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Actually, this is a better fix...clear the error state once if everything we need loaded; it's more efficient, and works even if the last unnecessary xrandr symbol failed to load. Otherwise, leave the original loadso error, so the end user can find out what symbol failed.
author Ryan C. Gordon <icculus@icculus.org>
date Wed, 13 Jun 2007 08:00:10 +0000
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