Re: [gtk-list] 16 bit vs. 8 bit

[Havoc Pennington <rhpennin midway uchicago edu>]

On Sun, 20 Sep 1998, Bryan D Jones wrote:
> Would someone please be so kind as to explain why an aplication will run
> fine on a 16 bit display but cause a sigsegv violation on an 8 bit
> display.  I would be VERY appreciative.
> 

Well, there are many possible reasons. Which application? Try running the
application in gdb and sending a backtrace (assuming it's Gtk and on
topic).

If you don't know:
$ gdb app
(gdb) run
(gdb) bt

Havoc