diff -Nru qiv-2.1-pre11/main.c qiv-2.1-pre11/main.c
--- qiv-2.1-pre11/main.c	2007-04-24 16:46:41.000000000 -0400
+++ qiv-2.1-pre11/main.c	2007-05-01 14:59:41.337000609 -0400
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@
 
   /* Initialize GDK and Imlib */
 
+  putenv("XLIB_SKIP_ARGB_VISUALS=1");
   gdk_init(&argc,&argv);
   gdk_imlib_init();