Re: [gnomemm] Threads and Gtk::Main iteration

[Davide Rossetti <davide rossetti roma1 infn it>]

Jeremy Dinsel wrote:

> In writing a routine that uses pthreads to copy a large
> file off the network and update a progress meter for the
> download, I've found that I need to insert an gtk main loop iteration
> request. However, half the time the code works and half the time it
> fails. Anyone have any insite into why this occurs during a Gtk::Main*
> M->iteration(TRUE) call?
>
> Xlib: unexpected async reply (sequence 0x725)!
> Gdk-ERROR **: BadShmSeg (invalid shared segment parameter)
>  serial 1841 error_code 192 request_code 148 minor_code 2
> Xlib: unexpected async reply (sequence 0x732)!
>
>  
I'm not sure as of your version, but maybe your gtk+-<some version> is 
not thread-safe, so gtkmm is not as long...