Re: X protocol errors

[Mike Miller]

On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 13:36:47 -0500, John W. Eaton wrote:
> I've been getting some complaints about X protocol errors that look like
> this:
>
>   Warning: X Error: BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window parameter) 9
>     Major opcode: 62 (X_CopyArea)
>     Resource id:  0x0
>   Warning: X Error: BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window parameter) 9
>     Major opcode: 62 (X_CopyArea)
>     Resource id:  0x0
>   Warning: X Error: BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window parameter) 9
>     Major opcode: 62 (X_CopyArea)
>     Resource id:  0x0
>   Warning: X Error: BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window parameter) 9
>     Major opcode: 62 (X_CopyArea)
>     Resource id:  0x0
>
> I believe they are happening when the Octave GUI (3.8.0) is running on
> a remote system (local X DISPLAY).
>
> Does anyone else see errors like this when running the Octave GUI?

Definitely when Octave is running on Xvnc:

  http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?41304

IIRC the errors correspond to the first appearance of any popup menu,
e.g. menu bar, context menu.

-- 
mike