Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!dimacs.rutgers.edu!aramis.rutgers.edu!paul.rutgers.edu!njin!spcvxb.spc.edu!terry
From: terry@spcvxb.spc.edu (Terry Kennedy, Operations Mgr.)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: xloadimage and frustration!!!
Message-ID: <1991Jun4.191041.1431@spcvxb.spc.edu>
Date: 4 Jun 91 19:10:41 GMT
References: <1991May24.094545.15152@leland.Stanford.EDU> <1991Jun4.185354.10801@milton.u.washington.edu>
Organization: St. Peter's College, US
Lines: 20

In article <1991Jun4.185354.10801@milton.u.washington.edu>, mattf@cac.washington.edu (Matthew Freedman) writes:
> I have been able to use previous versions of xloadimage just fine, but
> with the new 3.01 version, when I try to run the -onroot option I get..
> 
>   xloadimage: X Error: BadWindow (invalid Window parameter) on 0x0
>   XGetWindowAttributes on root failed.

  It's a typo in the source. The line:

	getDECRootWindow(disp, scrn);

  should be

	getDECRootWindow(disp, root);

  This is supposedly fixed in the forthcoming 3.02.

	Terry Kennedy		Operations Manager, Academic Computing
	terry@spcvxa.bitnet	St. Peter's College, US
	terry@spcvxa.spc.edu	(201) 915-9381