GNU bug report logs - #63589
29.0.91; crash after creating graphical frames via emacsclient when compiled with cairo-xcb

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com>
Cc: 63589 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, tmdmelo <at> gmail.com
Subject: bug#63589: [PATCH] 29.0.91; crash after creating graphical frames via emacsclient when compiled with cairo-xcb
Date: Thu, 25 May 2023 10:12:59 +0300

> From: Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com>
> Cc: tmdmelo <at> gmail.com,  63589 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Thu, 25 May 2023 14:08:59 +0800
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:
> 
> >   So let's back up a notch.  There was a suggestion to avoid the call to
> >   XCloseDisplay when the last frame on display is deleted, like we do
> >   for some other toolkits already.  Would that avoid the crashes due to
> >   this issue?  If yes, why did you reject the suggestion?
> 
> Because it would still lead to crashes when the display connection is
> closed by other means.

Which other means are those?  Please be more specific.

> Thus, the proper solution is simply to disable cairo-xcb by default.

We already agreed to do that (why wasn't that change installed, btw?).
I'm trying to establish if there's anything we could do in the
cairo-xcb configuration to make the crashes more rare, or even prevent
them altogether.  Please bear with me.

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