From 2746600db257b85d96a1c0527415efd0f671747c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mike Blumenkrantz <m.blumenkran@samsung.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2013 10:04:01 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] make e_hints setup slightly more clue-ful

---
 src/bin/e_hints.c | 10 ++++++----
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/bin/e_hints.c b/src/bin/e_hints.c
index cf85e9480..40ba968b2 100644
--- a/src/bin/e_hints.c
+++ b/src/bin/e_hints.c
@@ -125,15 +125,13 @@ e_hints_init(void)
              nwins = ecore_x_window_prop_window_get(roots[i],
                                                     ECORE_X_ATOM_NET_SUPPORTING_WM_CHECK,
                                                     &win, 1);
+             twin = win;
              if (nwins > 0)
                {
                   for (;; )
                     {
-                       nwins = ecore_x_window_prop_window_get(win,
-                                                              ECORE_X_ATOM_NET_SUPPORTING_WM_CHECK,
-                                                              &twin, 1);
-                       if (nwins < 1) break;
                        if (twin != win) break;
+                       if (ecore_x_error_code_get()) break; //some dead window has the atom
                        if (ecore_x_netwm_name_get(win, &name))
                          {
                             if (name)
@@ -153,6 +151,10 @@ e_hints_init(void)
                                                    "on this screen. Aborting startup.\n"));
                             exit(1);
                          }
+                       nwins = ecore_x_window_prop_window_get(roots[i],
+                                                              ECORE_X_ATOM_NET_SUPPORTING_WM_CHECK,
+                                                              &twin, 1);
+                       if (nwins < 1) break;
                     }
                }