how good is JOGL2?

No. Currently I use my own build. Ask Sven to make another autobuild if you’re sure your error comes from JOGL 2.0 beta. I’m sure it comes from your environment, maybe another version of gluegen is somewhere, for example if you installed JOAL.

i just downloaded form the webstart and put the jars and native libs in thier own folder in my project. there is nothing in the JRE, but it still throws the exception.

The JARs from Web Start are completely outdated too (April 2010), they are going to be updated soon. Make your own build if you need fresh JARs immediately.

OK… this isn’t wierd at all… something just worked for some odd reason, almost as if something told the JRE this method is
HERE,DERP! it works now for some odd reason. instaling normal JOGL was like this too.