If it helps, when it's run, it pops up an unadorned window (I'm guessing a
splash screen?), and a second "normal" window (ie, with borders).  They
simply stay grey, however, as the SIGABRT comes before any drawing.
Bryan
On Wed, 4 Aug 1999 at 17:05, Shaw Terwilliger muttered:
> Bryan Blackburn wrote:
> > (This looks like it may be related to bug 534).
> 
> Yeah, looks very similar.
> 
> > Gdk-ERROR **: BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes)
> >   serial 1279 error_code 8 request_code 130 minor_code 3
> 
> I wonder if this is problem with gdk and 8-bit displays.  Are
> you running an X server with an 8 bit display depth?
> 
> Less likely, it could also be a problem with libpng and
> the data it's returning.
> 
> We'll soon have a working Solaris installation locally and
> I'll take a look from its console.  I've run AbiWord (our
> packages) on its 8-bit X server with no problems.
> 
> -- 
> Shaw Terwilliger
> 
>