Re: Abend with gdk_gc_new_with_values

[Olexiy Avramchenko <olexiy irtech cn ua>]

Bryan Brown wrote:

> Hello,
>
> When I was using the version of gtk/gdk that came with RedHat 7 my app
> worked fine when I used the following code snippet to set the values in a
> new graphics context from those in another:
>
> === begin code snippet ===
>
>   GtkWidget *drawingarea1;
>   GdkGCValues values;
>   GdkGCValuesMask mask;
>   GdkGC *gc_fg;
>
>   gdk_gc_get_values (drawingarea1->style->fg_gc[GTK_WIDGET_STATE
> (drawingarea1)],
>                      &values);
>
>   mask = (GDK_GC_FOREGROUND) | (GDK_GC_BACKGROUND) | (GDK_GC_FONT) |
> (GDK_GC_FUNCTION) | (GDK_GC_FILL);
>
>   gc_fg = gdk_gc_new_with_values (drawingarea1->window, &values, mask);
>
> === end code snippet ===
>
> With the versions that came with my RedHat 9 CD, however, the app abends
> inside the call to gdk_gc_new_with_values (inserting printf statements
> before and after the call shows this) with a segmentation fault.
>
> As a workaround I've resorted to using gdk_gc_new(-) and setting the
> values individually, but I'd really like to know what I'm doing wrong.
Hi,
To solve your problem, remove GDK_GC_FONT mask before calling 
gdk_gc_new_with_values().

Just filled
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=134202

PS: please tell about version of GTK and distro you're using - for 
example RedHat 7.3 have gtk+-1.2.10 and gtk+-2.0.2.

   Olexiy