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Neil Winchurst wrote: > One of the things that I like most about kubuntu is that it is so much > easier to add programs and to have them work immediately. When I used > to use the Mandrake/Mandriva setup it was often hard work with the rpm > files. > > However, for the first time, I have had a problem. I installed nedit > using the Adept manager and then tried to start it. This brought up the > following error message - > > X Error of failed request: BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes) > Major opcode of failed request: 70 (X_PolyFillRectangle) > Serial number of failed request: 382 > Current serial number in output stream: 392 > > None of this means anything to me. Can anyone help please? I am using > kubuntu Edgy. > > Neil Winchurst > > Might also be of interest to know that pclinuxos, what i currently use is based on mandrake/mandriva, but has replaced the software updates stuff with apt-get, which is what ubuntu uses (I think). Though pclos has just released a new version and the repositories are still being updated. Dunno what nedit is, but the error would seem to related to an X graphics library missing. Copy the entire error line and paste it into google. This often does the trick, unless you've just invented a new unique error situation - in which case congratulations! Actually just putting "nedit errors" brings up a couple of pages related to your problem. Maybe start with http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/1445 simon -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html