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Chman

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Registered: 2006-01-31

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[Solved] Can't run any X application since last update.

This is a strange problem. Here is the update I made some minutes ago (pacman log) :

[04/29/06 17:38] upgraded libdmx (1.0.1-1 -> 1.0.2-1)
[04/29/06 17:38] upgraded libfontenc (1.0.1-1 -> 1.0.2-1)
[04/29/06 17:38] upgraded libice (1.0.0-1 -> 1.0.1-1)
[04/29/06 17:38] upgraded libsm (1.0.0-1 -> 1.0.1-1)
[04/29/06 17:38] upgraded libxaw (1.0.1-1 -> 1.0.2-1)
[04/29/06 17:38] upgraded libxcursor (1.1.5.2-1 -> 1.1.6-1)
[04/29/06 17:38] upgraded libxdmcp (1.0.0-1 -> 1.0.1-1)
[04/29/06 17:38] upgraded libxext (1.0.0-1 -> 1.0.1-1)
[04/29/06 17:38] upgraded libxfixes (3.0.1.2-1 -> 4.0-1)
[04/29/06 17:38] upgraded libxfontcache (1.0.1-1 -> 1.0.2-1)
[04/29/06 17:38] upgraded libxi (1.0.0-1 -> 1.0.1-1)
[04/29/06 17:38] upgraded libxkbfile (1.0.2-1 -> 1.0.3-1)
[04/29/06 17:38] upgraded libxkbui (1.0.1-1 -> 1.0.2-1)
[04/29/06 17:38] upgraded libxmu (1.0.0-1 -> 1.0.1-1)
[04/29/06 17:38] upgraded libxpm (3.5.4.2-1 -> 3.5.5-1)
[04/29/06 17:38] upgraded libxrandr (1.1.0.2-1 -> 1.1.1-1)
[04/29/06 17:38] upgraded libxrender (0.9.0.2-1 -> 0.9.1-1)
[04/29/06 17:38] upgraded libxres (1.0.0-1 -> 1.0.1-1)
[04/29/06 17:38] upgraded libxt (1.0.0-3 -> 1.0.1-1)
[04/29/06 17:38] upgraded libxxf86dga (1.0.0-1 -> 1.0.1-1)
[04/29/06 17:38] upgraded libxxf86misc (1.0.0-1 -> 1.0.1-1)
[04/29/06 17:38] upgraded libxxf86vm (1.0.0-1 -> 1.0.1-1) 

I can launch X (running openbox) but then nothing works. I get the same error message for all applications I tried (serial code depending of the application launched) :

The program 'pygmy' received an X Window System error.
This probably reflects a bug in the program.
The error was 'BadRequest (invalid request code or no such operation)'.
  (Detail: serial 230 error_code 1 request_code 157 minor_code 23)
  (Note to programmers: normally, X errors are reported asynchronously;
   that is, you will receive the error a while after causing it.
   To debug your program, run it with the --sync command line
   option to change this behavior. You can then get a meaningful
   backtrace from your debugger if you break on the gdk_x_error() function.) 

This is pretty annoying, I'm stuck with these errors Any help would be much appreciated because I'm forced to use windows.

I'm using the current repository.

Thanks

shamrok

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From: Poland, Kraków

Registered: 2006-02-20

Posts: 61

Re: [Solved] Can't run any X application since last update.

I have the same problem with firefox.

ChrisX

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Registered: 2004-05-13

Posts: 27

Re: [Solved] Can't run any X application since last update.

I am experiencing the same exact error with firefox also.  I'm not exactly sure what is broken, but hopefully it will be fixed soon.  All I can say now is thank goodness for KDE and Konqueror.

mpie

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Registered: 2005-03-06

Posts: 649

Re: [Solved] Can't run any X application since last update.

Yeah GTK apps are broken

JGC

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Registered: 2003-12-03

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Re: [Solved] Can't run any X application since last update.

Try downgrading libxfixes, I guess the problem is in that library, since that's the only one that got a noticable version bump (from 3.x to 4.x)

mpie

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Re: [Solved] Can't run any X application since last update.

bummer ... cleaned my cache yesterday

JGC

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Registered: 2003-12-03

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Re: [Solved] Can't run any X application since last update.

The file is still on FTP, I didn't clean it yet, because my screen session scrolled down too many lines...

ftp://ftp.archlinux.org/0.8/os/i686/lib … pkg.tar.gz

looking at the changelogs:

Part 2 of 3 (Other parts are in proto and xserver)
Composite Version 0.3: CompositeGetOverlayWindow, CompositeReleaseOverlayWindow
Xfixes Version 4.0: XFixesHideCursor, XFixesShowCursor

Looks like this part 2 can't work without part 3. I can't reproduce the crashes on my system, since I use Xorg 7.1RC on this system (I build these things with a clean chroot though)

mpie

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From: 404 Not found

Registered: 2005-03-06

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Re: [Solved] Can't run any X application since last update.

Can confirm libfixes is teh issue!! posted from firefox!!!

erikg

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Re: [Solved] Can't run any X application since last update.

I had the same problem, downgrading libxfixes to 3.0.1.2-1 fixed it.

profoX

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From: Belgium

Registered: 2006-04-13

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Re: [Solved] Can't run any X application since last update.

Same problem!

Apparantly I can still run XGL + Gnome instead of normal Gnome.
After downgrading libxfixes normal Gnome (with GDM) works again.

Please fix the repository until this issue gets resolved!

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JGC

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Registered: 2003-12-03

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Re: [Solved] Can't run any X application since last update.

Do you guys use the composite extension BTW?

[Rsync]

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Registered: 2005-11-04

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Re: [Solved] Can't run any X application since last update.

Its now Fixed

http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/x … 15068.html

Please Jan de Groot of upgrade package. Thx

Chman

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Registered: 2006-01-31

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Re: [Solved] Can't run any X application since last update.

JGC: no composite for me. Maybe this can help you : not only GTK applications crash but xterm does it too :

[chman@a11w ~]$ xterm
X Error of failed request:  BadRequest (invalid request code or no such operation)
  Major opcode of failed request:  157 (XFIXES)
  Minor opcode of failed request:  23 (XFixesSetCursorName)
  Serial number of failed request:  25
  Current serial number in output stream:  26

Hopefully, everything works now with libxfixes 3.0.1.2.

Gullible Jones

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Registered: 2004-12-29

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Re: [Solved] Can't run any X application since last update.

Its now Fixed

http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/x … 15068.html

Please Jan de Groot of upgrade package. Thx

I'll add that as a comment for the bug report.

[Rsync]

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Registered: 2005-11-04

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Re: [Solved] Can't run any X application since last update.

Its now Fixed

http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/x … 15068.html

Please Jan de Groot of upgrade package. Thx

Sorry for my error,  its not the fix but announce of the 4.0 version of libXfixes.

waltm

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From: alabama

Registered: 2006-03-21

Posts: 69

Re: [Solved] Can't run any X application since last update.

In the FWIW area, had same problems after updating this am (about 12 pm CDT) however fixed after another update this afternoon with the new xfixproto and libs packages.

intenso

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Registered: 2006-01-23

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Re: [Solved] Can't run any X application since last update.

Well I cant get it to work... I tried to downgrade to libxfixes-3.0.1.2-1 but I still get the same error when I try to run Firefox.

Any suggestions how to deal with this?

profoX

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Registered: 2006-04-13

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Re: [Solved] Can't run any X application since last update.

Well I cant get it to work... I tried to downgrade to libxfixes-3.0.1.2-1 but I still get the same error when I try to run Firefox.

Any suggestions how to deal with this?

Actually, "current/libxfixes 3.0.1.2-2" already fixed this issue.
So just update to the latest version.

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intenso

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Registered: 2006-01-23

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Re: [Solved] Can't run any X application since last update.

Any suggestions how to deal with this? Actually, "current/libxfixes 3.0.1.2-2" already fixed this issue.
So just update to the latest version.

I have but it still wount wotk and as far as I can see its the same problem