Problem Installing on Windows XP SP2

Submitted by shammond on Friday, 7 January, 2005 - 01:28

Hi,

I'm installing jEdit on a new Windows machine and I'm having a problem. When I run the java-based installer the jFrame appears but it is empty, just a gray box. I know the components are there because if I click around I can get things to happen. If I use the Windows installer, everything goes fine, but then jEdit runs with the same problem -- a gray box appears with a smaller gray box for the tip of the day.

If I run either jEdit or the installer from the command line no errors are produced.

Here is the relevant version information.

jEdit 4.2 final
JDK 1.4.2_6 or JDK 1.5.0_1 (I've tried both)
Windows XP SP2 fresh install.

Because it is affecting both the installer and jEdit itself, I suspect it is a system problem. I've looked for extra java versions or jar files and nothing seems out of place. Has anybody seen this before? Any ideas what the problem is?

Thanks,
Steve

Steve, I had a similar pro

by Anonymous on Fri, 07/01/2005 - 16:45

Steve,

I had a similar problem recently. I tracked it down to the recent update to the LookAndFeel plugin (1.0) AND using one of the "Skin" implementations (www.l2fprod.com). If I used one of the other implentations, I was fine. Also, I didn't have this problem with the previous version of the LookAndFeel plugin (0.10).

Hope this helps,

John

Thanks, but that's not it

by shammond on Sat, 08/01/2005 - 13:32

I don't have the LookAndFeel plugin installed and I have the problem even with the java-based installer.

Thanks,
Steve

Found the Problem

by shammond on Tue, 11/01/2005 - 01:51

It seems to be a bug in my ATI Radeon drivers. If I change the settings to Performance instead of Quality it works fine. I'm contacting ATI technical support with the issue.

Thanks,
Steve

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