Re: [ jEdit-users ] Exception During Start-up Under Linux j2sdk1.4.1_01-b01

[Slava P. <sl...@je...>]

So why don't you run Linux natively, instead of in VMWare? And why run jEdit 
in the Linux JVM, if your host OS is Windows?

On January 30, 2003 07:58 pm, Randall R Schulz wrote:
> Iain,
>
> Thanks. I'd just made my way to that bug report, myself.
>
> That report is against beta3 and the first report is dated Oct. 19,
> 2001. And evidently the build date for the code used to file the bug
> report was Apr. 8, 2001. This is an awfully long time for this bug to
> be lingering!
>
> It does say the bug is "closed" and "fixed," but evidently that fix has
> not yet made its way into the release version. Either that or there was
> a regression. Others have chimed in about this problem as late as Dec.
> 31, 2002.
>
> I wonder if a 32 bit-per-pixel format will work? I've got to shut down
> my VMware VM and change the Windows monitor to 32-bit and then reboot
> Linux in the VM before I can test that, and I'm in the middle of
> plug-in downloads right now.
>
> In my case, running under VMware 3.2, the emulated video card does not
> (even in principle) reflect any commercial video hardware. Linux
> reports it as "VMware VMware 0405".
>
>
> I've got to say, I agree with "kamikaze" (and all the others dismayed
> by this bug):
>
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> SAT FEB 16 09:06 P.M. 2002
> kamikaze
>
> This is a blatantly unacceptable situation.  It's
> preposterous to make Linux users drop to 16-bit to run
> Java.  Nothing graphical works at all in 24-bit, which is
> how most people have Linux set up.  Most will download it,
> find that it doesn't work, and never even think of another
> bit depth as the fix.
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>
>
> I'm running jEdit 4.1pre9 now (downloading plug-ins and performing the
> myriad configuration and customization changes I live by), and all seems
> well.
>
> I'd forgotten that Java 2 1.3.1 didn't have mouse wheel support.
>
> Randall Schulz
>
> At 16:13 2003-01-30, Iain Hewson wrote:
> >It also depends on your hardware.  Sun says it's fixed, but I don't know
> >if it's released yet.  Have a look at
> >http://developer.java.sun.com/developer/bugParade/bugs/4517321.html
> >
> >Cheers,
> >Iain

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Slava Pestov