Control: tags -1 + moreinfo On Fri, May 26, 2017 at 06:25:52PM +0300, Sotiris Kouvopoulos wrote: > When I select some text, for example a simple word and try to drag the > selection (hold left mouse button and move mouse) the application crashes > immediately. > > This is the output when evince is started from terminal: > (evince:7977): Gdk-ERROR **: The program 'evince' received an X Window > System error. > This probably reflects a bug in the program. > The error was 'BadWindow (invalid Window parameter)'. > (Details: serial 3201 error_code 3 request_code 141 (Composite) > minor_code 8) > (Note to programmers: normally, X errors are reported asynchronously; > that is, you will receive the error a while after causing it. > To debug your program, run it with the GDK_SYNCHRONIZE environment > variable to change this behavior. You can then get a meaningful > backtrace from your debugger if you break on the gdk_x_error() function.) > Trace/breakpoint trap
I can't reproduce this. What desktop environment are you using? If you are able, a backtrace with debug symbols and GDK_SYNCHRONIZE=1 as in that error message would be helpful.