Re: [gtk-vnc-devel] [PATCH] Gtk-VNC not packed

["Daniel P. Berrange" <berrange redhat com>]

On Tue, Jan 15, 2008 at 03:27:52PM +0000, Richard W.M. Jones wrote:
> Anthony Liguori wrote:
> >Richard W.M. Jones wrote:
> >>I don't know if you necessarily want to classify this as a bug, but 
> >>currently if you create a Gtk-VNC widget but don't pack it, then it 
> >>will segfault when it tries to draw anything.
> >
> >I'm not sure what "packed" is.  Do we need to wait for realize or 
> >something?  My concern with this patch is that the buffer disappears 
> >until the next resize so when things to get "packed" we don't start 
> >displaying like we should.
> 
> Sorry, I wasn't clear.  This is when you create a Gtk-VNC widget but 
> don't add it to any container, but then you do make it connect to a VNC 
> server.  The widget segfaults, because the return value from

Ah I see. Do you think it is a valid use case to create a widget, not add
it to any container and still want to connect ? Or should we consider that
an application bug and try to catch & reject it at the initial call to 
'vnc_display_open_host' ?

Dan.
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