I learned recently that the Lightweight Java Game Library (LWJGL) now supports Solaris x86, so I thought I'd give it a spin. The more interesting aspect to this is the jMonkey Engine, which I'll talk about in a later entry. For now, follow these steps if you want to test the LWJGL on your system:

• Download and extract the lwjgl-2.1.0.zip.

• To test it, open a terminal and navigate to the folder where the archive was extracted and issue the following command:
  

  java -cp jar/lwjgl.jar:jar/lwjgl_test.jar:jar/lwjgl_util.jar -Djava.library.path=native/solaris org.lwjgl.test.WindowCreationTest
  

  You should see something like:
  

  The following keys are available:
  ESCAPE:		Exit test
  ARROW Keys:	Move window when in non-fullscreen mode
  L:		List selectable display modes
  0-8:		Selection of display modes
  F:		Toggle fullscreen
  SHIFT-F:	Toggle fullscreen with Display.destroy()/create() cycle
  Found 21 display modes
  Problem retrieving mode with 640x480x16@-1
  Problem retrieving mode with 640x480x32@-1
  Problem retrieving mode with 800x600x16@-1
  Problem retrieving mode with 800x600x32@-1
  Problem retrieving mode with 1024x768x16@-1
  Problem retrieving mode with 1024x768x32@-1
  

  Along with a 640x480 "glowing" window:
  
  
  

Like I said, this will get more interesting and relevant when we bring the jMonkey Engine into the picture.