My reshape method had been empty (and I hadn't been reshaping the window).  I tried yours, and I tried reshaping - still black.

...Oh!  I found Angel's reshape method, here it is:

   public void reshape(GLDrawable drawable, int x, int y, int width, int height)    {
                 gl.glViewPort(0, 0, width, height);
       gl.glMatrixMode(GL.GL_PROJECTION);
       gl.glLoadIdentity();
                 gl.glOrtho(-4.0f, 4.0f, -4.0f, 4.0f, -4.0f, 4.0f);        
   }

PROBLEM:  glViewPort doesn't seem to exist in jogl.  Or where is it?

I'm learning OpenGL principles from Edward Angel's book, "OpenGL: A Primer", translating from C into Java/jogl as I go.  His first example for working with the camera looks like:

void display() {
 glClear(GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT);
 glMatrixMode(GL_MODELVIEW);
 glLoadIdentity();
 gluLookAt(1.0, 1.0, 1.0,        0.0, 0.0, 0.0,   0.0, 1.0, 0.0);
 glutWireCube(0.5);
 glutSwapBuffers();
}

Here's my translation:

   public void display(GLDrawable drawable) {
       gl.glClear(GL.GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT | GL.GL_DEPTH_BUFFER_BIT );
       gl.glMatrixMode(GL.GL_MODELVIEW);
       gl.glLoadIdentity();
     
                 glu.gluLookAt(1.0, 1.0, 1.0, //eye
                                  0.0, 0.0, 0.0,  //object
                                  0.0, 1.0, 0.0); //up

       glut.glutWireCube(gl, 0.5f);
       gl.glFlush();
   }

In fact, I'm getting a black screen.  No image.  Although I can get images in other 3D examples, where I'm not using gluLookAt.  Where could I be going wrong?  BTW, is there a jogl equivalent for   glutSwapBuffers()?   It certainly doesn't seem to be in the GLUT interface.

My init code is below, in case that's the issue:

public void init(GLDrawable drawable) {
           this.gl = drawable.getGL();
           this.glDrawable = drawable;

           drawable.setGL( new DebugGL(drawable.getGL() ));
           glu = drawable.getGLU();
           drawable.addMouseListener(this);
           drawable.addMouseMotionListener(this);

     float pos[] = { 20.0f, 5.0f, 10.0f, 0.0f };
     gl.glLightfv(GL.GL_LIGHT0, GL.GL_POSITION, pos);
     gl.glEnable(GL.GL_CULL_FACE);
     gl.glEnable(GL.GL_LIGHTING);
     gl.glEnable(GL.GL_LIGHT0);
     gl.glEnable(GL.GL_DEPTH_TEST);
     
     gl.glClearColor(0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f);
     gl.glColor3d(1.0, 1.0, 1.0);
}

Please help a newbie out.  You said:

Java loads native libraries from the directories listed in the java.library.path environment variable. Best to just print this out and put the native library into one of these directories.

I tried:

System.out.println(java.library.path);

I got:

Error   : Undefined variable, class, or package name: java
Hello1.java line 15      System.out.println(java.library.path);

What was I really supposed to do?

running CodeWarrior Learning Edition 4, macosx 10.3.5

Thanks, Mithrandir, that did it!

Now it built - with a scary number of warning messages.  Am I to assume life is okay and go on?

Here's a sample:

   [antlr] warning: rule HeaderParser.typeQualifier has different signature than GnuCTreeParser.typeQualifier
   [antlr] warning: rule HeaderParser.typeSpecifier has different signature than GnuCTreeParser.typeSpecifier
   [antlr] warning: rule HeaderParser.typedefName has different signature than GnuCTreeParser.typedefName
   [antlr] warning: rule HeaderParser.structSpecifier has different signature than GnuCTreeParser.structSpecifier

[gluegen] WARNING: "APIENTRY" redefined from "" to ""
 [gluegen] WARNING: skipping emission of unnamed struct "struct __GLXcontextRec"
 [gluegen] WARNING: skipping emission of unnamed struct "struct __GLXFBConfigRec"
 [gluegen] WARNING: skipping emission of unnamed struct "struct _handle"
    [echo] Generating JAWT interface class
    [echo] java.home.dir=/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Home
 [gluegen] WARNING: Complicated fields (field "JNIEnv *  env;" of type "JAWT_DrawingSurface") not implemented yet
 [gluegen] WARNING: Complicated fields (field "jobject target;" of type "JAWT_DrawingSurface") not implemented yet
 [gluegen] WARNING: No capacity specified for java.nio.Buffer return value for function "java.nio.ByteBuffer GetDrawingSurfaceInfo()"; assuming size of equivalent C return type (32 bytes): java.nio.ByteBuffer GetDrawingSurfaceInfo()
 [gluegen] WARNING: Complicated fields (field "JAWT_DrawingSurface *  ds;" of type "JAWT_DrawingSurfaceInfo") not implemented yet
 [gluegen] WARNING: Complicated fields (field "JAWT_Rectangle *  clip;" of type "JAWT_DrawingSurfaceInfo") not implemented yet
 [gluegen] WARNING: skipping emission of unnamed struct "struct _jobject"

I'm a beginner, trying to get this thing up and running on MacOS X.

Followed this instruction:
     Unset your CLASSPATH environment variable:
The Ant build requires that the Jogl jars not be visible on the classpath. On Unix, type unsetenv CLASSPATH into a csh or tcsh shell, or set CLASSPATH=; export CLASSPATH into a Bourne shell. On Windows, type set CLASSPATH= into a command prompt.
4.
Since I'm running bash, I did CLASSPATH=; export CLASSPATH
yes, very explicitly, very carefully.  Invoked the build from the very next line:

Leilani:~/Programs/java/jogl/make ken$ set CLASSPATH=; export CLASSPATH
Leilani:~/Programs/java/jogl/make ken$ ant macosx

But still I got the message:

BUILD FAILED
/Users/ken/Programs/Java/jogl/make/build.xml:356: The following error occurred while executing this line:
/Users/ken/Programs/Java/jogl/make/validate-properties.xml:55: ******************************************************************
   ** Your CLASSPATH environment variable appears to be set (some  **
   ** JOGL classes are currently visible to the build.) This can   **
   ** cause the build to fail. Please unset your CLASSPATH         **
   ** variable and restart the build.                              **
   ******************************************************************


1. How do I tame this thing?
2. Should I be downloading the built binary instead of building it?
3. If so, where should I put jogl.jar on a vanilla Panther installation?

Using:  apache-ant-1.6.2, antlr-2.7.4, MacOS 10.3.5