A Gedit warning.

AlexBB · 01-17-2015, 09:40 AM

I have Ubuntu 14.04. gedit is my preferred text and code editor. All of a sudden I am getting this warnng when I open a txt file:

Quote:

(gedit:3860): Gtk-WARNING **: GtkScrolledWindow 0x9bba3c8 is mapped but visible child GtkScrollbar 0x9bbc7a8 is not mapped

There are four such warnings in a row (or rather column). They litter my terminal output. What is this and how to correct it?

Thanks, - A.

DavidMcCann · 01-17-2015, 11:02 AM

When you run a program from the terminal, it will report anything irregular. When I review distros, I always check the apps by running them in a terminal, and it's actually quite unusual for none of them to give warnings! Complaints about Gtk are the usual ones, and nothing to worry about. This one will only go away with the next version of Gedit, although there may then be a different one. The only real problem is when you get a warning labeled CRITICAL, and even then the program may work.

AlexBB · 01-17-2015, 02:34 PM

Thank you, David. It is sort of informative but not really soothing. The warnings litter my terminal output. It is fairly annoying. Linux has much on the upside but some stuff on the downside also. - A.

sgosnell · 01-17-2015, 06:43 PM

Use "gedit &". Adding the ampersand releases the binary from the terminal, and you shouldn't see the warnings. You can then use the terminal for other things while gedit is running, if you want.

AlexBB · 01-22-2015, 06:22 PM

sgosnel, it does not work for kate. The editor simply opens a new file "&"

Keith Hedger · 01-22-2015, 06:40 PM

If you don't want errors on the command line you should redirect stderr like so:

Code:

gedit 2>/dev/null

If you don't want any output redirect stdout as well like so:

Code:

gedit 1>/dev/null 2>/dev/null

Or if you use BASH

Code:

gedit &>/dev/null

Which redirects both stdout and stderr

sgosnell · 02-14-2015, 08:01 PM

@AlexBB - are you using bash? Bash should not pass the ampersand character to kate or any other program. I can't say about other shells, though.