Mauricio, This happens on my antique desktop too. It's so annoying that I have to exit the browser and restart. Sometimes that clears the problem, sometimes I reboot. Because the Windows 2000 wallpaper and desktop seem to be involved, I suppose that it's some strange system thread priority thing. It's doubly annoying because it's intermittent, and I don't have a clue about the conditions that cause it or how to fix it.
Sorry for the lack of help, but sometimes it helps to know that others are suffering too. :-) Fred Klingener Original Message ----- From: Mauricio Vives To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2001 3:03 PM Subject: [JAVA3D] Applet Flickers when Using Java 3D Hey folks, I have observed a strange problem using Java 3D on laptops, and I was wondering if anyone has seen a similar problem. Our product is a Java applet which uses a Java 3D canvas (a 3D view) along with some Swing-based user interface components (e.g. buttons). On laptops using the ATI RAGE MOBILITY graphics chipset, the canvas and the UI components will flicker erratically as the canvas is being repainted. Needless to say, for dynamic operations such as moving the viewpoint (where the canvas is continuously refreshed), this can be very distracting. Also, the problem doesn't always happen: sometimes it is there, sometimes it is not. It has not been observed in native OpenGL-based applications, or on machines using different graphics hardware. We are using the OpenGL version of Java 3D 1.2.1 running on Windows 2000, and the latest ATI RAGE MOBILITY driver (from Dell, the manufacturer of these laptops). If you have seen this problem or know a way to diagnose it or work around it, let me know. Thanks! - Mauricio =========================================================================== 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".
