> Some days ago I wrote an e-mail talking about how can a GTK application >forked can get a XServer connection. > Some answers told me to look in old e-mais of GTK-list, but I am writing
no, not old emails. the FAQ. but anyway, on closer inspection, thats not the issue you have. >again because I didnīt found what I would like to know. > I have a GTK application that has a button. When it button is clicked its >callback function calls fork(). Then the child application re-build all the >graphical interface, calling gtk_init() too. from this description, i don't believe this will work. the child inherits the parent's connection to the X server. you would need to completely shut it down before proceeding. what is happening is that both the parent and child are effectively sharing the same link to the X server, and this cannot work for all the same reasons that multithreaded programs have specific design issues. gtk_init() is idempotent() - calling it once or 100 times makes no difference. you need to rethink your design. generally the only reason to fork in situations like this is to then call exec(2). calling fork and then continuing to run a GTK interface in the child is not "normal". --p _______________________________________________ gtk-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-list