JavaFX applications turning to "black screen" after some time

[Kevin Rushforth]

What build are you using? There were several dirty region optimization 
(dirtyopts) bugs in b104 that have since been fixed. To see whether this 
is the case, you can try:

    java -Dprism.dirtyopts=false ...

-- Kevin


John C. Turnbull wrote:
> Hmm, I am not sure that is the same issue.  That issue seems to be related
> to artefacts appearing after screen lock but what I am seeing is a totally
> black window and it doesn't need a locked screen to make it happen.
>
> And at least for me, I have never seen this with Scene Builder although I
> note that you have observed this.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: openjfx-dev-bounces at openjdk.java.net
> [mailto:openjfx-dev-bounces at openjdk.java.net] On Behalf Of Jerome Cambon
> Sent: Tuesday, 10 September 2013 17:18
> To: openjfx-dev at openjdk.java.net
> Subject: Re: JavaFX applications turning to "black screen" after some time
>
>
> Seems to be related to this issue:
> https://javafx-jira.kenai.com/browse/RT-30362
>
> And no, unfortunately Scene Builder is not always immune to this, I got it
> with SB regularly
>
> HTH,
> Jerome
>
>
> On 9/10/13 7:55 AM, John C. Turnbull wrote:
>   
>> I am not sure if it is a known issue but any JavaFX application I run 
>> and then leave minimised for some time (say 15mins+) and then restore 
>> will have an entirely black window with nothing actually visible.  
>> This is on Windows
>> 7 and Scene Builder curiously seems to be immune to this problem.
>>
>>   
>>
>> Any ideas why this is happening?  It looks like an off-screen buffer 
>> being lost (as it resembles the behaviour I used to see with Swing 
>> VolatileImage when the contents were lost)?
>>
>>   
>>
>> Is there any way to programmatically avoid this?
>>
>>   
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>>   
>>
>> -jct
>>
>>     
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