Re: [gl4java-usergroup] Solaris, what a pain in the...

[Kenneth B. R. <kbr...@al...>]

> That sucks. How did you initiate a shut-down without a GUI
> button, menu, or window event? I don't think we saw problems
> with this specifically, but I'm not sure.

Simple; start a new Thread just to run the System.exit() call.
Cooperatively stop running OpenGL code while the shutdown is
pending.

> Already did. We're using [GL4Java] 2.8.2, and SDK 1.3.1, and
> Java3D 1.3. (We're avoiding SDK 1.4 for the moment because it
> has a serious bug when rendering images in Swing. For example,
> button images blink in-and-out, they show up of the wrong
> button sometimes, and show up in other strange places.) We're
> running on Sparc Ultra 10 with Elite 3D graphics card under
> Solaris 8.

Frankly, combining GL4Java with Java3D sounds terrifying. You
don't know what Java3D is doing with OpenGL contexts under the
hood; I hope you're not trying to integrate too tightly with that
library.

> > Make sure you have all of the recommended patches, especially X
> > server patches.
> 
> Interesting. I'll pass this on to the sys admins. Any specific
> patch numbers you can say?

Nothing specific. I have the recommended patch set on my machine
at work and it is completely stable.

If you have a specific GL4Java-only test case which crashes with
multiple windows under Solaris but works under e.g., MS Windows,
send it to me and I'll try to look at it.