Hi Anselm,
I was using slock v0.8[1] and received the error below.  The code in hg
tip fixed the problem.  Anselm can you release v0.9 with these fixes?

Thanks,
-steve


X Error of failed request:  BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes)
Major opcode of failed request:  136 (DPMS)
Minor opcode of failed request:  6 (DPMSForceLevel)
Serial number of failed request:  27
Current serial number in output stream:  28

[1] http://code.suckless.org/dl/tools/slock-0.8.tar.gz


On 00:46 Thu 10 Apr, Anselm R. Garbe wrote:
>On Wed, Apr 09, 2008 at 11:12:23AM +0200, Anselm R. Garbe wrote:
>> On Tue, Apr 08, 2008 at 02:37:10PM +0200, Peter Hartlich wrote:
>> > >> Also, with the new DPMS code from changeset 31, slock crashes here
>> > >> (X.org server 1.4.0.90, DPMS disabled in xorg.conf):
>> > >> 
>> > >> | X Error of failed request:  BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes)
>> > >> |   Major opcode of failed request:  136 (DPMS)
>> > >> |   Minor opcode of failed request:  6 (DPMSForceLevel)
>> > >> |   Serial number of failed request:  27
>> > >> |   Current serial number in output stream:  28
>> >  
>> > > Right, should be fixed in hg tip now. Please confirm this due to
>> > > a recheck.
>> > 
>> > Still crashes at DPMSForceLevel. It seems that DPMSCapable returns True
>> > even with DPMS disabled...
>> 
>> Well, then I need to add an error handler.
>
>I pushed a changeset into hg tip of slock which attempts to fix
>the DPMS issue without using a separate error handler, hence
>please recheck, If the crash still occurs, there is no other
>choice than wether not supporting DPMS or implementing an error
>handler which ignores BadMatch errors due to DPMSForceLevel
>calls.
>
>Kind regards,
>-- 
> Anselm R. Garbe >< http://www.suckless.org/ >< GPG key: 0D73F361
>
>

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