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UNKNOWN ROOT WINDOW TYPE DETECTED (Bspwm), please file a bug #174

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@caleblf

I'm getting this error from nitrogen --restore on EndeavourOS and BSPWM (version 0.9.12 of bspwm):

$ uname -a
Linux orca 6.17.5-arch1-1 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Thu, 23 Oct 2025 18:49:03 +0000 x86_64 GNU/Linux
$ nitrogen --restore
Gtk-Message: 18:26:15.154: Failed to load module "canberra-gtk-module"
Gtk-Message: 18:26:15.157: Failed to load module "canberra-gtk-module"

(nitrogen:53035): Gtk-WARNING **: 18:26:15.157: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "adwaita",

(nitrogen:53035): Gtk-WARNING **: 18:26:15.157: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "adwaita",
UNKNOWN ROOT WINDOW TYPE DETECTED (Bspwm), please file a bug

I only have a single display.

The version of nitrogen I have installed is aur/nitrogen 1.6.1-6 (incidentally, nitrogen is currently orphaned in the AUR).

This looks like it might be along the same lines as #152 (was that fix finished?)

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