Eric Faurot [2006-06-09, 11:20:26]: > >> >both gtk-demo with the color selector, and gftp, crash when started > >> >through ssh -X. > >> > >> Is it this kind of crash? > >> > >> The program 'gtk-demo' received an X Window System error. > >> This probably reflects a bug in the program. > >> The error was 'BadWindow (invalid Window parameter)'. > >> (Details: serial 5002 error_code 3 request_code 38 minor_code 0) > >> (Note to programmers: normally, X errors are reported asynchronously; > >> that is, you will receive the error a while after causing it. > >> To debug your program, run it with the --sync command line > >> option to change this behavior. You can then get a meaningful > >> backtrace from your debugger if you break on the gdk_x_error() > >function.) > > > >yes, sorry i forgot to mention it. > > I didn't have much time to work on this issue but I think this crash > is not new, and it should also happen with the current port. I guess > it is due to GTK violating the X11 protocol, but I don't know enough > their internals to give a better diagnostic. It is also boring to > debug because of the async nature of the crash. All I know is that it > crashes on a code path that is supposed to be handled correctly by > cairo. So I'll probably have to circumvent this once again.
well, we have tested this situation and the crash also happens with gtk 2.6, so i think this is not related to cairo. Disclaimer: http://www.kuleuven.be/cwis/email_disclaimer.htm
