Yep, this is in fact the problem. It's been brought to the attention of
the awt team several times, but it's of a low priority, given the other
things they have to do.
Jim
Milt Epstein wrote:
>
> On Fri, 9 Jul 1999, Gaurav Kishore wrote:
>
> > No, I am not calling getToolkit(), instead using getImage().
> >
> > There is no need for X server to run as I am not displaying anythin
> > on the std. output and the X libraries are there.
> [ ... ]
>
> I don't believe it matters whether you are displaying anything, but
> that if you are manipulating graphics/images you need to have the X
> server installed and running. I don't know the exact details, and I'm
> just going by some things I've read about this. It has to do with the
> graphics/image-related classes needing to create peers, I believe. I
> also recall hearing that there *may* be some way around this in JDK
> 1.2. If installing/running X is a problem, there are some "fake" X
> servers out there that you may be able to use (e.g. Xvfb).
>
> Milt Epstein
> Research Programmer
> Software/Systems Development Group
> Computing and Communications Services Office (CCSO)
> University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)
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