Re: [Squirrel-sql-users] squirrel-sql-1.1 in Win XP Pro ?

Colin Bell wrote:
>>I had been using Squirrel on Win NT 4.0 and Win 2000 for the past 8
>>months. Recently I installed it on Win XP Pro. 
>>
>>Using the desktop shortcut I am able to run the application. But 
>>when I close it, the whole OS hangs. I was able to reproduce this 3-4 times
>>repeatedly. Squirrel, being an OS independent application, should not
>>ideally cause this.
>>
>>My JAVA_HOME points to my j2sdk1.4.1_01 installation.
>>
> Sounds like a java bug supposedly fixed in the not yet released 1.4.1_02
> http://developer.java.sun.com/developer/bugParade/bugs/4713003.html

It is definitely that bug. Stroke me too after I updated my video drivers, *extreme showstopper* which puzzled me two weeks long.

> Updating your video drivers may help or try passing
> -Dsun.java2d.noddraw=3Dtrue to the Java executable.

Alternative command line option: "-Dsun.java2d.d3d=3Dfalse", this disables *only* the Direct3D optimizations (the ones which conflict with the ATI drivers) thus still allowing some other optimizations. "-Dsun.java2d.noddraw=3Dtrue" disables the *whole* DirectDraw, including Direct3D.

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