diff -Nru qiv-2.0/main.c qiv-2.0/main.c
--- qiv-2.0/main.c	2006-10-18 16:35:42.184652947 +0200
+++ qiv-2.0/main.c	2006-10-18 16:36:48.260782447 +0200
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 
   /* Initialize GDK and Imlib */
 
+  putenv("XLIB_SKIP_ARGB_VISUALS=1");
   gdk_init(&argc,&argv);
   gdk_imlib_init();
 
Files qiv-2.0.old/qiv and qiv-2.0/qiv differ