GNU bug report logs - #1753
emacs may cause window manager to hang

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Paul Graham <pgraham <at> oasys-ds.com>

Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2008 18:05:07 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: moreinfo

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #10 received at 1753 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
To: Paul Graham <pgraham <at> oasys-ds.com>
Cc: 1753 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: emacs may cause window manager to hang
Date: Thu, 01 Jan 2009 04:19:05 -0500

Unfortunately, judging by past bugs related to multi-screen setups, none
of the regular Emacs bug-fixers have multiple screens available for
reproducing such bugs.  I suggest running Emacs under gdb in an xterm,
and arranging things so that when focus gets stuck, that xterm is in
focus.  Assuming that's possible, do C-z to suspend the Emacs process,
and inspect the backtrace to see if anything suspicious is going on;
maybe Emacs is looping somewhere in its window-manager interaction code?
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