Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: meino.cramer@×××.de
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] X crashing
Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2010 15:33:31
Message-Id: 20101117153307.GA5742@solfire
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] X crashing by Jacques Montier
1 Jacques Montier <jacques.montier@×××××××××××.fr> [10-11-17 16:20]:
2 > Hi all,
3 >
4 > I use an astronomical open source imaging software (http://www.audela.org/)
5 > which works fine except when launching a tcl photometry script (Calaphot).
6 > X crashes with the error message :
7 >
8 > X Error of failed request: BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes)
9 > Major opcode of failed request: 148 (RENDER)
10 > Minor opcode of failed request: 4 (RenderCreatePicture)
11 > Serial number of failed request: 51329
12 > Current serial number in output stream: 51338
13 >
14 > I get the same crash on two PCs with Gentoo.
15 > I use an ATI graphic card
16 > 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV350 [Mobility
17 > Radeon 9600 M10]
18 > and the open source radeon driver.
19 > tcl package is : dev-lang/tcl-8.5.8-r1
20 >
21 > I really don't know where to go...
22 > Have you an idea ?
23 > Thank you for your help,
24 >
25 > Cheers,
26 >
27 > --
28 > Jacques
29 >
30
31 Hi Jacques,
32
33 just a shot in the dark:
34 May be the binary uses no longer valid calls into X.
35 Try to recompile the source of that program on your
36 machine, so that the newest headers get used by the
37 compile process...
38
39 Good luck! :)
40
41 Best regards,
42 mcc

Replies

Subject Author
Re: [gentoo-user] X crashing Jacques Montier <jacques.montier@×××××××××××.fr>
Re: [gentoo-user] X crashing Stroller <stroller@××××××××××××××××××.uk>