Subject: Re: bug#407: gpm server stop making emacs abort()

From: Sven Joachim <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2008 07:54:08 +0200

On 2008-09-12 06:14 +0200, Stefan Monnier wrote:

>>> +      if (gpm < 0)
>>> +	delete_gpm_wait_descriptor (gpm_fd);
>>> if (hold_quit.kind != NO_EVENT)
>>> kbd_buffer_store_event (&hold_quit);
>>> if (nread)
>
>> Works fine for me.
>
> I've installed a similar patch.  It does not do (gpm-mouse-mode 0)
> because I don't think it is safe at this point.  So there's probably
> room for improvement, but it hopefully fixes the crashes.

Indeed it fixes the crashes, but the room for improvement is rather
large, as gpm-mouse-mode does not work at all now. :-(

Sven