Bug 2534 - XLIB_SKIP_ARGB_VISUALS=1 only works in console (NOT icons)
Summary: XLIB_SKIP_ARGB_VISUALS=1 only works in console (NOT icons)
Status: RESOLVED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: xorg
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Lib/Xlib (show other bugs)
Version: 6.8.2
Hardware: x86 (IA32) Linux (All)
: high normal
Assignee: Xorg Project Team
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Reported: 2005-02-13 22:08 UTC by ExecutorElassus
Modified: 2005-02-16 00:02 UTC (History)
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Description ExecutorElassus 2005-02-13 22:08:13 UTC
after just installing xorg6.8.2 (through gentoo), i'm having a problem with all the programs that 
require the XLIB_SKIP_ARGB_VISUALS=1 flag. these are the usual suspects: xmms, gmplayer, and 
firefox. my problem is this: while i can start these applications from the console, i can NOT start them 
from an icon/button that calls the function. i'm using fvwm, so for me that would be a function string 
for fvwm, which would look like this:
'Exec exec XLIB_SKIP_ARGB_VISUALS=1 xmms'
this does exactly the same thing as running that command from the console, so i don't know why it 
wouldn't work. incidentally, i have the same problem with openoffice (though it doesn't require the 
XLIB-... string): i can only initialize it from a console.

any suggestions?

thanks,

EE
Comment 1 Adam Jackson 2005-02-16 19:02:52 UTC
# i=`which xmms`
# mv $i $i.orig
# echo "XLIB_SKIP_ARGB_VISUALS=1 $i.orig" > $i
# chmod a+x $i

in other words, make a wrapper script.


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