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Bug 697947 - A lot of GTK+ apps fail to launch with error "desktop_shell::get_shell_surface already requested"
A lot of GTK+ apps fail to launch with error "desktop_shell::get_shell_surfac...
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: gtk+
Classification: Platform
Component: Backend: Wayland
unspecified
Other Linux
: Normal critical
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Assigned To: gtk-bugs
gtk-bugs
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2013-04-13 11:47 UTC by Pu Xingyu
Modified: 2013-04-13 21:20 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---

Attachments
work around (644 bytes, patch)
2013-04-13 11:58 UTC, Pu Xingyu 		none Details | Review

Description Pu Xingyu 2013-04-13 11:47:10 UTC 
With the latest git tree of GTK+,a lot of apps that is complicated enough ,for example, transmission-gtk and evince , fail to launch with error messages like this:
 
 Gdk-ERROR **: wl_surface@27: error 0: desktop_shell::get_shell_surface already requested

After searching for a while I believe this is caused by the code in commit https://git.gnome.org/browse/gtk+/commit/gdk/wayland/gdkwindow-wayland.c?id=8d884bb4fb31872766bfa6f33f667e0a4fbf0e26 in gdk_wayland_window_show():
when gdk_wayland_window_show is called more than once for one window,it will cause wl_shell_get_shell_surface being called on one surface more than once ,which is a fatal error.
 I made a little work around with it and the app launches successfully, but I do not know if it is the right fix.
Comment 1 Pu Xingyu 2013-04-13 11:58:31 UTC 
Created attachment 241443 [details] [review]
work around