XGetVisualInfo giving me a visual that doesn't work

[Peter Harris]

On 2011-02-01 13:21, Greg Abram wrote:
> This looks like an X11 bug to me... this code creates a visual of depth
> 32, uses it to create a window, and  blows up under the XMapRaised with
> BadMatch in X_CreateWindow.  xdpyinfo shows that the selected visual is
> correctly a 32 bit TrueColor visual.  If I request a 24 bit visual, its OK.

If you use a non-default depth, you have to create your own colormap and
border_pixel (or pixmap). The default (CopyFromParent) is what's causing
your BadMatch.

Peter Harris
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