Gdk-ERROR with gnucash under xfce4

[Bruce Miller]

Erik Harrison wrote:
> On Thu, 03 Feb 2005 10:58:21 -0500, Bruce Miller
> <mistercool at adelphia.net> wrote:
> 
>>I get the following error when attempting to run gnucash
>>under xfce4, fedora core 3:
>>
>>=> gnucash
>>Gdk-ERROR **: BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes)
>>  serial 340 error_code 8 request_code 148 minor_code 3
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> Isn't Gnucash still Gtk 1.2.x only? If so, there might be a problem
> with the composite extension under X and Gdk - I believe that Gdk at
> the time made assumptions about visuals which composite breaks.
> 
> Do you have the compositor compiled in to xfwm? Are you running with
> the composite extension on?

Bingo!  If I disable the Composite extension, gnucash runs.

Is there something that the gnucash people can do to
work around it [I can add a note to the bug report].

Or is this something that can only be fixed by porting
to Gtk 2 ? [there seems to be reluctance there....]

or just running w/o Composite ?
[I have to choose between eyecandy and fiscal responsibility?!?!? ]


> Does this actually keep Gnucash from running?

Yes, it does.

Thanks for the quick response!

>>Any idea what this means?
>>Presumably this is a bug in gnucash, rather than xfce,
>>although gnucash does run under gnome,
>>... I'm really just fishing for any idea where this sort of
>>error comes from, to find a workaround or prod the gnucash
>>folks with.
>>
>>[there's a similar bug report, but "unconfirmed"
>>  http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=163053 ]
>>
>>Thanks in advance
>>bruce
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