Exception thrown : Access Violation Exception
Platform: Win32
Bit depth: 256 colors
JDK : Merlin-beta (JDK1.4.0beta-b20)
The above exception is thrown, when images are rendered using the following combination.

Color Model : 8-bit Index ColorModel, Gray Index ColorModel
Transparency: Bitmask Colormodel with background
On WinNT : above said exception is thrown and Dr.WATSON error is popping up.
On Win98,95 : 'Illegal operation' dialog pops up and display gets crashed.
              Display is never restored unless we change the bit-depth to some higher value.
On Win2000 : Above said exception is thrown.'program error' dialog pops up and terminates the application.

This failure does not occur in any of the previous merlin-beta builds and also not occuring in kestrel.

How to reproduce the bug:
Set the path to latest merlin-beta build. Type "java J2DBench" at the prompt.
A frame will popup. Click "Test Options" and verify the colormodel and transparency.
All the checkboxes should be selected. Press "OK".
Then click "Bench" button. Check the prompt for the exception . If it is thrown,
then the bug is reproduced.