window stacking

[Brian J. Tarricone]

ok, i'm totally stumped.  if you set the xfdesktop backdrop to an 
invalid file, it pops up a dialog saying that you're dumb.  but this 
dialog is on the lowest stacking layer and won't come to the top.  i've 
tried setting the dialog modal.  i've tried gtk_window_present().  i've 
tried setting _NET_WM_STATE_ABOVE and/or _NET_WM_STATE_STAYS_ON_TOP to 
true.  i've tried setting _WIN_LAYER to an obscenely high value.  
nothing seems to work.  (of course, gtk_window_set_keep_above(), which 
may do the trick, is new in gtk 2.4).  i'm going crazy.  i even copied 
beep's 'always on top' code, and it doesn't work.  anybody have any ideas?

    -brian