Re: timeouts no longer work

[Owen Taylor <otaylor redhat com>]

Dave Andruczyk <djandruczyk yahoo com> writes:

> I was using timeout functions  in my program eXtace and when I upgraded to
> Mandrake 8.0 (also tested with redhat 7.1) and the timeouts no longer work
> properly.. 
>
> the code is:
> display_id = gtk_timeout_add((int)((1/(float)refresh_rate)*1000.0),
> (GtkFunction)draw, NULL); 
>
> > From my debugging code, "draw()" function runs only once and then never again..
>
> It works on mandrake 7.2 (and older) and redhat 7.0 (and older).  It seems to
> be tied to something with the newer GTK/gdk/glib and the new kernels/libc.  Has
> anyone else experienced this??

Most likely, your draw function doesn't have a return value, so whether
it gets removed (FALSE return), or sticks around (TRUE return)
is completely random.
                                        Owen