BadLength error when running xrandr

Adam Jackson ajax at nwnk.net
Tue Jun 16 07:34:08 PDT 2009


On Mon, 2009-06-15 at 18:44 -0400, Joel Feiner wrote:
> I have an all-git X setup on my machine, with the correct 
> LD_LIBRARY_PATH and all that.  When I run xrandr, even without 
> arguments, I always get this error message:
> 
> X Error of failed request:  BadLength (poly request too large or 
> internal Xlib length error)
>    Major opcode of failed request:  147 (RANDR)
>    Minor opcode of failed request:  15 ()

Minor number 15 is GetOutputProperty.  BadLength means the client
screwed up at encoding the request.  Run xrandr under gdb, set a
breakpoint on XRRGetOutputProperty, and see what the last GOP request is
before you get this error.

- ajax
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