Re: GTK/GDK 1.2.2 crashes X

[Owen Taylor <otaylor redhat com>]

Ed Centanni <ecentan1@tampabay.rr.com> writes:

> Running SuSE 5.3, gcc 2.7.2.1  libc.5.4.46.  I successfully compiled and
> installed GLIB and GTK 1.2.2.  The testglib program works fine.  The
> testdnd, testrgb and testgtk programs all crash X.  testinput,
> testselection, and simple all run ok.   I stepped through in the
> debugger and the crash occurs in different places in different
> executables but consistently at the same place in the same executable --
> usually on calling a function or returning from a function.  Calling
> gdk_image_new in gdkrgb.c is one such example.  The X server XFREE
> 3.3.3.1 SVGA server reports that it caught Signal 11.  (SIGSEGV) 
> Invalid memory reference.  My machine has been up for 40 days so I don't
> think it's bad RAM.
> 
> I've already tried re-compiling with -g -O0.  No change.  Did ldconfig. 
> 
> Compiled Glade and it crashes X too.  Any ideas/fixes/suggestions? I
> really want to start using GTK.

To quote Jim Gettys:

 If GTK+ crashes X, then it is a bug in the X server.
 If GTK+ crashes X, then it is a bug in the X server.
 If GTK+ crashes X, then it is a bug in the X server.

It sounds like your crashes might have something to do 
with shared memory, so as a workaround you could try
compiling GTK+ with --disable-shm, though it 
can slow the operation of programs down a lot.

Regards,
                                        Owen