From f45083ce82e4c60e25abe969f65d41152414080b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Owen W. Taylor" <otaylor@fishsoup.net>
Date: Tue, 25 May 2010 13:24:42 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Fix crash with --sync option

If the display hasn't been initialized yet, just change the
start variable and don't update the display.

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=618613
---
 src/core/display.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/core/display.c b/src/core/display.c
index c160028b2..4e6dc3f5a 100644
--- a/src/core/display.c
+++ b/src/core/display.c
@@ -4169,8 +4169,8 @@ meta_set_syncing (gboolean setting)
   if (setting != is_syncing)
     {
       is_syncing = setting;
-
-      XSynchronize (meta_get_display ()->xdisplay, is_syncing);
+      if (meta_get_display ())
+        XSynchronize (meta_get_display ()->xdisplay, is_syncing);
     }
 }