FW: [ jEdit-devel ] [ jedit-Bugs-510313 ] jEdit incompatibility with video card

> Hi Jgellene,
>
> Thanks for your response. Since I last reported, I have now
> fixed this bug... and I don't quite know how. I did install
> a different driver from nvidia, and that screwed up things
> really bad as I couldn't even start my computer. Then I
> reverted back to the original driver, and from then on
> jEdit works fine. Go figure.
>
> That said, I also realize this is a Java bug, not a jEdit
> bug. However, since jEdit is built on Java, it becomes a
> jEdit bug as well. :-(. After all, someone's gotta fix it,
> and if the user can't then we can't just ignore the problem
>
> Anyway, it works for me now, and I hope if someone else
> faces the same problem they get some insight from these
> emails.

I'm glad you fixed it.  "We" didn't ignore the problem.  "We" found the
manufacturer's website and posted detailed instructions on how you could
check your driver for a possible upgrade. But the fact that Sun's native AWT
code appears to have choked on your video settings is not the result of a
programming error in jEdit's source code. Yes, it was a problem.  No, it was
not a bug.

I can't help but wonder what insight anyone could possibly obtain from these
emails, except "kick the car and it might start".  But insight is in the eye
of the insightee.

John