Fix composition extension detection

(cherry picked from commit 41ea89f79d)

kdecore/kapplication.cpp

@@ -1802,9 +1802,7 @@ bool KApplication::isCompositionManagerAvailable() {
 
         // Now that we did all that by way of introduction...read the file!
 	FILE *pFile;
-	char buffer[255];
 	pFile = fopen(filename, "r");
-	int kompmgrpid = 0;
 	if (pFile) {
 		have_manager = true;
 		fclose(pFile);
@@ -1838,6 +1836,7 @@ bool KApplication::detectCompositionManagerAvailable(bool force_available, bool
 			compositing_manager_available = false;
 		}
 		else {
+			if (available) {		// FIXME This variable does double duty to avoid breaking the ABI for R14.0.  In reality it should be called perform_deep_check
 				Window root_window = XDefaultRootWindow(dpy);
 				XCompositeRedirectSubwindows(dpy, root_window, CompositeRedirectManual);
 				XSync(dpy, false);
@@ -1851,6 +1850,10 @@ bool KApplication::detectCompositionManagerAvailable(bool force_available, bool
 				XSetErrorHandler(NULL);
 				XCloseDisplay(dpy);
 			}
+			else {
+				compositing_manager_available = true;
+			}
+		}
 	}
 	
 	const char *home;
@@ -1911,7 +1914,7 @@ Qt::HANDLE KApplication::getX11RGBAVisual(Display *dpy) {
 		return argb_x11_visual;
 	}
 	else {
-		return NULL;
+		return (Qt::HANDLE)NULL;
 	}
 }
 
@@ -1921,7 +1924,7 @@ Qt::HANDLE KApplication::getX11RGBAColormap(Display *dpy) {
 		return argb_x11_colormap;
 	}
 	else {
-		return NULL;
+		return (Qt::HANDLE)NULL;
 	}
 }
 
@@ -1995,8 +1998,20 @@ bool KApplication::detectCompositionManagerAvailable(bool force_available) {
 	strcat(filename, home);
 	strcat(filename, configfile);
 
-	/* now that we did all that by way of introduction...remove the file! */
+	/* now that we did all that by way of introduction...create or remove the file! */
+	if (force_available) {
+		FILE *pFile;
+		char buffer[255];
+		sprintf(buffer, "available");
+		pFile = fopen(filename, "w");
+		if (pFile) {
+			fwrite(buffer,1,strlen(buffer), pFile);
+			fclose(pFile);
+		}
+	}
+	else {
 		unlink(filename);
+	}
 
 	free(filename);
 	filename = NULL;
@@ -2884,12 +2899,15 @@ void KApplication::invokeMailer(const TQString &_to, const TQString &_cc, const
    TQString error;
    // TODO this should check if cmd has a .desktop file, and use data from it, together
    // with sending more ASN data
-   if (kdeinitExec(cmd, cmdTokens, &error, NULL, startup_id ))
-     if (Tty != kapp->type())
+   if (kdeinitExec(cmd, cmdTokens, &error, NULL, startup_id )) {
+     if (Tty != kapp->type()) {
        TQMessageBox::critical(kapp->mainWidget(), i18n("Could not Launch Mail Client"),
              i18n("Could not launch the mail client:\n\n%1").arg(error), i18n("&OK"));
-     else
+       }
+     else {
        kdWarning() << "Could not launch mail client:\n" << error << endl;
+     }
+   }
 }
 #endif
 
@@ -3595,7 +3613,9 @@ void KApplication::sigpipeHandler(int)
 #ifndef NDEBUG
     char msg[1000];
     sprintf(msg, "*** SIGPIPE *** (ignored, pid = %ld)\n", (long) getpid());
-    write(2, msg, strlen(msg));
+    if (write(2, msg, strlen(msg)) < 0) {
+      // ERROR
+    }
 #endif
 
     // Do nothing.

kdecore/kdetcompmgr.cpp

@@ -84,7 +84,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
             if (lSize > 254)
                 lSize = 254;
             rewind (pFile);
-            size_t result = fread (buffer, 1, lSize, pFile);
             fclose(pFile);
             kompmgrpid = atoi(buffer);
         }
@@ -97,9 +96,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
         }
     }
 
-//     app.detectCompositionManagerAvailable();
-
-//    if (!app.isCompositionManagerAvailable()) {
+     if (app.detectCompositionManagerAvailable(false, false)) {		// Perform a shallow check for the composite extension (a deep check would cause noticeable flicker)
 	KConfig config2("kwinrc", true);
 	config2.setGroup( "Notification Messages" );
 	if (config2.readBoolEntry("UseTranslucency",false)) {
@@ -110,6 +107,10 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 		app.detectCompositionManagerAvailable(true, false);
 		return 0;
 	}
-//    }
+     }
+     else {
+	app.detectCompositionManagerAvailable(true, false);
+	return 1;
+     }
 }