Description: ======= When starting emacs server with `emacs --daemon', and connecting to it with `emacsclient -c', then closing the last `emacsclient -c' frame and trying to open a new `emacsclient -c' frame, the `emacs --daemon' process receive SYSSEGV. Steps to reproduce: ============ 0. Make sure no Emacs processes are running. 1. Run: emacs --daemon It prints: ("emacs") Starting Emacs daemon. and the process starts normally. 2. Run: emacsclient -c It prints: Waiting for Emacs... and a new frame opens as expected. 3. Close the frame, started on strep 2. Observe that the `/tmp/emacs${UID}/server' socket seem to be active. `fuser' on it prints the `emacs --daemon' PID. 4. (optional) Open `gdb', `attach' to the `emacs --daemon' process, and `continue' it. 5. Run: emacsclient -c It prints: Waiting for Emacs... but no new frame is opened. gdb prints something like: Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. 0x00007f989f211527 in kill () from /lib/libc.so.6 And the output of `fuser /tmp/emacs${UID}/server' confirms that the socket is stale. 6. Run: `emacsclient -c' prints: emacsclient: connect: Connection refused emacsclient: No socket or alternate editor. Please use: --socket-name --server-file (or environment variable EMACS_SERVER_FILE) --alternate-editor (or environment variable ALTERNATE_EDITOR) Version information: ============ # (version) GNU Emacs 23.2.1 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.12.9) (compiled from source) # uname -a Linux xxxxxx 2.6.24-28-generic #1 SMP Thu Sep 16 14:18:43 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux # cat /etc/lsb-release DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu DISTRIB_RELEASE=8.04 DISTRIB_CODENAME=hardy DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS" See also: ====== http://superuser.com/questions/194395/why-does-tmp-emacsuid-server-get-stale-after-last-emacsclient-exits | Cheers, | Chen.