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-rw-r--r--src/XGetDCtl.c12
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/XGetDCtl.c b/src/XGetDCtl.c
index 2e06b65..7689059 100644
--- a/src/XGetDCtl.c
+++ b/src/XGetDCtl.c
@@ -104,6 +104,12 @@ XGetDeviceControl(dpy, dev, control)
sav = d;
_XRead(dpy, (char *)d, nbytes);
+ /* In theory, we should just be able to use d->length to get the size.
+ * Turns out that a number of X servers (up to and including server
+ * 1.4) sent the wrong length value down the wire. So to not break
+ * apps that run against older servers, we have to calculate the size
+ * manually.
+ */
switch (d->control) {
case DEVICE_RESOLUTION:
{
@@ -170,7 +176,7 @@ XGetDeviceControl(dpy, dev, control)
XDeviceAbsCalibState *C = (XDeviceAbsCalibState *) Device;
C->control = DEVICE_ABS_CALIB;
- C->length = sizeof(C);
+ C->length = sizeof(XDeviceAbsCalibState);
C->min_x = c->min_x;
C->max_x = c->max_x;
C->min_y = c->min_y;
@@ -188,7 +194,7 @@ XGetDeviceControl(dpy, dev, control)
XDeviceAbsAreaState *A = (XDeviceAbsAreaState *) Device;
A->control = DEVICE_ABS_AREA;
- A->length = sizeof(A);
+ A->length = sizeof(XDeviceAbsAreaState);
A->offset_x = a->offset_x;
A->offset_y = a->offset_y;
A->width = a->width;
@@ -204,7 +210,7 @@ XGetDeviceControl(dpy, dev, control)
XDeviceCoreState *C = (XDeviceCoreState *) Device;
C->control = DEVICE_CORE;
- C->length = sizeof(C);
+ C->length = sizeof(XDeviceCoreState);
C->status = c->status;
C->iscore = c->iscore;