>Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >MIME-Version: 1.0 >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit >X-Priority: 3 (Normal) >X-MSMail-Priority: Normal >X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 >Importance: Normal >Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2001 13:59:57 -0500 >From: John Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: [JAVA3D] Applets crashing... >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >All, > >The recent discussions concerning OpenGL just jangled some dendrites >in my aging brain. I've been testing Java 3d applets against browsers >under Windows 98 and Linux, and for the most part experience crashes when >the applet removes the Canvas3d object (this occurs when the applet is >destroyed or unloaded). > >Now I had assumed that the culprit was the *browser* or a bug in Java 3d. >Mozilla seems perfectly happy running my applets but IE 6.0 and >Netscape wedge the machine solid when the applet is closed. > >But I've only conducted these tests on my laptop which is equiped with >a really crappy ATI board. These mobile graphics boards are known to >have problems with OpenGL (in fact they don't run OpenGL based apps) >and since Java 3d is perhaps trying to use OpenGL, I wonder if the problem >isn't in the OpenGL handling (although problems ONLY occur when the applet >is destroyed). That means my crashes are specific to this laptop or >any machine that doesn't run OpenGL properly. > >Interesting thought huh? > >So, could it be that Java 3d is having problems with OpenGL, and not >specifically Java 3d or the browser? >
This bug 4466966 - IE/Netscape crash and exit sometimes when applet reload is fixed in v1.3 beta1. Thanks. - Kelvin ------------- Java 3D Team Sun Microsystems Inc. =========================================================================== To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "signoff JAVA3D-INTEREST". For general help, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "help".