That is wierd. When you import GTK, it creates a connection to the X
server. I guess when the fork occurs, both programs have fd's for the
same connection to the X server.
Do you get the same error if you perform the fork before importing gtk?
James Henstridge.
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On Sun, 29 Nov 1998, Martin Preishuber wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Can anyone run this little program:
>
> #!/usr/local/bin/python
> import gtk
> import os
> import sys
> if os.fork():
> print "hello"
> sys.exit()
> else:
> print "main"
>
> and tell me what's wrong with that ? when I start it I get something
> like:
>
> hello
> main
> [preisl@bofh ~/Software/ERoaster]$
> Gdk-ERROR **: BadGC (invalid GC parameter)
> serial 33 error_code 13 request_code 60 minor_code 0
>
> aborting...
>
> Thanks,
>
> Martin
>
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