nedit errors - won't launch

slackhack · 2005-10-30 14:32:26

when i try to launch nedit, it fails with the following messages.

as user:

NEdit: Converting .nedit file to 5.5 version.
    To keep, use Preferences -> Save Defaults
X Error of failed request:  BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes)
  Major opcode of failed request:  70 (X_PolyFillRectangle)
  Serial number of failed request:  307
  Current serial number in output stream:  317

as root:

X Error of failed request:  BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes)
  Major opcode of failed request:  70 (X_PolyFillRectangle)
  Serial number of failed request:  293
  Current serial number in output stream:  303

same thing but without the "converting" message, i guess b/c i never ran it as root. anyone else having this problem? :?:

Snowman · 2005-10-30 21:39:58

nedit starts fine here. Is your system up-to-date?

slackhack · 2005-10-31 15:29:07

completely. i update twice a week at least, and i'm currently up to date.

here's the nedit -V info, fwiw:

NEdit 5.5
Sep 30, 2004

     Built on: Linux, 386, GNU C
     Built at: Oct 13 2004, 22:04:33
   With Motif: 2.1.0 [@(#)GNU/LessTif Version 2.1 Release 0.93.94]
Running Motif: 2.1 [unknown]
       Server: The X.Org Foundation 60802000
       Visual: 32-bit TrueColor (ID 0x3f)
       Locale: en_US

i never used it a lot, but i remember it working at one point. i wanted to switch from gedit, and when i tried to launch it the other day i got the error. sorry therefore that i can't pinpoint with more accuracy when it actually started failing.

things i've tried are removing and reinstalling from the repository, and moving the ~/.nedit directory. if no one has any other ideas, i might try removing it and ABS-ing a new tarball.

Snowman · 2005-10-31 18:01:12

The only difference in my nedit -V is:

Visual: 16-bit TrueColor (ID 0x23, Default)

. Yeah, try to compile it with ABS. You can also try to google the error message; it might tell you what's wrong. It seem to be an xorg issue. If you use ATI/nvidia drivers, try using the xorg ones to see if you still get the error.

Kern · 2005-10-31 18:58:42

possibly a 32 bit problem .... maybe read here and look for

nedit -xrm '*visualID: default'

and

XLIB_SKIP_ARGB_VISUALS=1 nedit

perhaps you could try their workarounds as it looks a similar problem.

or here re: Composite extensions

hope this points you in the right direction if it doesnt get you a direct fix.

slackhack · 2005-11-01 15:07:50

Kern wrote:

possibly a 32 bit problem .... maybe read here and look for
nedit -xrm '*visualID: default' 
and
XLIB_SKIP_ARGB_VISUALS=1 nedit 
perhaps you could try their workarounds as it looks a similar problem.
or here re: Composite extensions
hope this points you in the right direction if it doesnt get you a direct fix.

thanks! setting the XLIB variable worked. i wonder if it has something to do with my matrox card drivers somehow, as i seem to remember it starting after i switched that for the radeon. if no one else is having the problem as an Arch thing, i guess that must be it. thanks again.

Kern · 2005-11-01 17:33:32

something to do with my matrox card drivers

probably, altho sometimes i tend to think its more to do with witchcraft than a rational explanation

Nice to know you got it sorted, and thx for feeding back on the result.

kern

Snowman · 2005-11-01 19:46:58

I remember now that I had to do the same for xmms:

$ XLIB_SKIP_ARGB_VISUALS=1 xmms

when I was using the composite extension otherwise xmms would't start/work when the doublesize option was used.

Anyway, glad to know that your nedit works now.

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#1 2005-10-30 14:32:26

nedit errors - won't launch

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Re: nedit errors - won't launch

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