GNU bug report logs - #5386
gtk daemon close display hang

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Message #16 received at 5386 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Dan Nicolaescu <dann <at> ics.uci.edu>
To: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
Cc: "Dirk-Jan C. Binnema" <djcb <at> djcbsoftware.nl>, 5386 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#5386: 23.1.91;
Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2010 09:37:08 -0800 (PST)

Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com> writes:

  > Dirk-Jan C. Binnema <djcb <at> djcbsoftware.nl> writes:
  > 
  > > I'm using emacs --daemon, and what happens quite often is that when I
  > > log out of my X session and log on as another user, the first user's
  > > daemon hangs around, and after a while start consuming a lot of CPU
  > > (up to 60-70% or more).  Only killing it seems to help.
  > 
  > I'm afraid this looks like a manifestation of Bug#3360, which is related
  > to a long-standing GTK bug.  One way to work around is to compile Emacs
  > without GTK support.

Given that we get this bug report all the time, how about adding a
printf when using --daemon when using the Gtk toolkit that describes the
problem, and gives a pointer to the bug report?
This will make people aware something might happen at the time they start
emacs --daemon. 

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