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From: mouse@LARRY.MCRCIM.MCGILL.EDU
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re:  XDrawString on a Bitmap
Message-ID: <9008140157.AA08071@Larry.McRCIM.McGill.EDU>
Date: 14 Aug 90 01:57:41 GMT
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> 	bm = XCreateBitmapFromData(TheDisplay, XtWindow(PageBox),
> 					image, WID*8, HT);
> 	XDrawString(TheDisplay, bm, DefaltGC, 10, 10, "SomeText", 8);

> X Protocol error:  BadMatch, invalid parameter attributes
>   Major opcode of failed request:  74 (X_PolyText8)

If (as the name implies) Defa[u]ltGC is the default GC of the screen,
it's quite possible that its depth does not match bm's depth.  Try
creating a GC explicitly with XCreateGC to match bm....

					der Mouse

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