Bug 903986 - xdmxconfig will not run
Summary: xdmxconfig will not run
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: xorg-x11-server
Version: 18
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
unspecified
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: X/OpenGL Maintenance List
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2013-01-25 08:45 UTC by Matt Hirsch
Modified: 2013-02-09 11:24 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

Fixed In Version:
Clone Of: 558604
Environment:
Last Closed: 2013-02-09 11:24:19 UTC
Type: Bug
Embargoed:


Attachments (Terms of Use)
Patch to fix BadPixmap error (497 bytes, patch)
2013-01-25 08:45 UTC, Matt Hirsch
no flags Details | Diff


Links
System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
FreeDesktop.org 37502 0 None None None Never

Description Matt Hirsch 2013-01-25 08:45:15 UTC
Created attachment 687320 [details]
Patch to fix BadPixmap error

Description of problem:
xdmxconfig is a GUI for creating Xdmx (multihead) configuration files.
xdmxconfig will not run.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
xorg-x11-server-Xdmx-1.7.4-1.fc12.x86_64

How reproducible:
Execute xdmxconfig or sudo xdmxconfig.

Actual results:
# xdmxconfig
(**) dmx: Unable to read configuration file 
X Error of failed request:  BadPixmap (invalid Pixmap parameter)
  Major opcode of failed request:  55 (X_CreateGC)
  Resource id in failed request:  0x4200029
  Serial number of failed request:  141
  Current serial number in output stream:  162


Expected results:
xdmxconfig program should start.

Additional Info:

This bug is widely reported:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=558604
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=495816
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=37502

I submitted a patch to the upstream bug report. I don't know if you'd rather apply it or wait for them (if they will use it), but I thought I would re-open this in order to keep track of it. Now I've already written way too much for a one line patch...

Comment 1 Fedora Update System 2013-01-26 15:55:27 UTC
Package xorg-x11-server-1.13.2-2.fc18:
* should fix your issue,
* was pushed to the Fedora 18 testing repository,
* should be available at your local mirror within two days.
Update it with:
# su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing xorg-x11-server-1.13.2-2.fc18'
as soon as you are able to.
Please go to the following url:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2013-1520/xorg-x11-server-1.13.2-2.fc18
then log in and leave karma (feedback).

Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2013-02-09 11:24:21 UTC
xorg-x11-server-1.13.2-2.fc18 has been pushed to the Fedora 18 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.


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