3 /tmp/install.bin && killall Xnest Best regards kosimosi ... View more