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29.0.50; Can't start Emacs because of RenderBadPicture X protocol error

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Mauro Aranda <maurooaranda <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 53778 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#53778: 29.0.50; Can't start Emacs because of RenderBadPicture X protocol error
Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2022 18:42:48 +0200

> From: Mauro Aranda <maurooaranda <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2022 12:45:26 -0300
> Cc: 53778 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
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> On Fri, Feb 4, 2022, 12:16 Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> wrote:
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> >> From: Mauro Aranda <maurooaranda <at> gmail.com>
> >> Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2022 12:14:54 -0300
> >> Cc: 53778 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
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> >> With GDB 10.1, I get:
> >> 
> >> ../../gdb/utils.c:671: internal-error: virtual memory exhausted: can't allocate 4064 bytes.
> >> A problem internal to GDB has been detected,
> >> further debugging may prove unreliable.
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> > How much memory and how much swap do you have on that system?  Can you
> > enlarge the virtual memory available to applications (e.g., by
> > enlarging the amount of swap)?
> 
> bash-5.1$ free -m
>                total        used        free      shared  buff/cache   available
> Mem:            1883         554         523          34         806        1083
> Swap:           4095           0        4095
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> > Or maybe try a different version of GDB, either newer (GDB 11 was
> > released some time ago) or older.
> 
> I'll see what I can do, thank you.

In any case, it's strange that you cannot run GDB with 4.5GB of free
VM.  It should be enough.

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