Re: Disable X shared memory extension in gtkrc

[Richard Bemrose <rb3 sanger ac uk>]

Hi,

I must first thank Wolfgang Sourdeau and Owen Taylor for their replies.
After further investigation I discovered that GTK/GDK seems not the source
of the problem. The finger of blame now points to gnome-lib and/or
gnome-core. I have forwarded the following email onto Gnome bug:

On Thu, 18 May 2000, Richard Bemrose wrote:

> Package: gnome-libs
> Version: 1.0.60
> Severity: grave
> 
> We have the following packages installed on a shared NFS mount for various
> Tru64-UNIX V4.0 (formerly Digital UNIX) workstations:
> 	glib-1.2.7
> 	gtk+-1.2.7
> 	imlib-1.9.7
> 	ORBit-0.5.1
> 	gnome-libs-1.0.60
> 	gnome-core-1.0.9
> 
> Some workstations produce the following error when attempting to run the
> test-gnome application:
> 
>  griffin[edgrif]41: ./test-gnome
>  Gdk-ERROR **: BadAccess (attempt to access private resource denied)
>    serial 490 error_code 10 request_code 129 minor_code 5
>  Gdk-ERROR **: BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window parameter)
>    serial 491 error_code 9 request_code 55 minor_code 0
> 
> Meanwhile, on the same workstation the same test application run fine if
> we disable X11's shared memory extension via the command line option:
> 
>  griffin[edgrif]41: ./test-gnome --no-xshm
> 	** NOTE: runs fine **
> 
> However, on other workstation this test application runs fine with or
> without this command line option. I can confirm that *all* workstation
> support X shared memory extension MIT-SHM (checked by running xdpyinfo
> locally on each workstation).
> 
> Initially, I thought GTK/GDK was at fault but their test application run
> successfully with or without '--no-xshm'. For example, the following
> GTK/GDK test applications worked fine with MIT-SHM:
>         /path_to_build/gtk+-1.2.7/examples/*
> and     /path_to_build/gtk+-1.2.7/gtk/testgtk
> 
> We am aware that the shared memory extension can be disabled while
> compiling gtk+-1.2.7. We will do this in the meantime. Ultimately, we
> would like to take advantage of any speed increase using shared memory
> extensions.
> 
> Thank you for your support.
> 
> Regards,
> Rich
> 
> Dr Richard Bemrose    | The Sanger Centre  | Email: rb3@sanger.ac.uk
> Senior Systems Admin. | Genome Campus      | Tel: +44 (0)1223 494798
> Special Projects Team | Hinxton, Cambridge | Fax: +44 (0)1223 494919
> Systems Support Group | CB10 1SA, UK       | http://www.sanger.ac.uk
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 

Regards,
Rich

Dr Richard Bemrose    | The Sanger Centre  | Email: rb3@sanger.ac.uk
Senior Systems Admin. | Genome Campus      | Tel: +44 (0)1223 494798
Special Projects Team | Hinxton, Cambridge | Fax: +44 (0)1223 494919
Systems Support Group | CB10 1SA, UK       | http://www.sanger.ac.uk