From 57262331c1d6d512a50a999782054cca97ed715a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Davis <paul@linuxaudiosystems.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2013 15:58:51 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] don't use a possibly non-existent window as a transient
 parent when showing a dialog about engine failure

---
 gtk2_ardour/ardour_ui.cc | 9 +++++++--
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/ardour_ui.cc b/gtk2_ardour/ardour_ui.cc
index 3cbdfba019..2da5de6936 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/ardour_ui.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/ardour_ui.cc
@@ -3807,8 +3807,13 @@ int
 ARDOUR_UI::reconnect_to_engine ()
 {
 	if (AudioEngine::instance()->start ()) {
-		MessageDialog msg (*editor,  _("Could not reconnect to the Audio/MIDI engine"));
-		msg.run ();
+		if (editor) {
+			MessageDialog msg (*editor,  _("Could not reconnect to the Audio/MIDI engine"));
+			msg.run ();
+		} else {
+			MessageDialog msg (_("Could not reconnect to the Audio/MIDI engine"));
+			msg.run ();
+		}
 		return -1;
 	}