RE: GDK BadDrawable error on many gtk/gdk programs
One workaround I have heard of is to build these apps without the
screensaver. That stops the proggie from checking the screensaver idle
time. It's not just AIM programs, but anything that checks the idle
time/screen saver.
Ted
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Doug Larrick [mailto:doug@ties.org]
> Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 6:30 AM
> To: ljacques@fyma.ucl.ac.be
> Cc: debian-alpha@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: GDK BadDrawable error on many gtk/gdk programs
>
> > XF4.2 changes nothing to this problem without a rebuilding of the
> > concerned programs and perhaps also of gtk/gdk. Gaim, Gabber,
> > Everybuddy, ... don't
> > work on my debian alpha (DEC au433, XF4.2) because of this bug.
>
> Ahh! So it's not really gtk/gdk programs, it's AIM programs in
> particular. Now I recognize this problem, I think. I use GAIM
> extensively, have for at least 2 years. Before you log in, you need
to go
> into the options and change "Report Idle Times" from "X Use" to either
> "None" or "Gaim Use".
>
> No, I have no idea what the exact problem is here, but it has to do
with
> getting the idle time from the X server.
>
> -Doug
>
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