Re: Panel help

[jacob helixcode com (Jacob "Ulysses" Berkman)]

Andrea Bonotto <andrea@horizonlive.com> writes:

> On 11 Aug 2000, Jacob Ulysses Berkman wrote:
> 
> > Andrea Bonotto <andrea@horizonlive.com> writes:
> > 
> > > Hi -
> > > 
> > > Let's see if anybody can help me with this.  I am trying to add the Desk
> > > Guide panel to my panel menu (it has misteriously disappeared from there).
> > > When I try doing so, nothing happens, and I get this error message in my
> > > .xsession-errors logs:
> > > 
> > > Gdk-ERROR **: BadWindow (invalid Window parameter)
> > >   serial 654 error_code 3 request_code 2 minor_code 0
> > > Gdk-ERROR **: BadWindow (invalid Window parameter)
> > >   serial 655 error_code 3 request_code 61 minor_code 0
> > 
> > What version of gnome-core do you have installed?
> > 
> > If you are using a 1.0.5x version, and a pixmap theme, you need to
> > update your gtk-engines to 0.10 or so.
> > 
> > Jacob
> 
> That would be 1.0.39.  So the above shouldn't be the case.  
> My main question here, what's missing/corrupted, since it was working in
> the first place?
> Thanks for your help so far anyway...

(I actually had meant 1.0.5x and below).

There was a bug in the gtk-pixmap engine which causes this.  So, I am
guessing you tried using a pixmap based theme.  So, either switch to a
non-pixmap theme or upgrade your gtk-engines package.

Jacob
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