I am running a dual-headed display ( screens :0.0 and :0.1 ). I updated x11-terms/xfce4-terminal today and since the update it is not able to run on both screens at the same time. I can launch it on screen :0.0 and it works fine, but as soon as I launch it on screen :0.1, the terminal window on :0.0 disappears. The same thing happens if I try it in reverse order - launching on :0.1 first and then :0.0, the terminal on :0.1 disappears. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Launch xfce4-terminal on display :0.0 2. Launch xfce4-terminal on display :0.1 3. The terminal on :0.1 opens normally but the one on :0.0 disappears. Actual Results: this error message shows up: The program 'xfce4-terminal' received an X Window System error. This probably reflects a bug in the program. The error was 'BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes)'. (Details: serial 1586 error_code 8 request_code 1 minor_code 0) (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.) Expected Results: I would like to have xfce4-terminals running on both displays at the same time. chris@qfx ~ $ emerge --info Portage 2.2.7 (default/linux/amd64/13.0/desktop, gcc-4.7.3, glibc-2.17, 3.10.17-gentoo x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: Linux-3.10.17-gentoo-x86_64-AMD_FX-tm-4100_Quad-Core_Processor-with-gentoo-2.2 KiB Mem: 16177972 total, 103108 free KiB Swap: 524284 total, 524284 free Timestamp of tree: Tue, 21 Jan 2014 04:15:01 +0000 ld GNU ld (GNU Binutils) 2.23.2 distcc 3.1 x86_64-pc-linux-gnu [disabled] ccache version 3.1.9 [disabled] app-shells/bash: 4.2_p45 dev-java/java-config: 2.1.12-r1 dev-lang/python: 2.7.5-r3, 3.2.5-r3, 3.3.3 dev-util/ccache: 3.1.9-r3 dev-util/cmake: 2.8.11.2 dev-util/pkgconfig: 0.28 sys-apps/baselayout: 2.2 sys-apps/openrc: 0.12.4 sys-apps/sandbox: 2.6-r1 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.69 sys-devel/automake: 1.10.3, 1.11.6, 1.12.6, 1.13.4 sys-devel/binutils: 2.23.2 sys-devel/gcc: 4.6.3, 4.7.3-r1 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userfetch userpriv usersandbox usersync" FFLAGS="-O2 -pipe" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://mirror.datapipe.net/gentoo ftp://mirror.datapipe.net/gentoo http://gentoo.mirrors.easynews.com/linux/gentoo/ http://chi-10g-1-mirror.fastsoft.net/pub/linux/gentoo/gentoo-distfiles/ ftp://chi-10g-1-mirror.fastsoft.net/pub/linux/gentoo/gentoo-distfiles/ http://www.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/gentoo rsync://rsync.gtlib.gatech.edu/gentoo ftp://ftp.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/gentoo http://gentoo.mirrors.hoobly.com/ ftp://ftp.ussg.iu.edu/pub/linux/gentoo http://lug.mtu.edu/gentoo/ ftp://lug.mtu.edu/gentoo/ ftp://gentoo.netnitco.net/pub/mirrors/gentoo/source/ http://gentoo.netnitco.net http://gentoo.osuosl.org/ http://gentoo.mirrors.pair.com/ ftp://gentoo.mirrors.pair.com/ rsync://mirrors.rit.edu/gentoo/ ftp://mirrors.rit.edu/gentoo/ http://mirrors.rit.edu/gentoo/ ftp://mirror.iawnet.sandia.gov/pub/gentoo/ http://mirror.iawnet.sandia.gov/gentoo/ ftp://gentoo.llarian.net/pub/gentoo http://gentoo.llarian.net/ ftp://gentoo.mirrors.tds.net/gentoo rsync://gentoo.mirrors.tds.net/gentoo http://gentoo.mirrors.tds.net/gentoo http://ftp.ucsb.edu/pub/mirrors/linux/gentoo/ ftp://ftp.ucsb.edu/pub/mirrors/linux/gentoo/ ftp://ftp.lug.udel.edu/pub/gentoo/ http://mirror.lug.udel.edu/pub/gentoo/ http://gentoo.cites.uiuc.edu/pub/gentoo/ ftp://gentoo.cites.uiuc.edu/pub/gentoo/ rsync://gentoo.cs.uni.edu/gentoo-distfiles http://gentoo.cs.uni.edu/ http://mirror.usu.edu/mirrors/gentoo/ ftp://ftp.wallawalla.edu/pub/mirrors/ftp.gentoo.org" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--as-needed" MAKEOPTS="-j5" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --omit-dir-times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --human-readable --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/var/lib/layman/r3pek /var/lib/layman/sunrise /usr/local/portage" 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(In reply to Chris Mansfield from comment #0) > I would like to have xfce4-terminals running on both displays at the same > time. I have similar setup and it's working fine here. I expect this is a bug in X itself, but for heck of it, what version of xfce4-terminal? 0.6.3?
This is xfce4-terminal version 0.6.2-r1.
Just found the same problem reported here: https://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10109 I'll try their workaround later today and see if it helps.
(In reply to Chris Mansfield from comment #2) > This is xfce4-terminal version 0.6.2-r1. No good. I tried to say "Test latest first, that is 0.6.3"
Ok, I unmasked & emerged the 0.6.3 version. The problem did not go away. I did confirm that the problem does not occur if I launch it using 'xfce4-terminal --disable-server'.
x11@ team, can you look at Comment #0, and comment on it? Thanks.
I have just updated to 0.6.2-r1 as well and I get the same problem. When using the --disable-server option I can run multiple terminals on different screens but that alters the behaviour of the program significantly. Now each and every terminal window has it's own process. In this case it is for instance not possible to move a tab from one terminal window to another. With version 0.4.8 only one process was created for each different screen.
Can anyone reproduce this with current stable?
I have done some testing on the various versions of xfce4-terminal: 0.6.3 The problem persists. When opening a second terminal on another screen the first one is terminated. $ xfce4-terminal --display=:0.1 & [1] 19297 $ xfce4-terminal --display=:0.0 & [2] 19518 The program 'xfce4-terminal' received an X Window System error. This probably reflects a bug in the program. The error was 'BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes)'. (Details: serial 1267 error_code 8 request_code 1 minor_code 0) (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.) [1]- Exit 1 xfce4-terminal --display=:0.1 0.6.92 Behaves a bit better than 0.6.3. When running a terminal on another screen the existing terminal does not terminate but the new window opens on the same screen as the first terminal is run on. To open a terminal on another screen the use of the --disable-server option is required. The program prints out this warning by the way: (xfce4-terminal:12220): Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_display_get_screen: assertion 'screen_num == 0' failed This version has switched to gtk+3. 0.8.3 Does not print any assertion but otherwise behave like 0.6.92.
(In reply to Samuli Suominen from comment #6) > x11@ team, can you look at Comment #0, and comment on it? Thanks. The "See Also" bug I'm adding has bisected it to a a commit to xfce4-terminal.
Does this still happen today? If so, I'll ping upstream bug but I don't think there's anything I can do here (I don't think trying to revert upstream commits is a good idea here). The current upstream report is: https://gitlab.xfce.org/apps/xfce4-terminal/-/issues/3
(In reply to Michał Górny from comment #11) > Does this still happen today? If so, I'll ping upstream bug but I don't > think there's anything I can do here (I don't think trying to revert > upstream commits is a good idea here). The current upstream report is: > > https://gitlab.xfce.org/apps/xfce4-terminal/-/issues/3 I reconfigured my system a while back, so this no longer affects me and I don't think I could easily test it.
