[Xastir] Print and/or screen dump

[Curt, WE7U]

On Mon, 3 Jan 2005, Curt, WE7U wrote:

> On Mon, 3 Jan 2005, Curt, WE7U wrote:
>
> > I think you're onto something there:  With an SuSE 9.0 system with
> > all the latest Online Updates patches applied, neither of those
> > functions (printing/snapshots) work.
> >
> > Something broke, most likely the XPM stuff as it's used for both
> > functions and like you said has had some major security problems
> > fixed lately in various libraries.  Consider these bugs verified.
> > Added it to the bug list.
>
> With the mods described by Tom Russo earlier added in (to report the
> error more fully), I get these messages when I attempt to print or
> do a snapshot:
>
>
>   ERROR writing /home/archer/.xastir/tmp/snapshot.xpm: XpmOpenFailed
>   ERROR writing /home/archer/.xastir/tmp/print.xpm: XpmOpenFailed
>
>
> The XpmWriteFileFromPixmap() function has changed on us, as it used
> to work fine but now returns an error every time.

A quick Google search found this:

http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/xmakemol-bugs/2004-11/msg00001.html

So you're not alone.

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