3 files changed, 12 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/demos/fullscreen/GearsFullscreen.java b/src/demos/fullscreen/GearsFullscreen.java
index d6f85cb..d8971fb 100755
--- a/src/demos/fullscreen/GearsFullscreen.java
+++ b/src/demos/fullscreen/GearsFullscreen.java
@@ -12,7 +12,10 @@ import demos.util.*;
  *
  * This version is equal to Brian Paul's version 1.2 1999/10/21 <P>
  *
- * Illustrates simple usage of GLCanvas in full-screen mode.
+ * Illustrates simple usage of GLCanvas in full-screen mode. On
+ * Windows this demo should be run with the system property
+ * -Dsun.java2d.noddraw=true specified to prevent Java2D from using
+ * DirectDraw, which is incompatible with OpenGL at the driver level.
  */
 
 public class GearsFullscreen {
diff --git a/src/demos/fullscreen/GearsFullscreen2.java b/src/demos/fullscreen/GearsFullscreen2.java
index bdf11d7..5ed02f8 100755
--- a/src/demos/fullscreen/GearsFullscreen2.java
+++ b/src/demos/fullscreen/GearsFullscreen2.java
@@ -13,7 +13,10 @@ import demos.util.*;
  *
  * This version is equal to Brian Paul's version 1.2 1999/10/21 <P>
  *
- * Illustrates more complex usage of GLCanvas in full-screen mode.
+ * Illustrates more complex usage of GLCanvas in full-screen mode. On
+ * Windows this demo should be run with the system property
+ * -Dsun.java2d.noddraw=true specified to prevent Java2D from using
+ * DirectDraw, which is incompatible with OpenGL at the driver level.
  */
 
 public class GearsFullscreen2 {
diff --git a/src/demos/fullscreen/JGearsFullscreen.java b/src/demos/fullscreen/JGearsFullscreen.java
index b42718e..84c79b7 100755
--- a/src/demos/fullscreen/JGearsFullscreen.java
+++ b/src/demos/fullscreen/JGearsFullscreen.java
@@ -13,7 +13,10 @@ import demos.util.*;
  *
  * This version is equal to Brian Paul's version 1.2 1999/10/21 <P>
  *
- * Illustrates usage of GLJPanel in full-screen mode.
+ * Illustrates usage of GLJPanel in full-screen mode. On Windows this
+ * demo should be run with the system property
+ * -Dsun.java2d.noddraw=true specified to prevent Java2D from using
+ * DirectDraw, which is incompatible with OpenGL at the driver level.
  */
 
 public class JGearsFullscreen {