Opened 16 years ago

Closed 14 years ago

#18656 closed defect (fixed)

Xlib problem with gv and ggv on OS X 10.5.6

Reported by: joe@… Owned by: ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)
Priority: Normal Milestone:
Component: ports Version: 1.7.0
Keywords: Cc: dklotz@…
Port: gv ggv

Description (last modified by mf2k (Frank Schima))

gv builds fine, but when I try to launch it I get the following error message:

Xlib:  extension "Generic Event Extension" missing on display "/tmp/launch-FgEo1k/:0".
Error: attempt to add non-widget child "fileButton" to parent "control" which supports only widgets

ggv also builds fine, but I get a similar error message when I try to launch it:

Xlib:  extension "Generic Event Extension" missing on display "/tmp/launch-FgEo1k/:0".
Xlib:  extension "RANDR" missing on display "/tmp/launch-FgEo1k/:0".
Xlib:  extension "Generic Event Extension" missing on display "/tmp/launch-FgEo1k/:0".
Xlib:  extension "Generic Event Extension" missing on display "/tmp/launch-FgEo1k/:0".
Xlib:  extension "Generic Event Extension" missing on display "/tmp/launch-FgEo1k/:0".

Change History (8)

comment:1 Changed 16 years ago by mf2k (Frank Schima)

Description: modified (diff)
Owner: changed from macports-tickets@… to ryandesign@…
Port: gv ggv added

comment:2 Changed 16 years ago by ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)

I don't actually use gv and I hadn't heard of ggv so I have no input on this problem. I recommend you ask the developers of gv and ggv or the macports-users mailing list. If you discover something that needs to be changed in the gv or ggv ports to fix this problem, please mention it here so I can take care of it.

Regarding the RANDR message, do you have the port xorg-libXrandr installed and activated?

comment:3 Changed 16 years ago by jmroot (Joshua Root)

The messages about missing extensions are harmless.

comment:4 Changed 16 years ago by dklotz@…

For me, gv refuses to start with the above message. I wouldn't consider that harmless. I'm not using gv that oven, but still this is a bit annoying. #18751 talks about another app (gnucash) crashing with a similar message, could that be related?

While googling i found this, which talks about the problem stemming from "when you have a XGE-enabled xlib connecting to an non-XGE enabled x server". Could this be the problem here? Is the macports libx11 built with some extensions that the Apple X11 server does not understand?

comment:5 Changed 16 years ago by dklotz@…

Cc: dklotz@… added

Cc Me!

comment:6 Changed 16 years ago by jmroot (Joshua Root)

The "attempt to add non-widget child" error is not harmless, but that's not a message about a missing extension.

comment:7 Changed 16 years ago by (none)

Milestone: Port Bugs

Milestone Port Bugs deleted

comment:8 Changed 14 years ago by jmroot (Joshua Root)

Resolution: fixed
Status: newclosed

Current versions of both seem to work fine.

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