diff --git a/WINGs/wevent.c b/WINGs/wevent.c
index b49d725..d54539d 100644
--- a/WINGs/wevent.c
+++ b/WINGs/wevent.c
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ int WMHandleEvent(WMEvent * event)
 
 	/* Look up the WINGs view for this event via the view backend. */
 	view = (W_View *)event->_view_target;
-	if (!view) {
+	if (!view && event->type != WME_MAP_REQUEST && event->type != WME_CONFIGURE_REQUEST) {
 		extern W_View *W_GetViewForWindow(WNativeWindow id);
 		view = W_GetViewForWindow((WNativeWindow)window);
 	}
diff --git a/WINGs/wview_x11.c b/WINGs/wview_x11.c
index 9e6dfcb..583bc08 100644
--- a/WINGs/wview_x11.c
+++ b/WINGs/wview_x11.c
@@ -31,7 +31,11 @@ static void x11_create_root(void *vctx, W_View *view)
 {
 	W_Screen *scr = (W_Screen *)vctx;
 
-	view->window = scr->rootWin;
+	/* Always use the real root window as parent for toplevel windows,
+	 * even when RContext->drawable is an intermediate window created
+	 * for a non-default visual.  Otherwise MapRequest won't reach the
+	 * window manager (which selects SubstructureRedirect on root). */
+	view->window = RootWindow(scr->display, scr->screen);
 	view->size.width = WidthOfScreen(ScreenOfDisplay(scr->display, scr->screen));
 	view->size.height = HeightOfScreen(ScreenOfDisplay(scr->display, scr->screen));
 }
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diff --git a/core.877872 b/core.877872
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diff --git a/wprefs.log b/wprefs.log
index b7e618b..cceb0b2 100644
--- a/wprefs.log
+++ b/wprefs.log
@@ -1,4 +1,22 @@
-; WPrefs 
-Fontconfig warning: using without calling FcInit()
-WPrefs(registry_handle_global(wclient_wl.c:1132)): warning: wclient_wl: bound wmaker_popup_manager_v1
-WPrefs(xdg_toplevel_handle_close(wclient_wl.c:368)): warning: wclient_wl: xdg_toplevel_handle_close fired for view=0x20000001
+W_X11OpenDisplay: display="" calling XOpenDisplay...
+W_X11OpenDisplay: XOpenDisplay returned 0x55c91220c1a0
+W_X11OpenDisplay: calling WMCreateSimpleApplicationScreen...
+W_X11OpenDisplay: WMCreateSimpleApplicationScreen returned 0x55c91221e220
+WPrefs: WMOpenScreen returned 0x55c91221e220
+WPrefs: calling Initialize...
+WPrefs: Initialize done, entering event loop
+W_X11OpenDisplay: display="" calling XOpenDisplay...
+W_X11OpenDisplay: XOpenDisplay returned 0x56054383e1a0
+W_X11OpenDisplay: calling WMCreateSimpleApplicationScreen...
+W_X11OpenDisplay: WMCreateSimpleApplicationScreen returned 0x560543850220
+WPrefs: WMOpenScreen returned 0x560543850220
+WPrefs: calling Initialize...
+WPrefs: Initialize done, entering event loop
+W_X11OpenDisplay: display="" calling XOpenDisplay...
+W_X11OpenDisplay: XOpenDisplay returned 0x5617f63571a0
+W_X11OpenDisplay: calling WMCreateSimpleApplicationScreen...
+W_X11OpenDisplay: WMCreateSimpleApplicationScreen returned 0x5617f6369220
+WPrefs: WMOpenScreen returned 0x5617f6369220
+WPrefs: calling Initialize...
+WPrefs: Initialize done, entering event loop
+X connection to :3 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown).