Possible re-emegence of qt4-x11 bug, affects vlc, maybe other apps

I see it here though unlike when it first occurred in 11.10 dev it's not as widespread. This time it only affects certain vlc windows, also it's possible that come A1 or so it will go away with some new packages (or maybe it won't

Edit: also, like before, affects calibre

Like before overlay scrollbars are involved though not the source of the bug. To see now if affected - 2 ways, the former is recoverable from, the latter isn't. Sometimes the 1st attempt below goes ok, after that not so

Open vlc > Media > Open Disc or Open vlc > Tools > Preferences > click on "Show Settings > all" radio button

If affected then workaround for normal usage of vlc until this either goes away or is fixed is to edit the Exec= line in vlc's .desktop

sudo gedit /usr/share/applications/vlc.desktop

I use this because I also want the menus in vlc

Exec=env QT_X11_NO_NATIVE_MENUBAR=1 LIBOVERLAY_SCROLLBAR=0 /usr/bin/vlc %U

To just 'fix' this

Exec=env LIBOVERLAY_SCROLLBAR=0 /usr/bin/vlc %U

Orig 11.10 bug https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/qt4-x11/+bug/805303

New bug for 12.10 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1005677

For the curious - what happens is the window has an impossible size - in the case of 'Open media'

xwininfo: Window id: 0x1e0004b "Open Media"

Absolute upper-left X: -7566 Absolute upper-left Y: 367 Relative upper-left X: 3 Relative upper-left Y: 3 Width: 16383 Height: 421 Depth: 24 Visual: 0x21 Visual Class: TrueColor Border width: 0 Class: InputOutput Colormap: 0x20 (installed) Bit Gravity State: NorthWestGravity Window Gravity State: NorthWestGravity Backing Store State: NotUseful Save Under State: no Map State: IsViewable Override Redirect State: no Corners: +-7566+367 --7537+367 --7537-12 +-7566-12 -geometry 16383x421+-7569-2

Also see this as being a poor command to run here, (basically what's run when clicking on icon in messages indicator

ubuntuone-control-panel-qt

While this is ok

LIBOVERLAY_SCROLLBAR=0 ubuntuone-control-panel-qt

Edit new qt4* packages have fixed for ubuntuone here, vlc & repo calibre remain affected. (new calibre release that has it's own qt libs runs fine (version 8.5.4

Also now seen to affect the normal vlc window under some circumstances & Cola Git Gui - same deal, window is too large to open

cola ex.

xwininfo: Window id: 0x3400012 "ffmpeg [master]"

Absolute upper-left X: 59 Absolute upper-left Y: 52 Relative upper-left X: 0 Relative upper-left Y: 0 Width: 16383 Height: 16383 Depth: 24 Visual: 0x21 Visual Class: TrueColor Border width: 0 Class: InputOutput Colormap: 0x20 (installed) Bit Gravity State: NorthWestGravity Window Gravity State: NorthWestGravity Backing Store State: NotUseful Save Under State: no Map State: IsViewable Override Redirect State: no Corners: +59+52 --15162+52 --15162--15635 +59--15635 -geometry 16383x16383+59+24

Hmm, any other apps that suffer from this -- I wonder what the fix was the first time around? This is going on the radar

guitara said: Hmm, any other apps that suffer from this -- I wonder what the fix was the first time around? This is going on the radarThe orig was fixed mainly in qt4-x11 but never did look at what was done (comment 103 @ orig. bug

At least this time hopefully because of the prior occurrence can get this taken care of a bit quicker. ATM in all the seen occurances here using LIBOVERLAY_SCROLLBAR=0 whether from cli, editing the Exec= in the .desktop or adding an alias for cli use will prevent any possible poor behavior

Other app previously inc. ReText & Anki, there may have been others (the upstream calibre is not affected as it provides it's own built-in qt4 libs

Thanks mc4man.

Gives me a place to start looking as to why VLC is not starting on my Precise->Quantal upgrade.

<snip>
QNativeImage: Unable to attach to shared memory segment. 
X Error: BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window parameter) 9
  Major opcode: 62 (X_CopyArea)
  Resource id:  0x0
X Error: BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window parameter) 9
  Major opcode: 62 (X_CopyArea)
  Resource id:  0x0
<snip>

Neither

LIBOVERLAY_SCROLLBAR=0 /usr/bin/vlc

or

QT_X11_NO_NATIVE_MENUBAR=1 LIBOVERLAY_SCROLLBAR=0 /usr/bin/vlc

provide any fix though.

The main window itself will not open.

matt_symes said: Thanks mc4man.

Gives me a place to start looking as to why VLC is not starting on my Precise->Quantal upgrade.

<snip>
QNativeImage: Unable to attach to shared memory segment. 
X Error: BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window parameter) 9
  Major opcode: 62 (X_CopyArea)
  Resource id:  0x0
X Error: BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window parameter) 9
  Major opcode: 62 (X_CopyArea)
  Resource id:  0x0
<snip>

Neither

LIBOVERLAY_SCROLLBAR=0 /usr/bin/vlc

or

QT_X11_NO_NATIVE_MENUBAR=1 LIBOVERLAY_SCROLLBAR=0 /usr/bin/vlc

provide any fix though.

The main window itself will not open. Maybe be something else but do this first, (if you haven't)

Open ~/.config/vlc & delete the qt conf file inside, then try vlc again from cli (any time the 'bad window' tries to open that file must be deleted

mc4man said: Maybe be something else but do this first, (if you haven't)

Open ~/.config/vlc & delete the qt conf file inside, then try vlc again from cli (any time the 'bad window' tries to open that file must be deleted

Mc4man. You're a gent and a genius.

That did indeed fix the problem.

Thanks.

[QUOTE=matt_symes;12029379 That did indeed fix the problem.

Thanks.

Then I'd adjust your vlc.desktop as in post 1. \(if you inadvertantly run vlc straightup & the problem comes back then again delete that file

The other less than ideal temp workaround is to switch the qt4 gui off of gtk, that's done in qt4-qtconfig ( sudo apt-get install qt4-qtconfig

See screen though I don't really like the non gtk gui's here

The anticipated history of this bug in 12.10 is it will languish until either inadvertently fixed or it becomes a big enough issue to garner some action.

Well, it didnt fix my problem.

This is what I get bascially as an error message in the terminal. Major opcode: 62 (X_CopyArea) Resource id: 0x0 X Error: BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window parameter) 9 Major opcode: 62 (X_CopyArea) Resource id: 0x0 X Error: BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window parameter) 9 Major opcode: 62 (X_CopyArea) Resource id: 0x0 X Error: BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window parameter) 9 Major opcode: 62 (X_CopyArea) Resource id: 0x0 X Error: BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window parameter) 9 Major opcode: 62 (X_CopyArea) Resource id: 0x0 X Error: BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window parameter) 9 Major opcode: 62 (X_CopyArea) Resource id: 0x0 X Error: BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window parameter) 9 Major opcode: 62 (X_CopyArea) Resource id: 0x0 X Error: BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window parameter) 9 Major opcode: 62 (X_CopyArea) Resource id: 0x0 X Error: BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window parameter) 9 Major opcode: 62 (X_CopyArea) Resource id: 0x0 X Error: BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window parameter) 9 Major opcode: 62 (X_CopyArea) Resource id: 0x0 ^AX Error: BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window parameter) 9 Major opcode: 62 (X_CopyArea) Resource id: 0x0 X Error: BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window parameter) 9 Major opcode: 62 (X_CopyArea) Resource id: 0x0 X Error: BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window parameter) 9 Major opcode: 62 (X_CopyArea) Resource id: 0x0 X Error: BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window parameter) 9 Major opcode: 62 (X_CopyArea) Resource id: 0x0 X Error: BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window parameter) 9 Major opcode: 62 (X_CopyArea) Resource id: 0x0 X Error: BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window parameter) 9 Major opcode: 62 (X_CopyArea) Resource id: 0x0 X Error: BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window parameter) 9 Major opcode: 62 (X_CopyArea) Resource id: 0x0 X Error: BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window parameter) 9 Major opcode: 62 (X_CopyArea) Resource id: 0x0 X Error: BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window parameter) 9 Major opcode: 62 (X_CopyArea) Resource id: 0x0 X Error: BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window parameter) 9 Major opcode: 62 (X_CopyArea) Resource id: 0x0 X Error: BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window parameter) 9 Major opcode: 62 (X_CopyArea) Resource id: 0x0 X Error: BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window parameter) 9 Major opcode: 62 (X_CopyArea) Resource id: 0x0 X Error: BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window parameter) 9 Major opcode: 62 (X_CopyArea) Resource id: 0x0 X Error: BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window parameter) 9 Major opcode: 62 (X_CopyArea) Resource id: 0x0 X Error: BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window parameter) 9 Major opcode: 62 (X_CopyArea) Resource id: 0x0 X Error: BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window parameter) 9 Major opcode: 62 (X_CopyArea) Resource id: 0x0 X Error: BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window parameter) 9 Major opcode: 62 (X_CopyArea) Resource id: 0x0 X Error: BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window parameter) 9 Major opcode: 62 (X_CopyArea) Resource id: 0x0 X Error: BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window parameter) 9 Major opcode: 62 (X_CopyArea) Resource id: 0x0 X Error: BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window parameter) 9 Major opcode: 62 (X_CopyArea) Resource id: 0x0 X Error: BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window parameter) 9 Major opcode: 62 (X_CopyArea) Resource id: 0x0 X Error: BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window parameter) 9 Major opcode: 62 (X_CopyArea) Resource id: 0x0 X Error: BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window parameter) 9 Major opcode: 62 (X_CopyArea) Resource id: 0x0 X Error: BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window parameter) 9 Major opcode: 62 (X_CopyArea) Resource id: 0x0 X Error: BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window parameter) 9 Major opcode: 62 (X_CopyArea) Resource id: 0x0 X Error: BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window parameter) 9 Major opcode: 62 (X_CopyArea) Resource id: 0x0 X Error: BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window parameter) 9 Major opcode: 62 (X_CopyArea) Resource id: 0x0 X Error: BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window parameter) 9 Major opcode: 62 (X_CopyArea) Resource id: 0x0 X Error: BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window parameter) 9 Major opcode: 62 (X_CopyArea) Resource id: 0x0 X Error: BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window parameter) 9 Major opcode: 62 (X_CopyArea) Resource id: 0x0 X Error: BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window parameter) 9 Major opcode: 62 (X_CopyArea) Resource id: 0x0 X Error: BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window parameter) 9 Major opcode: 62 (X_CopyArea) Resource id: 0x0 X Error: BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window parameter) 9 Major opcode: 62 (X_CopyArea) Resource id: 0x0 X Error: BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window parameter) 9 Major opcode: 62 (X_CopyArea) Resource id: 0x0 X Error: BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window parameter) 9 Major opcode: 62 (X_CopyArea) Resource id: 0x0 X Error: BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window parameter) 9 Major opcode: 62 (X_CopyArea) Resource id: 0x0 X Error: BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window parameter) 9 Major opcode: 62 (X_CopyArea) Resource id: 0x0 X Error: BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window parameter) 9 Major opcode: 62 (X_CopyArea) Resource id: 0x0 X Error: BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window parameter) 9 Major opcode: 62 (X_CopyArea) Resource id: 0x0 X Error: BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window parameter) 9 Major opcode: 62 (X_CopyArea) Resource id: 0x0 X Error: BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window parameter) 9 Major opcode: 62 (X_CopyArea) Resource id: 0x0 X Error: BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window parameter) 9 Major opcode: 62 (X_CopyArea) Resource id: 0x0 X Error: BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window parameter) 9 Major opcode: 62 (X_CopyArea) Resource id: 0x0 X Error: BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window parameter) 9 Major opcode: 62 (X_CopyArea) Resource id: 0x0 X Error: BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window parameter) 9 Major opcode: 62 (X_CopyArea) Resource id: 0x0 X Error: BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window parameter) 9 Major opcode: 62 (X_CopyArea) Resource id: 0x0 X Error: BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window parameter) 9 Major opcode: 62 (X_CopyArea) Resource id: 0x0 X Error: BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window parameter) 9 Major opcode: 62 (X_CopyArea) Resource id: 0x0 X Error: BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window parameter) 9 Major opcode: 62 (X_CopyArea) Resource id: 0x0 X Error: BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window parameter) 9 Major opcode: 62 (X_CopyArea) Resource id: 0x0 X Error: BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window parameter) 9 Major opcode: 62 (X_CopyArea) Resource id: 0x0 X Error: BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window parameter) 9 Major opcode: 62 (X_CopyArea) Resource id: 0x0 X Error: BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window parameter) 9 Major opcode: 62 (X_CopyArea) Resource id: 0x0 X Error: BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window parameter) 9 Major opcode: 62 (X_CopyArea) Resource id: 0x0 X Error: BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window parameter) 9 Major opcode: 62 (X_CopyArea) Resource id: 0x0

chrissy.millichamp said: Well, it didnt fix my problem.

Well i'm pretty sure this is your issue, possibly you didn't fix right. see screen 1 where I've removed the fix, tried to open the playlist

So to start from the Top

Open a terminal copy & paste this command, press enter

gksudo gedit /usr/share/applications/vlc.desktop

scroll down & find the "Exec=vlc %U line" Edit it to this if you haven't already - see screen 2

Exec=env LIBOVERLAY_SCROLLBAR=0 /usr/bin/vlc %U

Save & close gedit

THEN before trying vlc again you need to delete - Home folder > .config/vlc/vlc-qt-interface.conf or just run this command in a terminal

mv ~/.config/vlc/vlc-qt-interface.conf ~/.local/share/Trash/files/

Then try opening vlc from the Dash or Unity launcher, [B]do NOT open vlc from a terminal like before [/B] To open from a terminal use this instead or do a bash_alias as mentioned in other thread

LIBOVERLAY_SCROLLBAR=0 vlc

If you do not delete that file then the same bad behavior will occur

If you actually can do the above & still no good then post the results of these 2 commands

ls ~/.local/share/applications

ls /usr/local/share/applications

This is all fixed now with new overlay-scrollbar & gtk2 packages (all currently in proposed