diff -uNr core/java12/com/vladium/logging/Logger.java core/java12/com/vladium/logging/Logger.java
--- core/java12/com/vladium/logging/Logger.java	2008-04-25 14:43:29.000000000 -0400
+++ core/java12/com/vladium/logging/Logger.java	2008-04-25 14:43:47.000000000 -0400
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
         if ((level < NONE) || (level > ALL))
             throw new IllegalArgumentException ("invalid log level: " + level);
         
-        if ((out == null) || out.checkError ())
+        if (out == null)
             throw new IllegalArgumentException ("null or corrupt input: out");
         
         return new Logger (level, out, prefix, classMask);