On Monday, we will make the CVS tag v4-00-08d with this problem
fixed.
Rene Brun
On Fri,
10 Sep 2004, Clark McGrew wrote:
> Corresponding with Valeriy Onuchin, I understand that there is a
> significant GUI bug in 4.00/08c that affects a relatively common machine
> configuration (GNOME + sawfish). Since the bug is fixed in CVS, is
> there any chance of back-porting it into a released production version?
> I suppose the other option is to use 3.10/02. The reason I ask is that
> I am in the process of picking software versions to be used by a working
> group for the next several months.
>
> Thanks,
> Clark
>
> On Fri, 2004-09-10 at 07:02, Valeriy Onuchin wrote:
> > Hi Clark,
> > the problem was discovered and fixed just a day after 4.00.08 was released.
> > If you are using GNOME do not use sawfish windows manager or switch to KDE.
> > Check correspondent mail exchage at http://root.cern.ch/root/roottalk/roottalk04/2500.html
> > You can also use New, version 4.01/01 .
> >
> > Regards. Valeriy
> >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > I am running into problems with 4.00/08c on an up to date Debian
> > > unstable system. The problem is completely reproducible, but is so
> > > serious that I'm sure it is specific to something I'm doing. I'm
> > > looking for pointers so that I can isolate the problem.
> > >
> > > Here is a transcript of a typical session.
> > >
> > > physics@boxer:~/root/pro/bin$ root
> > > *******************************************
> > > * *
> > > * W E L C O M E to R O O T *
> > > * *
> > > * Version 4.00/08 9 September 2004 *
> > > * *
> > > * You are welcome to visit our Web site *
> > > * http://root.cern.ch *
> > > * *
> > > *******************************************
> > >
> > > FreeType Engine v2.1.3 used to render TrueType fonts.
> > > Compiled for linuxdeb with thread support.
> > >
> > > CINT/ROOT C/C++ Interpreter version 5.15.138, May 23 2004
> > > Type ? for help. Commands must be C++ statements.
> > > Enclose multiple statements between { }.
> > > root [0] TCanvas c1;
> > > root [1] Error in <RootX11ErrorHandler>: BadAccess (attempt to access
> > > private resource denied) (XID: 54526083, XREQ: 33)
> > > physics@boxer:~/root/pro/bin$
> > >
> > > The error occurs when I select one of the canvas menu bar items and I
> > > get the same results if I start root.exe directly. I've checked the
> > > LD_LIBRARY_PATH, and it contains "/home/physics/root/pro/lib" which
> > > contains the correct root libraries.
> > >
> > > After triggering the error, root has to global focus and I need to kill
> > > the process from the console.
> > >
> > > Thanks and Best Regards,
> > >
> > > Clark
> > >
> > > --
> > > Clark McGrew Univ. at Stony Brook, Physics and Astronomy
> > > <clark.mcgrew@stonybrook.edu> 631-632-8299
> > >
> > >
>
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