On 28 Oct 2004, Eric Gaumer wrote: > On Thu, 2004-10-28 at 06:41 -0700, James Vahn wrote: > > I'm getting the following error from a number of apps (xzgv, gnucash, ..): > > > > Gdk-ERROR **: BadValue (integer parameter out of range for operation) > > serial 56 error_code 2 request_code 45 minor_code 0 > > > > Haunting me for quite some time now. Anyone know of a solution? > > I'm running a mixed Sarge/Sid. > > > > Looking at gdkmain-x11.c I see that request_code 45 is an error in > X_OpenFont. Interestingly both apps you mention use gtk1.2 which led me > to this: > > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=234994 > > Maybe not totally related but your problem obviously has something to do > with fonts. > > -- > Eric Gaumer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Not identical, but I get a rather similar error when trying to run gringotts: ----------------------------------------------- GLib: Cannot convert message: Could not open converter from 'UTF-8' to 'ANSI_X3.4-1968' (process:7729): GLib-WARNING **: getpwuid_r(): failed due to unknown user id (1000) Gringotts version 1.2.8 (libGringotts 1.2.1) (c) 2002 Germano Rizzo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> released under GNU General Public License (GPL) v.2 or later See COPYING or go to http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html (process:7729): Gtk-WARNING **: Locale not supported by C library. Using the fallback 'C' locale. (gringotts:7729): Gdk-WARNING **: locale not supported by Xlib (gringotts:7729): Gdk-WARNING **: can not set locale modifiers (gringotts:7729): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display ------------------------------------------------------ For some reason this happens with kernel 2.6.9 but not with 2.6.8. Anthony -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] || http://www.acampbell.org.uk using Linux GNU/Debian || for book reviews, electronic Windows-free zone || books and skeptical articles -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]