How to reproduce:

 . download jedit 4.0pre6 ( http://rain.ireland/~as130790/jedit/ or jedit.org)

 . install via java -jar

 . edit the generated jedit shell script to call the JVM to test with and add -server flag

 . start jedit and quit it again right away (cannot reproduce problem on first start when help screen is displayed).

 . start jedit and load a medium length text file

 . hammer on the pageup and pagedown keys for a few seconds and you should see the effect ( snapshots in http://rain.ireland/~as130790/jedit/ )

Reproduced on a Solaris 8 Ultra 60 using Merlin FCS and Hopper b02.

Problem goes away if method org.gjt.sp.jedit.textarea.TextAreaPainter::paintLine is excluded from compilation via the .hotspot_compiler file (jedit source code available at above URL).



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Minor point: I've found that working the scrollbar is a faster way of generating the problem instead of pounding on the page-up and page-down keys.