[Bug 248204] New: apps that place a non-ARGB icon in system tray spawn empty x window

[S. Christian Collins]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=248204

           Summary: apps that place a non-ARGB icon in system tray spawn
                    empty x window
           Product: kde
           Version: 4.5
          Platform: Ubuntu Packages
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: unassigned-bugs at kde.org
        ReportedBy: s_chriscollins at hotmail.com


Version:           4.5 (using KDE 4.5.0) 
OS:                Linux

Applications that place an icon in the system tray that doesn't use ARGB
visuals (there is a non-transparent box around the icon) spawn a contentless
window with no label--the taskbar entry has an X icon, which I presume has
something to do with the X-server.  When the application is closed, the
X-window closes automatically.  If the empty X window is closed manually, the
desktop crashes to a black screen, although other running apps still function
and can be displayed.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
Start any application that uses non-ARGB taskbar icons.  This includes vlc
(1.0.6 on my system) amule or trucrypt among others.  You can also start other
applications that place an icon in the system tray with the following prefix:

env XLIB_SKIP_ARGB_VISUALS=1

Note: not all applications will put a non-ARGB icon in the taskbar when started
this way, but many will, including skype, smb4k and audacious.

In each case, you should get the empty X-window starting up along with the
application.

Actual Results:  
An empty X-window pops up.

Expected Results:  
No X-window popping up.

** My System **
Motherboard: MSI K9N SLI Platinum (nForce 570 SLI chipset)
CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 4000+ (2.6 GHz)
RAM: 2GB DDR2
Video: Dell NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX w/ 256 MB RAM (PCI Express)
OS: Kubuntu 10.04 i386 w/ KDE SC 4.5.0 from Kubuntu PPA
Linux Kernel: 2.6.32-24-lowlatency
NVIDIA driver: 256.44
Screen Resolution: 1280 x 960
X.org: 7.5
Qt: 4.7.0

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