[comp.windows.news] unrooted canvases don't like moving in OW2.0

laukee@canon.co.uk (David Lau-Kee) (11/27/90)

I guess this is a known bug, but since I don't have access to the list...

movecanvas on an unrooted canvas (such as created with buildimage) causes
the server to crash with the following message:

XNeWS:  internal error detected (SIGSEGV).
        Report this problem to a knowledgeable person.
XIO:  fatal IO error 32 (Broken pipe) on X server ":0.0"
      after 120219 requests (120187 known processed) with 0 events remaining.
      The connection was probably broken by a server shutdown or KillClient.
/usr/openwin/bin/xinit:  connection to X server lost.

The following will illustrate the bug:

$ psh
executive
Welcome to X11/NeWS Version 2
/mask 16 16 1 [] null buildimage def
mask setcanvas
50 50 movecanvas

--- kapow ---

[Tried and bombed on a 4/110 SunOS 4.1, SS1 SunOS 4.1, SLC SunOS 4.1]

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