Re: [Java-gnome-developer] Running File I/O Thread Crashes Java-Gnome

[Jester <jsn...@gm...>]

> I don't know if this is really relevant or useful, but if you attach
> jvisualvm to his application and force a GC the window goes blank.
> 
> (Or for that matter if you simply leave it profiling the memory for a
> few seconds it will go blank too)
> 

Yes, that's definitely relevant - thanks for taking the time!

The problem seems to affect windows containing a DrawingArea. There seem to be
multiple ways to trigger this as Kenneth points out. 

My thought is that there's a thread/sync issue in the graphics library.