Bug#539854: xboard: crashes with -variant option

[Karl Sackett]

Package: xboard
Version: 4.4.0~alpha6-1
Severity: normal

xboard crashes when I use certain -variant options.  For example:

$ xboard -ncp -variant shogi
(..."Can't open bitmap file" error messages deleted...)
X Error of failed request:  BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window parameter)
  Major opcode of failed request:  63 (X_CopyPlane)
  Resource id in failed request:  0x0
  Serial number of failed request:  2417
  Current serial number in output stream:  2523

This happens with any non-8x8 board variants (xiangqi, shogi,
capablanca, courier, etc.) and some 8x8 variants like fairy, super, and
knightmate.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-amd64 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages xboard depends on:
ii  libc6                         2.9-12     GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libx11-6                      2:1.2.2-1  X11 client-side library
ii  libxpm4                       1:3.5.7-2  X11 pixmap library
ii  libxt6                        1:1.0.5-3  X11 toolkit intrinsics library
ii  xaw3dg                        1.5+E-17   Xaw3d widget set

Versions of packages xboard recommends:
ii  xfonts-100dpi                 1:1.0.0-4  100 dpi fonts for X
ii  xfonts-75dpi                  1:1.0.0-4  75 dpi fonts for X

Versions of packages xboard suggests:
ii  gnome-terminal [x-terminal-em 2.26.2-2   The GNOME terminal emulator
applic
ii  gnuchess                      5.07-5     Plays a game of chess,
either agai
ii  lxterminal [x-terminal-emulat 0.1.6-1    desktop independent
vte-based term
ii  mrxvt [x-terminal-emulator]   0.5.3-2    lightweight multi-tabbed X
termina
ii  rxvt-unicode-ml [x-terminal-e 9.06-1     multi-lingual terminal
emulator wi
ii  xfce4-terminal [x-terminal-em 0.4.0-1    Xfce terminal emulator
ii  xterm [x-terminal-emulator]   243-1      X terminal emulator

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Karl Sackett                                              krs at hiwaay.net