"invalid context" error messages

[Chris H.]

For several weeks I have noticed a strange error message when I run Forge. I see this message in the console when forge is run from within Eclipse. I also see this same message when I launch the forge jar file from my Mac's terminal app.

The four lines below all start with the string:
 

Date + time + my local network name

 

java[274] <Error>: CGContextGetCTM: invalid context 0x0
java[274] <Error>: CGContextSetBaseCTM: invalid context 0x0
java[274] <Error>: CGContextGetCTM: invalid context 0x0
java[274] <Error>: CGContextSetBaseCTM: invalid context 0x0

[Chris H.]

Did a few google searches and this appears to be a problem with the recent Mac OS X Lion 10.7.4 update.

I found a link that suggests that the setIconImage() method is causing this to happen. There is a single instance of this command located in the forge.view.FView class and I commented out line 62.

Rebuilt the project and ran forge and did not receive the error in the console log.

From what I have read on this matter this problem appears to be fixed in the upcoming Mountain Lion 10.8 release.

It looks like this is more of a nuisance than a game stopping bug. It looks like it is limited to the Mac OS X Lion 10.7.4 update.