diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/media/BackFrameManager.java b/src/java/com/threerings/media/BackFrameManager.java
index e8378eb41..6fa2de021 100644
--- a/src/java/com/threerings/media/BackFrameManager.java
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/media/BackFrameManager.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 //
-// $Id: BackFrameManager.java,v 1.2 2003/04/27 01:30:25 mdb Exp $
+// $Id: BackFrameManager.java,v 1.3 2003/05/01 22:06:52 mdb Exp $
 
 package com.threerings.media;
 
@@ -52,7 +52,8 @@ public class BackFrameManager extends FrameManager
 
             // dirty everything if we're not incrementally rendering
             if (!incremental) {
-                _frame.update(_bgfx);
+                _frame.getRootPane().revalidate();
+                _frame.getRootPane().repaint();
             }
 
             if (!paint(_bgfx)) {
diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/media/FlipFrameManager.java b/src/java/com/threerings/media/FlipFrameManager.java
index 0b0c0fc3d..290de04ff 100644
--- a/src/java/com/threerings/media/FlipFrameManager.java
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/media/FlipFrameManager.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 //
-// $Id: FlipFrameManager.java,v 1.1 2003/04/26 17:56:26 mdb Exp $
+// $Id: FlipFrameManager.java,v 1.2 2003/05/01 22:06:52 mdb Exp $
 
 package com.threerings.media;
 
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ public class FlipFrameManager extends FrameManager
             // dirty everything if we're not incrementally rendering
             if (!incremental) {
                 Log.info("Doing non-incremental render; contents lost.");
-                _frame.update(gfx);
+                _frame.getRootPane().revalidate();
+                _frame.getRootPane().repaint();
             }
 
             // request to paint our participants and components and bail