diff -r a87c760e0dfa -r fcf0bc36025a gst-gmyth/playbinmaemo/gstplaybinmaemo.c
--- a/gst-gmyth/playbinmaemo/gstplaybinmaemo.c	Wed Aug 15 23:06:55 2007 +0100
+++ b/gst-gmyth/playbinmaemo/gstplaybinmaemo.c	Fri Aug 17 19:28:10 2007 +0100
@@ -89,6 +89,8 @@
 static gboolean add_element                         (GstPlayBinMaemo *pbm,
                                                      GstElement *child);
 static void     clear_elements                      (GstPlayBinMaemo *pbm);
+static int      x_error_handler                     (Display *display,
+                                                     XErrorEvent *event);
 
 GST_BOILERPLATE(GstPlayBinMaemo, gst_play_bin_maemo, GstPipeline, GST_TYPE_PIPELINE)
 
@@ -874,12 +876,12 @@
   if ((pbm->video_sink != NULL) &&
     (pbm->xid != -1) &&
     (GST_IS_X_OVERLAY (pbm->video_sink))) {
-
     Display *display;
     g_object_set (G_OBJECT (pbm->video_sink),
                   "force-aspect-ratio", TRUE, NULL);
     display = XOpenDisplay(NULL);
     XMapRaised(display, pbm->xid);
+    XSetErrorHandler(x_error_handler);
     XSync (display, FALSE);
 
     gst_x_overlay_set_xwindow_id (GST_X_OVERLAY (pbm->video_sink),
@@ -887,6 +889,28 @@
   }
 }
 
+static int
+x_error_handler(Display *display, XErrorEvent *event)
+{
+    g_debug ("In x error handler:");
+
+    switch (event->error_code) {
+        case BadWindow:
+            g_debug ("got bad window");
+            break;
+        case BadDrawable:
+            g_debug ("got bad drawable");
+            break;
+        case BadGC:
+            g_debug ("got bad gc");
+            break;
+        default:
+            g_debug ("unhandled x error = %d", event->error_code);
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
 static gboolean
 add_element (GstPlayBinMaemo *pbm,
              GstElement *child)