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25.1; Window shrinks automatically after opening at normal size

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From: Ivor Durham <ivor.durham <at> ivor.cc>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 25.1; Window shrinks automatically after opening at normal size
Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2016 00:27:08 -0700

After upgrading from Fedora 23 to Fedora 24, when I open Emacs the
window is initially the size specified in my ~/.Xdefaults file (80x50)
as before the upgrade, but then it automatically shrinks to five lines
(3 buffer, status bar and message line below the status bar). This
occurs with "emacs -Q filename". I am accessing the Linux system
remotely from Windows 10 using Secure CRT and the VcXsrv X server
running on Windows. If I open the same file locally on the Linux
workstation, Emacs does not shrink the window after opening the file.
Only the Fedora upgrade changed to introduce this change in behavior,
not Secure CRT or VcXsrv.


In GNU Emacs 25.1.1 (x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.20.9)
of 2016-09-19 built on buildvm-07.phx2.fedoraproject.org
Windowing system distributor 'HC-Consult', version 11.0.11702000
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Message #8 received at 24707 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Ivor Durham <ivor.durham <at> ivor.cc>
Cc: 24707 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#24707: 25.1;
 Window shrinks automatically after opening at normal size
Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2016 21:00:19 +0300

> From: Ivor Durham <ivor.durham <at> ivor.cc>
> Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2016 00:27:08 -0700
> 
> 
> After upgrading from Fedora 23 to Fedora 24, when I open Emacs the
> window is initially the size specified in my ~/.Xdefaults file (80x50)
> as before the upgrade, but then it automatically shrinks to five lines
> (3 buffer, status bar and message line below the status bar). This
> occurs with "emacs -Q filename". I am accessing the Linux system
> remotely from Windows 10 using Secure CRT and the VcXsrv X server
> running on Windows. If I open the same file locally on the Linux
> workstation, Emacs does not shrink the window after opening the file.
> Only the Fedora upgrade changed to introduce this change in behavior,
> not Secure CRT or VcXsrv.

If the Fedora upgrade causes this, why do you think it's a bug in
Emacs?

Message #11 received at 24707 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: "Ivor Durham" <ivor.durham <at> ivor.cc>
Cc: 24707 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#24707: 25.1;
 Window shrinks automatically after opening at normal size
Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2016 22:09:35 +0300

[Please keep the bug address on the CC list.]

> From: "Ivor Durham" <ivor.durham <at> ivor.cc>
> Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2016 11:43:13 -0700
> 
> Emacs is the only application I've encountered exhibiting this behavior
> after the upgrade, so I inferred that it was a different version of Emacs.

What was your previous version of Emacs?

> Firefox, Thunderbird, gimp, etc. all open their window(s) normally on my
> remotely connected system. 

What happens if you invoke "emacs -q" (lowercase 'q')?  Do you see the
splash screen with the GNU image?

> I did, however, make a discovery later after reporting the problem: When
> connected remotely, I found that the bash shell DISPLAY environment variable
> is set to "localhost:10.0". If I set DISPLAY to my remote system's actual
> address ("192.168.0.103:0"), the window opens normally and doesn't shrink
> after opening.

Later you wrote (again, in a private email):

> I take back the discovery; It's back to shrinking the window this morning
> even with DISPLAY set to the actual address.

Message #14 received at 24707 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: "Ivor Durham" <ivor.durham <at> ivor.cc>
To: "'Eli Zaretskii'" <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 24707 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: RE: bug#24707: 25.1;
 Window shrinks automatically after opening at normal size
Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2016 12:34:57 -0700

What was your previous version of Emacs?

-- From the DNF log cleanup messages it appears the package version was
emacs-1:24.5-10.fc23.x86_64. The installed package is now listed as
emacs-25.1-1.fc24.x86_64

> Firefox, Thunderbird, gimp, etc. all open their window(s) normally on 
> my remotely connected system.

What happens if you invoke "emacs -q" (lowercase 'q')?  Do you see the
splash screen with the GNU image?

-- I'm not able to capture video of my screen, but it appears I get a black
screen briefly before the normal Emacs window appears which then shrinks. I
am not seeing the logo explicitly, but the switch too fast to determine
whether or not an image actually appears. With no arguments other than "-q"
it ends up in the "Welcome to GNU Emacs, one component ..." window. I could
try capturing the screen via smartphone video if that would help then I
could look at it one frame at a time.

> I did, however, make a discovery later after reporting the problem: 
> When connected remotely, I found that the bash shell DISPLAY 
> environment variable is set to "localhost:10.0". If I set DISPLAY to 
> my remote system's actual address ("192.168.0.103:0"), the window 
> opens normally and doesn't shrink after opening.

Later you wrote (again, in a private email):

> I take back the discovery; It's back to shrinking the window this 
> morning even with DISPLAY set to the actual address.

-- Indeed I cannot explain why it appeared to work correctly last night with
the modified DISPLAY value but not now.

Message #17 received at 24707 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: "Ivor Durham" <ivor.durham <at> ivor.cc>
To: <24707 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: RE: bug#24707: 25.1;
 Window shrinks automatically after opening at normal size
Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2016 12:43:38 -0700

I've used the iSpring screen video capture tool to record the behavior when
I launch "emacs -Q" with the DISPLAY environment variable set as
"192.168.0.103:0.0". The video is accessible on YouTube at
https://youtu.be/M0Um2F2oWx4 or I can attach it as needed.

Stepping through the video one frame at a time in Windows Movie Maker
reveals the following sequence:

1. The window first opens on the remote laptop at the expected size with a
black background, but no Emacs logo.
2. A grey square appears in the upper-left corner of the window occupying
about 1/3 of the width & height of the window.
3. The window turns white and the Emacs menu bar appears.
4. The buffer status bar appears with one empty buffer line between the menu
bar and the status bar at the top of the window. (This is the first sign
something unusual is happening.)
5. Two more menu items appear at the end of the menu bar: Lisp-Interaction
and Help
6. The window changes size automatically.
7. The status bar moves down leaving room for 3 buffer lines above it and a
"For information about GNU Emacs ..." line below it.
8. The mode in the status bar says "Lisp-Interaction" instead of
"Fundamental".

Does this give any clue about where the problem I might look for the cause
of this problem?

Message #20 received at 24707 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: "Ivor Durham" <ivor.durham <at> ivor.cc>
Cc: 24707 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#24707: 25.1;
 Window shrinks automatically after opening at normal size
Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2016 19:06:33 -0400

Perhaps relevant: https://debbugs.gnu.org/23144 ?

Message #23 received at 24707 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: "Ivor Durham" <ivor.durham <at> ivor.cc>
To: "'Glenn Morris'" <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 24707 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: RE: bug#24707: 25.1;
 Window shrinks automatically after opening at normal size
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2016 01:22:09 -0700

Yes, it looks like I have duplicated bug #23144.

-----Original Message-----
From: Glenn Morris [mailto:rgm <at> gnu.org] 
Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2016 4:07 PM
To: Ivor Durham
Cc: 24707 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#24707: 25.1; Window shrinks automatically after opening at
normal size


Perhaps relevant: https://debbugs.gnu.org/23144 ?

Message #26 received at 24707 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: "Ivor Durham" <ivor.durham <at> ivor.cc>
Cc: rgm <at> gnu.org, 24707 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#24707: 25.1;
 Window shrinks automatically after opening at normal size
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2016 15:02:52 +0300

> From: "Ivor Durham" <ivor.durham <at> ivor.cc>
> Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2016 01:22:09 -0700
> Cc: 24707 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> Yes, it looks like I have duplicated bug #23144.

But that bug was supposed to be solved in Emacs 25.1, right?

Message #29 received at 24707 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: "Ivor Durham" <ivor.durham <at> ivor.cc>
To: "'Eli Zaretskii'" <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: rgm <at> gnu.org, 24707 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: RE: bug#24707: 25.1;
 Window shrinks automatically after opening at normal size
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2016 10:06:14 -0700

Is it possible that the issue is that I'm seeing the problem on a remote
display not the local display? If I am logged in locally at the workstation,
the window opens normally. However, if I login over the LAN using SecureCRT
on a Windows 10 system running VcXsrv then the resize problem occurs.

-----Original Message-----
From: Eli Zaretskii [mailto:eliz <at> gnu.org] 
Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2016 5:03 AM
To: Ivor Durham
Cc: rgm <at> gnu.org; 24707 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#24707: 25.1; Window shrinks automatically after opening at
normal size

> From: "Ivor Durham" <ivor.durham <at> ivor.cc>
> Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2016 01:22:09 -0700
> Cc: 24707 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> Yes, it looks like I have duplicated bug #23144.

But that bug was supposed to be solved in Emacs 25.1, right?

Message #32 received at 24707 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: "Ivor Durham" <ivor.durham <at> ivor.cc>
Cc: rgm <at> gnu.org, 24707 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#24707: 25.1;
 Window shrinks automatically after opening at normal size
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2016 21:30:02 +0300

> From: "Ivor Durham" <ivor.durham <at> ivor.cc>
> Cc: <rgm <at> gnu.org>,
> 	<24707 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
> Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2016 10:06:14 -0700
> 
> Is it possible that the issue is that I'm seeing the problem on a remote
> display not the local display? If I am logged in locally at the workstation,
> the window opens normally. However, if I login over the LAN using SecureCRT
> on a Windows 10 system running VcXsrv then the resize problem occurs.

That's why I think it's a different problem, specific to that server
and/or the rest of your remote setup.

Message #35 received at 24707 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: "Ivor Durham" <ivor.durham <at> ivor.cc>
To: "'Eli Zaretskii'" <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: rgm <at> gnu.org, 24707 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: RE: bug#24707: 25.1;
 Window shrinks automatically after opening at normal size
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2016 12:30:21 -0700

So I can think of a couple of ways to try to diagnose this:
- Enable telnet into the workstation and use it instead of ssh so I can
capture unencrypted network traffic with Wireshark to see if the X protocol
communication reveals anything unusual.
- Try to build a debugging version of Emacs 25.1 locally, reproduce the
problem and then use gdb to break on whatever resize calls there are to find
what parameters are being passed and where they come from. I know nothing
about the Emacs implementation so this could be a bit of a time sink.

Any other ideas on how I should approach this?

-----Original Message-----
From: Eli Zaretskii [mailto:eliz <at> gnu.org] 
Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2016 11:30 AM
To: Ivor Durham
Cc: rgm <at> gnu.org; 24707 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#24707: 25.1; Window shrinks automatically after opening at
normal size

> From: "Ivor Durham" <ivor.durham <at> ivor.cc>
> Cc: <rgm <at> gnu.org>,
> 	<24707 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
> Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2016 10:06:14 -0700
> 
> Is it possible that the issue is that I'm seeing the problem on a 
> remote display not the local display? If I am logged in locally at the 
> workstation, the window opens normally. However, if I login over the 
> LAN using SecureCRT on a Windows 10 system running VcXsrv then the resize
problem occurs.

That's why I think it's a different problem, specific to that server and/or
the rest of your remote setup.

Message #38 received at 24707 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: "Ivor Durham" <ivor.durham <at> ivor.cc>
Cc: rgm <at> gnu.org, 24707 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#24707: 25.1;
 Window shrinks automatically after opening at normal size
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2016 22:49:57 +0300

> From: "Ivor Durham" <ivor.durham <at> ivor.cc>
> Cc: <rgm <at> gnu.org>,
> 	<24707 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
> Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2016 12:30:21 -0700
> 
> So I can think of a couple of ways to try to diagnose this:
> - Enable telnet into the workstation and use it instead of ssh so I can
> capture unencrypted network traffic with Wireshark to see if the X protocol
> communication reveals anything unusual.
> - Try to build a debugging version of Emacs 25.1 locally, reproduce the
> problem and then use gdb to break on whatever resize calls there are to find
> what parameters are being passed and where they come from. I know nothing
> about the Emacs implementation so this could be a bit of a time sink.
> 
> Any other ideas on how I should approach this?

The second approach is IMO the right one.  I think if you put a
breakpoint in adjust_frame_size, you will see all the resizes.

Message #41 received at 24707 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: "Ivor Durham" <ivor.durham <at> ivor.cc>
To: "'Eli Zaretskii'" <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: rgm <at> gnu.org, 24707 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: RE: bug#24707: 25.1;
 Window shrinks automatically after opening at normal size
Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2016 09:39:49 -0700

I used "git clone git://git.savannah.gnu.org/emacs.git" to clone and build
emacs which produced version 26.0.50.1. I used the following command to
configure it to get past some missing packages:

./configure --without-makeinfo --with-xpm=no --with-gif=no --with-gnutls=no

Running src/emacs -Q and src/emacs -q (shows the logo graphic) without doing
a full install both work as expected without resizing the window.

How do I fetch the 25.1 sources to try to reproduce & debug the problem with
the same version that is actually exhibiting the problem?

-----Original Message-----
From: Eli Zaretskii [mailto:eliz <at> gnu.org] 
Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2016 12:50 PM
To: Ivor Durham
Cc: rgm <at> gnu.org; 24707 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#24707: 25.1; Window shrinks automatically after opening at
normal size

> From: "Ivor Durham" <ivor.durham <at> ivor.cc>
> Cc: <rgm <at> gnu.org>,
> 	<24707 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
> Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2016 12:30:21 -0700
> 
> So I can think of a couple of ways to try to diagnose this:
> - Enable telnet into the workstation and use it instead of ssh so I 
> can capture unencrypted network traffic with Wireshark to see if the X 
> protocol communication reveals anything unusual.
> - Try to build a debugging version of Emacs 25.1 locally, reproduce 
> the problem and then use gdb to break on whatever resize calls there 
> are to find what parameters are being passed and where they come from. 
> I know nothing about the Emacs implementation so this could be a bit of a
time sink.
> 
> Any other ideas on how I should approach this?

The second approach is IMO the right one.  I think if you put a breakpoint
in adjust_frame_size, you will see all the resizes.

Message #44 received at 24707 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: "Ivor Durham" <ivor.durham <at> ivor.cc>
Cc: rgm <at> gnu.org, 24707 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#24707: 25.1;
 Window shrinks automatically after opening at normal size
Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2016 22:43:58 +0200

> From: "Ivor Durham" <ivor.durham <at> ivor.cc>
> Cc: <rgm <at> gnu.org>,
> 	<24707 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
> Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2016 09:39:49 -0700
> 
> How do I fetch the 25.1 sources to try to reproduce & debug the problem with
> the same version that is actually exhibiting the problem?

Emacs 25.1 is available from the GNU FTP server, ftp.gnu.org.

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