Hi,
On Tue, Jun 28, 2005, A Costa wrote:
> For example, it breaks 'gnome-terminal':
> % gnome-terminal
> (gnome-terminal:8130): Gdk-WARNING **: gdk_property_get(): length value
> has wrapped in calculation (did you pass G_MAXLONG?)
> ...the above error message repeats for 7 screens, while GT pops up blank,
> and has to be killed. Another example:
That's a libvte bug, fixed in vte 1:0.11.13-3:
vte (1:0.11.13-3) unstable; urgency=low
* Fix Gdk warnings with a patch from upstream. (Closes: #316940, #318549)
[debian/patches/20_gdk-warning.patch]
> % querybts -w gnome-terminal
> /usr/bin/sensible-browser
> (x-www-browser:4270): Gdk-WARNING **: gdk_property_get(): length value
> has wrapped in calculation (did you pass G_MAXLONG?)
> ...(on my system 'x-www-browser' is 'galeon'.
> % galeon ; echo $?
> (galeon:8153): Gdk-WARNING **: gdk_property_get(): length value has
> wrapped in calculation (did you pass G_MAXLONG?)
That's a mozilla bug (galeon uses mozilla). See #318904, and #318779.
> ...'epiphany' is also broken:
> % epiphany
> (epiphany:8213): Gdk-WARNING **: gdk_property_get(): length value has
> wrapped in calculation (did you pass G_MAXLONG?)
> ...note the same line number in G & E, "8213". 'firefox' does
> start up, though with a similar but not identical error:
Epiphany uses mozilla too.
> % firefox
> (firefox-bin:8222): Gdk-WARNING **: gdk_property_get(): length value has
> wrapped in calculation (did you pass G_MAXLONG?)
Firefox has been fixed in 1.0.6-1:
mozilla-firefox (1.0.6-1) unstable; urgency=low
...
* gfx/src/gtk/nsScreenGtk.cpp: Patch from Loic Minier to fix
gdk_property_get warnings.
* widget/src/gtk2/mozdrawingarea.c: Patch from Loic Minier to fix
crashes under GTK 2.7. (Closes: #318903)
> Worst of all, I can't start 'X' with 'gnome-sawfish' -- it's just a
> blank screen, no icons, capplets, menus, and the mouse buttons don't
> work. (I feel grateful to have other window managers to fall back
> on...)
> A web search for similar errors turns up this:
> #315462 sunclock: Segfaults
> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=315462
> ...which might be merged with this bug. Of course the severity should
> be changed. If it turns out to be hard to fix, maybe it should be
> cloned to the above packages.
If you're willing to fix these issues too, have a look in depth at the
upstream programs and check whether it's the same bug as in the other
fixed apps, and fix them. Do not merge back here.
Cheers,
--
Loïc Minier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
