GNU bug report logs - #53778
29.0.50; Can't start Emacs because of RenderBadPicture X protocol error

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Mauro Aranda <maurooaranda <at> gmail.com>

Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2022 14:06:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 29.0.50

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Message #38 received at 53778 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com>
To: Stephen Berman <stephen.berman <at> gmx.net>
Cc: Mauro Aranda <maurooaranda <at> gmail.com>, 53778 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#53778: 29.0.50; Can't start Emacs because of
 RenderBadPicture X protocol error
Date: Sat, 05 Feb 2022 09:13:24 +0800

Stephen Berman <stephen.berman <at> gmx.net> writes:

> I also got a crash after this commit, but Po Lu committed several
> subsequent patches that fixed the problem for me.  Can you update and
> see if it still crashes?

Those mostly involved inadquate programming throughout the rest of Emacs
that created pixmaps (or tooltip frames) of the wrong depth, causing
BadMatch errors.

RenderBadPicture errors point to something else sinister going on.
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