RE: GDK BadDrawable error on many gtk/gdk programs
Yes, this is a problem in other distros. Redhat as well. Also FreeBSD
alpha has the same problem. Which leads me to think this is a bug in a
library.
Ted
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John F. Waymouth [mailto:waymouth@wpi.edu]
> Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 12:07 PM
> To: debian-alpha@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: GDK BadDrawable error on many gtk/gdk programs
>
> On Fri, 16 Aug 2002, Michael J. Saletnik wrote:
>
> > Gaim at least uses the MIT-SCREEN-SAVER extension to do these
> > idle use queries. In theory, this should disable that extension;
> > unfortunately, I'm at work and not in a position to test this.
> >
> > SubSection "extmod"
> > Option "omit MIT-SCREEN-SAVER"
> > EndSubSection
>
> Seems that I also have to kill the Load "extmod" line, as the
SubSection
> does it
> for me, and it'd load twice otherwise.
>
> > But give it a try; verify it disabled the extension by using
xdpyinfo.
>
> It worked. I can live without screensavers, seeing as how I had
nothing
> working
> before :) So, my questions: Why is the screensaver a problem? Has
this
> been
> fixed? Is this a problem in other distros? (I'm going to go install
> redhat and
> test this) Is there any other way to fix this?
>
>
>
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