[Reportbug-maint] Bug#592862: reportbug: ui gtk launched through ssh -X crashes due to X11 BadValue error

[Sandro Tosi]

Hello,

On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 15:37, Michel Briand <michelbriand at free.fr> wrote:
> Package: reportbug
> Version: 4.12.4
> Severity: important
>
> Hello,
>
> using ssh -X to admin my machine, I tried to report a bug with the gtk ui.
> It crashed with the error:
>
> michel at nipour:~$ reportbug dkms
> The program 'reportbug' received an X Window System error.
> This probably reflects a bug in the program.
> The error was 'BadValue (integer parameter out of range for operation)'.
>  (Details: serial 162 error_code 2 request_code 148 minor_code 3)
>  (Note to programmers: normally, X errors are reported asynchronously;
>   that is, you will receive the error a while after causing it.
>   To debug your program, run it with the --sync command line
>   option to change this behavior. You can then get a meaningful
>   backtrace from your debugger if you break on the gdk_x_error() function.)

does any other graphical application works in this configuration?

Regards,
-- 
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