From owner-freebsd-java Wed Apr 5 10: 0:10 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Received: from euromail1.genrad.com (x83.genrad.co.uk [195.99.3.83]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 926A337BB5A for ; Wed, 5 Apr 2000 10:00:00 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from swindellsr@genrad.co.uk) Received: from CDP437 (cdp437.uk.genrad.com [132.223.131.31]) by euromail1.genrad.com with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Service Version 5.5.2448.0) id H9RQS36K; Wed, 5 Apr 2000 17:59:54 +0100 From: Robert Swindells To: nate@yogotech.com Cc: freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG In-reply-to: <200004051642.KAA15583@nomad.yogotech.com> (message from Nate Williams on Wed, 5 Apr 2000 10:42:18 -0600 (MDT)) Subject: Re: JDK 1.2.2 Swing problems Reply-To: rjs@fdy2.demon.co.uk Message-Id: <20000405170000.926A337BB5A@hub.freebsd.org> Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2000 10:00:00 -0700 (PDT) Sender: owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org >> I had a look last night at the problems I was having running Swing >> apps connected to a 16bpp X server. >Note, Java (the language) explicityly doesn't support depths other than >8 and 24. 16bpp depths are certainly not supported, so although you may >be able to workaround some of the bugs, the more you fix the more you'll >find. The same sorts of problems plague WinXX users as well. The Blackdown JDK seems to work fine in 16bpp. As does 1.1.8. >My advice to you is to run in a different screen mode. My libretto has just enough display memory to run in 24bpp mode but I'm not sure about my main machine. I'll give it a try. Robert To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message