run time issue- on gtk_widget_show()- Xlib:unexpected async reply

["shibu alampatta" <smalampatta gmail com>]

during runtime I'm getting the message

Xlib:unexpected async reply (sequence 0xbe8)

while trying to show a window.



The senario is , In my multi window application,from a thread i'm calling a
function, which contains the lines as below

............
GtkWidget *mywindow;
.............
mywindow=create_mywindow();// this line is wrking fine
gtk_widget_show(mywindow);
..........



while executing gtk_widget_show(mywindow) it is showing the above mentione
message and not showing the window.

any help,
Thnks in advance
with regards
shibu