xfdesktop new stuff - needs testing

[Olivier Fourdan]

Hi,

Now I get the follwing crash (starting with no config at all)

[ofourdan at shuttle ofourdan]$ xfdesktop
The program 'xfdesktop' received an X Window System error.
This probably reflects a bug in the program.
The error was 'BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window parameter)'.
  (Details: serial 505 error_code 9 request_code 14 minor_code 0)
  (Note to programmers: normally, X errors are reported asynchronously;
   that is, you will receive the error a while after causing it.
   To debug your program, run it with the --sync command line
   option to change this behavior. You can then get a meaningful
   backtrace from your debugger if you break on the gdk_x_error()
function.)


BTW, everybody is encouraged to try xfce with no config at all (ya know,
rm -Rf $HOME/.xfce4), like when a new user install it for the first
time. It shows plenty of interesting things (for example ,the default in
xfdesktop settings is not to show the backdrop, which crashes xfdesktop)

Cheers,
Olivier.

On Wed, 2004-04-21 at 21:04, Olivier Fourdan wrote:
> Hi Brian,
> 
> Ok, some testing :
> 
> - The "Don't set backdrop" option still crashes xfdesktop
> - Settings aren't loaded, I had to run the dialog to get the settings
> applied as it seems (and get the crash)
> - Color gradient does nothing.
> - Menu tab is totally empty (you prolly already know about that, but
> still, looks odd)
> - The tabfolders inside tabfolders doesn't look too good to me (from a
> usability standpoint)
> 
> Cheers,
> Olivier.
> 
> 
> On Tue, 2004-04-20 at 12:57, Brian J. Tarricone wrote:
> > and what the hell, a screenie for those of you unable (or unwilling ^_~) 
> > to upgrade:
> > http://kelnos.homelinux.org/xfce4/images/screenshots/backdrop-settings-new-20040420.png
> > 
> >     -brian
> > 
> > 
> > Brian J. Tarricone wrote:
> > 
> > > hi all-
> > > i committed a huge amount of stuff to xfdesktop this morning, and it 
> > > should hopefully address a bunch of multiscreen (non-xinerama) 
> > > issues.  i know there will be problems with it, as i obviously can't 
> > > test it, and there are a few things i'm just not sure about.
> > >
> > > there's a new settings dialog that needs testing as well.  note: the 
> > > color gradients don't do anything yet.  note2: all your old desktop 
> > > settings are now lost, as the MCS setting names have all changed 
> > > (mainly just to "setting_screennum").  so write them down before 
> > > updating if you care.
> > >
> > > so yes, test it.  danny, that means you ^_~.  the crash on exit should 
> > > be resolved, and it should theoretically be able to draw different 
> > > backdrop images on different screens.  theoretically.
> > >
> > > unfortunately, the gnome app crash/hang problem still does not seem to 
> > > have been resolved, despite reworking a bunch of stuff i thought might 
> > > be the culprit.  *sigh*
> > >
> > >    -brian
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