On Fri, 2008-10-31 at 16:22 -0400, Jerry Feldman wrote: > On 10/30/2008 01:47 PM, vohnmaxwell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > Has anyone encountered: > > > > The program 'recorder' received an X Window System error. > > This probably reflects a bug in the program. > > The error was 'BadName (named color or font does not exist)'. > > (Details: serial 214 error_code 15 request_code 45 minor_code 0) > > (Note to programmers: normally, X errors are reported asynchronously; > > that is, you will receive the error a while after causing it. > > To debug your program, run it with the --sync command line > > option to change this behavior. You can then get a meaningful > > backtrace from your debugger if you break on the gdk_x_error() function.) > > > > I have had this happen on a couple of other applications. > > > > I am also curious if this is preventing my Gnome applications from running? They seem to just flash and disappear. > > > > > First, we need to know what platform and what video system you have. I suspect that you do not have all the needed fonts installed. IMHO, I would go back and install all the fonts available in your LOCALE (eg. language). You also might want to reinstall x.org at tthe same time. While I don't think it is a driver issue you might check your driver and display settings (system/administration/display). > > I reinstalled Fedora 9 (not upgrade - complete new install). Behavior problems have cleared now I need to restore any files that were removed as part of the install. > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines