[Xcb] xcb-render-util crashs

[Julien Danjou]

At 1225356671 time_t, Julien Danjou wrote:
> I've discovered that cairo crashes on X server not supporting RENDER.
> (in this case, vnc4server).
> 
> In fact as soon as xcb-render-util sends a query version requests,
> xcb_connection_t get erroneous, so everything crash then.
> 
> The affected code is in cache.c:find_or_create_display()
> 
> 152     version_cookie = xcb_render_query_version(c, 0, 10); 
> 153     formats_cookie = xcb_render_query_pict_formats(c); 
> 154     xcb_flush(c); 
> 
> when xcb_render_util_query_version(c) is called.
> 
> I've no real clue how to correctly fix that, and I'd appreciate a hint.
> I wonder if this is really normal[1] and if
> xcb_render_util_query_version should simply chek for extension presence
> before.
> 
> [1] Well I know I had the same problem in awesome with Xinerama, and I
> do check for extension presence before asking for version.

Any one?

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