Bug with Gtk+ (XFixes crash problem?)

[James Weatherall]

Hi Peter,

The standard VNC server for X11 doesn't currently provide Xfixes, I'm
afraid.

Cheers,

Wez @ RealVNC Ltd


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Clifton [mailto:pcjc2 "at" cam.ac.uk] 
> Sent: 23 April 2007 10:36
> To: James Weatherall
> Subject: RE: Bug with Gtk+ (XFixes crash problem?)
> 
> On Mon, 2007-04-23 at 10:20 +0100, James Weatherall wrote:
> > Hi Peter,
> > 
> > It sounds like the version of GTK you are using has some 
> code that uses the
> > XFixes extension, but which doesn't correctly cope with the 
> extension not
> > being present.  Presumably the GTK+ version you're using is 
> different, so
> > you it's possible that a later GTK fixes the bug, otherwise 
> an earlier one
> > won't be trying to use XFixes.
> 
> The Xvnc server is reporting XFIXES as present. Having briefly scanned
> the features in V1.0 and 2.0 of XFIXES, it seems what GTK is trying to
> access is a 1.0 feature.
> 
> Can the negotiation in XFIXES test whether specific sub-parts 
> of XFIXES
> are implemented or not?
> 
> A temporary workaround has been to start Xvnc with -extension XFIXES.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Peter C