x.org and GTK+ 1.x progs

[Nguyen The Toan]

On Monday 30 August 2004 3:42 pm, Ralph Thomas wrote:
> Try:
>   setenv XLIB_SKIP_ARGB_VISUALS 1
> or:
>   export XLIB_SKIP_ARGB_VISUALS=1

Thanks. It works. 

And just for the sake of clarity, the original error was:

ntt at server:~> xmms
Gdk-ERROR **: BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes)
  serial 258 error_code 8 request_code 2 minor_code 0


>
> before running the program. I think GTK+ programs usually try to grab
> the "best" visual (and in this case it seems like it's not compatible
> with another visual the program decided to use somewhere...).
>
> Ralph
>
> On Mon, 30 Aug 2004 08:54:15 -0500, Nguyen The Toan
>
> <ntt at control.uchicago.edu> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I compile x.org cvs on my Suse 9.1 at home and get the error "gdk-ERROR:
> > BadMatch ..." (I'm not at home so I could not be more accurate) when I
> > run GTK+ 1.x applications such as xmms, vmware. They quit immediately
> > after printing out the errors. Does anyone know how to fix this?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Toan
>