[Bug: 21.4.12] xemacs: X Error of failed request: BadWindow (invalid Window parameter)

[Stephen J. Turnbull]

>>>>> "Michael" == Michael Parks <mparks at freescale.com> writes:

    Michael> xemacs: X Error of failed request:
    Michael> BadWindow (invalid Window parameter)

I seem to recall these may be associated with specific window
managers.  Also, there were some fixes to the X code since "Portable
Code", you might try upgrading.

If you've got a little bit of time, though, we'd really appreciate
that backtrace that Ben requested.  This bug has never been properly
diagnosed or localized.

If you have a debug (or at least unstripped) build, you might be able
to get the backtrace under gdb without abort()ing by inserting a
breakpoint in the right place.  I run under gdb for weeks at a time;
it consumes a little bit of system resources (and turns a Ctrl-Z on a
remote TTY line into a showstopper unless you tell gdb to pass that
signal to xemacs ;-) but otherwise I see no ill effects.


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