X errors

Jason Stephenson jason at sigio.com
Tue May 13 11:54:07 EDT 2003


Robert Casey wrote:
> I get the following errors when I exit an X session. I am running a Dell 
> PowerEdge 4600 server with Red Hat 7.3 and the original kernel as 
> installed by Dell.
> 
> Gtk-WARNING **: invalid cast from (NULL) pointer to 'GtkOptionMenu'
> 
> Gtk- CRITICAL **: file gtkoptionmenu.c: line 248 
> (gtk_option_menu_set_history): assertion 'option_menu != NULL' failed

The above two are definitely GtK/Gnome related. It looks like someone 
wrote some sloppy code.

> waiting for X server to shut down Gdk-ERROR **: fatal IO error 104 
> (Connection reset by peer) on X server :0.0.


The above is also likely a Gtk/Gnome issue. Although, it could just be a 
normal response from Gnome when the X server shuts down.

Generally, these "errors" that occur on shutdown can be ignored, as long 
as they don't lead to corrupted data or applications. X apps in general 
seem to spew a lot of messages while running.




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