2 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 410e903..5ae55d0 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2002-01-11  shawn  <sabetts@vcn.bc.ca>
+
+	* src/main.c (handler): store the error text at the beginning of
+	the string instead of 7 bytes in.
+
 2002-01-10  shawn  <sabetts@vcn.bc.ca>
 
 	* src/events.c (delegate_event): ignore the CirculateRequest event.
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index 9dbf7c6..165aa1f 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ handler (Display *d, XErrorEvent *e)
 
   if (ignore_badwindow && e->error_code == BadWindow) return 0;
 
-  XGetErrorText (d, e->error_code, error_msg + 7, sizeof (error_msg) - 7);
+  XGetErrorText (d, e->error_code, error_msg, sizeof (error_msg));
   fprintf (stderr, "ratpoison: ERROR: %s!\n", error_msg);
 
   /* If there is already an error to report, replace it with this new