Re: xmms not working

["Steven M. Bellovin" <smb%cs.columbia.edu@localhost>]

On Tue, 20 Jan 2009 11:58:18 +0100
Hans Rosenfeld <rosenfeld%grumpf.hope-2000.org@localhost> wrote:

> On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 06:08:11PM -0500, Steven M. Bellovin wrote:
> > I've been having trouble with xmms for the last few months, with
> > both pkgsrc xorg and native xorg on -current.  When I invoke it, I
> > see
> > 
> > Gdk-ERROR **: BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes)
> >   serial 2416 error_code 8 request_code 72 minor_code 0
> > Gdk-ERROR **: BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes)
> >   serial 2417 error_code 8 request_code 72 minor_code 0
> > 
> > Is anyone else seeing that?
> 
> I think I have seen a similar issue with wmxmms. I fixed this with
> setting XLIB_SKIP_ARGB_VISUALS=1 in the environment before starting
> it.
> 
Yes, that does it; thanks!  (What does that argument do?)

                --Steve Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb