[PyQt] Possible bug in handling '-visual TrueColor' option

[Phil Thompson]

On Tuesday 10 June 2008 9:52:18 pm Neal Holtz wrote:
> Hi,
>
> IN the following program, if I run it with a '-visual TrueColor' option,
> I get the following behaviour:
>
> When I move the mouse pointer into the window for the first
> time, I get:
>
> X Error: BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes) 8
>   Extension:    157 (RENDER)
>   Minor opcode: 4 (RenderCreatePicture)
>   Resource id:  0x188
>
> When I close the window, I get:
>
> X Error of failed request:  RenderBadPicture (invalid Picture parameter)
>   Major opcode of failed request:  157 (RENDER)
>   Minor opcode of failed request:  7 (RenderFreePicture)
>   Picture id in failed request: 0x400000f
>   Serial number of failed request:  285
>   Current serial number in output stream:  289
>
> If I run it without options, I get no diagnostics.
>
> Qt 4.3.4, PyQt 4.3.3 on Ubuntu Hardy.
>
> cheers
> neal
>
> ################################### tc_bug.py:
> """Illustrate bug resulting from -visual TrueColor option.
>
>   1.  do "python tc_bug.py"
>       move mouse pointer into window, then close window.
>       no diagnostics are produced.
>   2.  do "python tc_bug.py -visual TrueColor"
>       move mouse pointer into window, then close window.
>       X Errors are produced for each.
> """
>
> import sys
> from PyQt4 import QtGui, QtCore
>
> print QtCore.QT_VERSION_STR, QtCore.PYQT_VERSION_STR
>
> app = QtGui.QApplication( sys.argv )
> w = QtGui.QWidget()
> w.resize(200,200)
> w.show()
> app.exec_()
> ####################################

What makes you think it's a PyQt problem?

Phil