Re: How to create a dialog window from a thread?

[Havoc Pennington <hp redhat com>]

"Michael Loft" <michael loft dk> writes:
> I'm writing a communications application, where I have a thread 
> listening to the serial port. When data arrives, I want the thread to 
> create a dialog window, so the user can decide what to do.
> The problem is, that when I create the dialog, I only see the frame, 
> and gtk hangs. The thread continues to run.
>
> Any suggestions on how to create the dialog would be most 
> welcome. I've spent three whole days trying to do this until now.

Are you following the thread rules described in the FAQ at
www.gtk.org/faq?

Havoc