Filing it under demo category since that is the closest i could think of , please reassign to right category after analysing the problem

Steps to Reproduce :-
1. Install j2sdk1.4.0-beta3-b79 (or b80 )
2.Launch Java2Demo or SwingSet2 Demo
3. Since my system was having 16 bit color depth only (proper adapter was not available ) an error message pops up saying
"You must be running in 256 Color mode or higher , You can change the color depth from Control Panel display icon "

4.After this a blank dialog box comes up and dies soon giving Core Dump
This happens both for SwingSet Demo and Java2 Demo

- Not sure if it is because of Resolution Mode since i was able to Launch Java2 Demo properly and SwingSet Demo with JDK1.2.2_007

Here are the logs :-

Java2 Demo ----

An unexpected exception has been detected in native code outside the VM.
Unexpected Signal : EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION occurred at PC=0x6D00F50B
Function=Java_sun_java2d_loops_MaskFill_MaskFill+0xB23B
Library=D:\j2sdk1.4.0-beta3\jre\bin\awt.dll

Current Java thread:
        at sun.java2d.loops.Blit.Blit(Native Method)
        at sun.java2d.pipe.DrawImage.blitSurfaceData(DrawImage.java:629)
        at sun.java2d.pipe.DrawImage.renderSurfaceData(DrawImage.java:357)
        at sun.java2d.pipe.DrawImage.clipAndRenderSurfaceData(DrawImage.java:335)
        at sun.java2d.pipe.DrawImage.copyImage(DrawImage.java:67)
        at sun.java2d.pipe.DrawImage.copyImage(DrawImage.java:51)
        at sun.java2d.pipe.DrawImage.copyImage(DrawImage.java:717)
        at sun.java2d.pipe.ValidatePipe.copyImage(ValidatePipe.java:150)
        at sun.java2d.SunGraphics2D.drawImage(SunGraphics2D.java:2785)
        at sun.java2d.SunGraphics2D.drawImage(SunGraphics2D.java:2775)
        at javax.swing.JComponent.paintWithOffscreenBuffer(JComponent.java:4759)
        at javax.swing.JComponent.paintDoubleBuffered(JComponent.java:4702)
        at javax.swing.JComponent.paint(JComponent.java:793)
        at java.awt.GraphicsCallback$PaintCallback.run(GraphicsCallback.java:24)
        at sun.awt.SunGraphicsCallback.runOneComponent(SunGraphicsCallback.java:63)
        at sun.awt.SunGraphicsCallback.runComponents(SunGraphicsCallback.java:100)
        at java.awt.Container.paint(Container.java:1126)
        at sun.awt.RepaintArea.paint(RepaintArea.java:177)
        at sun.awt.windows.WComponentPeer.handleEvent(WComponentPeer.java:262)
        at java.awt.Component.dispatchEventImpl(Component.java:3561)
        at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Container.java:1440)
        at java.awt.Window.dispatchEventImpl(Window.java:1568)
        at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:3363)
        at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:448)
        at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForHierarchy(EventDispatchThread.java:193)
        at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(EventDispatchThread.java:147)
        at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:141)
        at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:133)
        at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(EventDispatchThread.java:101)

Dynamic libraries:
0x00400000 - 0x00406000 d:\j2sdk1.4.0-beta3\bin\java.exe
0x77F80000 - 0x77FFA000 D:\WINNT\System32\ntdll.dll
0x77DB0000 - 0x77E0A000 D:\WINNT\system32\ADVAPI32.dll
0x77E80000 - 0x77F35000 D:\WINNT\system32\KERNEL32.DLL
0x77D40000 - 0x77DB0000 D:\WINNT\system32\RPCRT4.DLL
0x78000000 - 0x78046000 D:\WINNT\system32\MSVCRT.dll
0x66B60000 - 0x66B6E000 D:\WINNT\System32\tsappcmp.dll
0x6D330000 - 0x6D43F000 d:\j2sdk1.4.0-beta3\jre\bin\client\jvm.dll
0x77E10000 - 0x77E74000 D:\WINNT\system32\USER32.dll
0x77F40000 - 0x77F7C000 D:\WINNT\system32\GDI32.DLL
0x77570000 - 0x775A0000 D:\WINNT\System32\WINMM.dll
0x6D1D0000 - 0x6D1D7000 d:\j2sdk1.4.0-beta3\jre\bin\hpi.dll
0x6D300000 - 0x6D30D000 d:\j2sdk1.4.0-beta3\jre\bin\verify.dll
0x6D210000 - 0x6D227000 d:\j2sdk1.4.0-beta3\jre\bin\java.dll
0x6D320000 - 0x6D32D000 d:\j2sdk1.4.0-beta3\jre\bin\zip.dll
0x6D000000 - 0x6D0F2000 D:\j2sdk1.4.0-beta3\jre\bin\awt.dll
0x77800000 - 0x7781D000 D:\WINNT\System32\WINSPOOL.DRV
0x75E60000 - 0x75E7A000 D:\WINNT\System32\IMM32.dll
0x77A50000 - 0x77B45000 D:\WINNT\system32\ole32.dll
0x6D180000 - 0x6D1D0000 D:\j2sdk1.4.0-beta3\jre\bin\fontmanager.dll
0x72800000 - 0x72846000 D:\WINNT\System32\ddraw.dll
0x728A0000 - 0x728A6000 D:\WINNT\System32\DCIMAN32.dll
0x6D130000 - 0x6D152000 D:\j2sdk1.4.0-beta3\jre\bin\dcpr.dll
0x77920000 - 0x77942000 D:\WINNT\system32\imagehlp.dll
0x72A00000 - 0x72A2D000 D:\WINNT\system32\DBGHELP.dll
0x690A0000 - 0x690AB000 D:\WINNT\System32\PSAPI.DLL

Local Time = Fri Sep 21 00:07:59 2001
Elapsed Time = 8
#
# The exception above was detected in native code outside the VM
#
# Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (1.4.0-beta3-b80 mixed mode)
#

SwingSet Demo -----
(Launched with j2re.exe build 79)

An unexpected exception has been detected in native code outside the VM.
Unexpected Signal : EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION occurred at PC=0x6D00B0B4
Function=Java_sun_java2d_loops_MaskFill_MaskFill+0x6DE4
Library=D:\jre-b79\bin\awt.dll

Current Java thread:
        at sun.java2d.loops.Blit.Blit(Native Method)
        at sun.java2d.pipe.DrawImage.blitSurfaceData(Unknown Source)
        at sun.java2d.pipe.DrawImage.renderSurfaceData(Unknown Source)
        at sun.java2d.pipe.DrawImage.clipAndRenderSurfaceData(Unknown Source)
        at sun.java2d.pipe.DrawImage.copyImage(Unknown Source)
        at sun.java2d.pipe.DrawImage.copyImage(Unknown Source)
        at sun.java2d.pipe.DrawImage.copyImage(Unknown Source)
        at sun.java2d.pipe.ValidatePipe.copyImage(Unknown Source)
        at sun.java2d.SunGraphics2D.drawImage(Unknown Source)
        at sun.java2d.SunGraphics2D.drawImage(Unknown Source)
        at javax.swing.JComponent.paintWithOffscreenBuffer(Unknown Source)
        at javax.swing.JComponent.paintDoubleBuffered(Unknown Source)
        at javax.swing.JComponent.paint(Unknown Source)
        at java.awt.GraphicsCallback$PaintCallback.run(Unknown Source)
        at sun.awt.SunGraphicsCallback.runOneComponent(Unknown Source)
        at sun.awt.SunGraphicsCallback.runComponents(Unknown Source)
        at java.awt.Container.paint(Unknown Source)
        at sun.awt.RepaintArea.paint(Unknown Source)
        at sun.awt.windows.WComponentPeer.handleEvent(Unknown Source)
        at java.awt.Component.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)
        at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)
        at java.awt.Window.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)
        at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
        at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
        at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForHierarchy(Unknown Source)
        at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(Unknown Source)
        at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source)
        at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source)
        at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(Unknown Source)

Dynamic libraries:
0x00400000 - 0x00406000 d:\jre-b79\bin\java.exe
0x77F80000 - 0x77FFA000 D:\WINNT\System32\ntdll.dll
0x77DB0000 - 0x77E0A000 D:\WINNT\system32\ADVAPI32.dll
0x77E80000 - 0x77F35000 D:\WINNT\system32\KERNEL32.DLL
0x77D40000 - 0x77DB0000 D:\WINNT\system32\RPCRT4.DLL
0x78000000 - 0x78046000 D:\WINNT\system32\MSVCRT.dll
0x66B60000 - 0x66B6E000 D:\WINNT\System32\tsappcmp.dll
0x6D330000 - 0x6D446000 d:\jre-b79\bin\client\jvm.dll
0x77E10000 - 0x77E74000 D:\WINNT\system32\USER32.dll
0x77F40000 - 0x77F7C000 D:\WINNT\system32\GDI32.DLL
0x77570000 - 0x775A0000 D:\WINNT\System32\WINMM.dll
0x6D1D0000 - 0x6D1D7000 d:\jre-b79\bin\hpi.dll
0x6D300000 - 0x6D30D000 d:\jre-b79\bin\verify.dll
0x6D210000 - 0x6D227000 d:\jre-b79\bin\java.dll
0x6D320000 - 0x6D32D000 d:\jre-b79\bin\zip.dll
0x6D000000 - 0x6D0F2000 D:\jre-b79\bin\awt.dll
0x77800000 - 0x7781D000 D:\WINNT\System32\WINSPOOL.DRV
0x75E60000 - 0x75E7A000 D:\WINNT\System32\IMM32.dll
0x77A50000 - 0x77B45000 D:\WINNT\system32\ole32.dll
0x6D180000 - 0x6D1D0000 D:\jre-b79\bin\fontmanager.dll
0x6D2E0000 - 0x6D2E7000 D:\jre-b79\bin\nio.dll
0x75030000 - 0x75044000 D:\WINNT\System32\WS2_32.dll
0x75020000 - 0x75028000 D:\WINNT\System32\WS2HELP.DLL
0x6D2D0000 - 0x6D2DE000 D:\jre-b79\bin\net.dll
0x75050000 - 0x75058000 D:\WINNT\System32\WSOCK32.dll
0x72800000 - 0x72846000 D:\WINNT\System32\ddraw.dll
0x728A0000 - 0x728A6000 D:\WINNT\System32\DCIMAN32.dll
0x6D130000 - 0x6D152000 D:\jre-b79\bin\dcpr.dll
0x77920000 - 0x77942000 D:\WINNT\system32\imagehlp.dll
0x72A00000 - 0x72A2D000 D:\WINNT\system32\DBGHELP.dll
0x690A0000 - 0x690AB000 D:\WINNT\System32\PSAPI.DLL

Local Time = Thu Sep 20 23:49:39 2001
Elapsed Time = 3
#
# The exception above was detected in native code outside the VM
#
# Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (1.4.0-beta3-b79 mixed mode)


- Can not reproduce on other OS


Hardware Specific Information :-

Operating System : - Windows 2000 Server 5.000.2195 SP 1
16 bit Color Depth
261,292 KB RAM
x86 Family Stepping 6 Processor
Virtual Memory Paging File Size - 384 MB