[20.1]: emacs hang when creating a new frame

[Marshall, Simon]

In GNU Emacs 21.1.1 (sparc-sun-solaris2.6, GNU/LessTif Version 2.1
Release 0.93.3)
 of 2001-10-23 on ashanti
configured using `configure  --prefix=/rvcarma/marshals/slash/usr/local
--x-includes=/usr/openwin/include:/rvcarma/marshals/slash/usr/local/incl
ude:/rvcarma/marshals/slash/usr/local/include/X11
--x-libraries=/usr/openwin/lib:/rvcarma/marshals/slash/usr/local/lib:/rv
carma/marshals/slash/usr/local/lib/X11 --with-x-toolkit=motif'
Important settings:
  value of $LC_ALL: nil
  value of $LC_COLLATE: en_UK
  value of $LC_CTYPE: en_UK
  value of $LC_MESSAGES: C
  value of $LC_MONETARY: en_UK
  value of $LC_NUMERIC: en_UK
  value of $LC_TIME: en_UK
  value of $LANG: en_UK
  locale-coding-system: iso-latin-1
  default-enable-multibyte-characters: t

Please describe exactly what actions triggered the bug
and the precise symptoms of the bug:

I'm using emacs under eXceed.

When I create a new frame, sometimes emacs hangs.  The only
similarities between session that hang that I've noticed is when I
have 100s of files open, though I can't see why that should be a 
factor in this case.  I realise that doesn't give you much to go on.

It's hanging under XtVaSetValues, backtrace is below.  
Note the comment above the call of XtVaSetValues!  AFAIK,
LessTif 0.93.3 is 2001-08-28, ie, more recent than 2001-03-13.

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/rvcarma/marshals/carma/tracked/src/23170: No such file or directory.
Attaching to program `/rvcarma/marshals/ftp/emacs-21.1/src/emacs',
process 23170
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libXm.so.3...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libXm.so.3
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libXmu.so.4...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libXmu.so.4
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libXt.so.4...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libXt.so.4
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libSM.so.6...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libSM.so.6
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libICE.so.6...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libICE.so.6
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libXext.so.0...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libXext.so.0
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libX11.so.4...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libX11.so.4
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libsocket.so.1...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libsocket.so.1
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libnsl.so.1...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libnsl.so.1
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libkstat.so.1...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libkstat.so.1
Reading symbols from /opt/SUNWspro/lib/libm.so.1...done.
Loaded symbols for /opt/SUNWspro/lib/libm.so.1
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libc.so.1...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libc.so.1
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libdl.so.1...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libdl.so.1
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libmp.so.2...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libmp.so.2
Reading symbols from
/usr/platform/SUNW,Ultra-4/lib/libc_psr.so.1...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/platform/SUNW,Ultra-4/lib/libc_psr.so.1
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/locale/en_UK/en_UK.so.1...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/locale/en_UK/en_UK.so.1
Reading symbols from
/usr/openwin/lib/locale/common/xlibi18n.so.2...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/openwin/lib/locale/common/xlibi18n.so.2
Reading symbols from
/usr/openwin/lib/locale/common/ximlocal.so.2...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/openwin/lib/locale/common/ximlocal.so.2
Reading symbols from
/usr/openwin/lib/locale/iso8859-1/xomEuro.so.2...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/openwin/lib/locale/iso8859-1/xomEuro.so.2
Retry #1:
Retry #2:
Retry #3:
Retry #4:
[New LWP 1]
Symbols already loaded for /usr/lib/libXm.so.3
Symbols already loaded for /usr/lib/libXmu.so.4
Symbols already loaded for /usr/lib/libXt.so.4
Symbols already loaded for /usr/lib/libSM.so.6
Symbols already loaded for /usr/lib/libICE.so.6
Symbols already loaded for /usr/lib/libXext.so.0
Symbols already loaded for /usr/lib/libX11.so.4
Symbols already loaded for /usr/lib/libsocket.so.1
Symbols already loaded for /usr/lib/libnsl.so.1
Symbols already loaded for /usr/lib/libkstat.so.1
Symbols already loaded for /opt/SUNWspro/lib/libm.so.1
Symbols already loaded for /usr/lib/libc.so.1
Symbols already loaded for /usr/lib/libdl.so.1
Symbols already loaded for /usr/lib/libmp.so.2
Symbols already loaded for /usr/platform/SUNW,Ultra-4/lib/libc_psr.so.1
Symbols already loaded for /usr/lib/locale/en_UK/en_UK.so.1
Symbols already loaded for /usr/openwin/lib/locale/common/xlibi18n.so.2
Symbols already loaded for /usr/openwin/lib/locale/common/ximlocal.so.2
Symbols already loaded for
/usr/openwin/lib/locale/iso8859-1/xomEuro.so.2
0xef238160 in poll () from /usr/lib/libc.so.1
(gdb) where
#0  0xef238160 in poll () from /usr/lib/libc.so.1
#1  0xef24eaf4 in select () from /usr/lib/libc.so.1
#2  0xef589d08 in _XtWaitForSomething () from /usr/lib/libXt.so.4
#3  0xef598b64 in _wait_for_response () from /usr/lib/libXt.so.4
#4  0xef598f5c in RootGeometryManager () from /usr/lib/libXt.so.4
#5  0xef65122c in _XmRootGeometryManager () from /usr/lib/libXm.so.3
#6  0xef580830 in _XtMakeGeometryRequest () from /usr/lib/libXt.so.4
#7  0xef596268 in XtSetValues () from /usr/lib/libXt.so.4
#8  0xef5a9fe0 in XtVaSetValues () from /usr/lib/libXt.so.4
#9  0x189910 in EmacsFrameSetCharSize (widget=0x34afd00, columns=80,
rows=40) at widget.c:976
#10 0xbc688 in x_set_window_size (f=0x3299a00, change_gravity=0, cols=0,
rows=53058048) at xterm.c:12515
#11 0xc393c in x_set_scroll_bar_width (f=0x3299a00, arg=18,
oldval=271268868) at xfns.c:2545
#12 0xc0970 in x_set_frame_parameters (f=0x3299a00, alist=18) at
xfns.c:951
#13 0xc4498 in x_default_parameter (f=0x3299a00, alist=1397384484,
prop=271533348, deflt=271268868, xprop=0x19d608 "scrollBarWidth", 
    xclass=0x19d618 "ScrollBarWidth", type=RES_TYPE_NUMBER) at
xfns.c:2928
#14 0xc721c in Fx_create_frame (parms=1397384484) at xfns.c:4438
#15 0x13e328 in Ffuncall (nargs=-268444892, args=0xefffdb20) at
eval.c:2655
#16 0x16d18c in Fbyte_code (bytestr=-268444896, vector=1076081068,
maxdepth=5) at bytecode.c:716
#17 0x13ea74 in funcall_lambda (fun=1076080944, nargs=1,
arg_vector=0xefffdccc) at eval.c:2847
#18 0x13e4e8 in Ffuncall (nargs=2, args=0xefffdcc8) at eval.c:2712
#19 0x16d18c in Fbyte_code (bytestr=-268444472, vector=1076035564,
maxdepth=3) at bytecode.c:716
#20 0x13ea74 in funcall_lambda (fun=1076035480, nargs=1,
arg_vector=0xefffde74) at eval.c:2847
#21 0x13e4e8 in Ffuncall (nargs=2, args=0xefffde70) at eval.c:2712
#22 0x16d18c in Fbyte_code (bytestr=-268444048, vector=1076030676,
maxdepth=2) at bytecode.c:716
#23 0x13ea74 in funcall_lambda (fun=1076030628, nargs=0,
arg_vector=0xefffe078) at eval.c:2847
#24 0x13e4e8 in Ffuncall (nargs=1, args=0xefffe074) at eval.c:2712
#25 0x13dec8 in call0 (fn=1076030628) at eval.c:2431
#26 0x75c30 in Fdisplay_buffer (buffer=1080302592,
not_this_window=271268916, frame=271268868) at window.c:2976
#27 0xf37b4 in Fpop_to_buffer (buffer=839397828, other_window=271268916,
norecord=271268868) at buffer.c:1573
#28 0x13e370 in Ffuncall (nargs=-268443132, args=0xefffe200) at
eval.c:2662
#29 0x16d18c in Fbyte_code (bytestr=-268443136, vector=1075801888,
maxdepth=4) at bytecode.c:716
#30 0x13ea74 in funcall_lambda (fun=1075801796, nargs=1,
arg_vector=0xefffe3cc) at eval.c:2847
#31 0x13e4e8 in Ffuncall (nargs=2, args=0xefffe3c8) at eval.c:2712
#32 0x13a048 in Fcall_interactively (function=271800756,
record_flag=271268868, keys=1076654080) at callint.c:797
#33 0xe7024 in Fcommand_execute (cmd=271800756, record_flag=271268868,
keys=271268868, special=-268442296) at keyboard.c:9221
#34 0xdb788 in command_loop_1 () at keyboard.c:1644
#35 0x13bf78 in internal_condition_case (bfun=0xda8a8 <command_loop_1>,
handlers=271390916, hfun=0xda404 <cmd_error>) at eval.c:1267
#36 0xda730 in command_loop_2 () at keyboard.c:1245
#37 0x13bafc in internal_catch (tag=271343268, func=0xda708
<command_loop_2>, arg=271268868) at eval.c:1030
#38 0xda6dc in command_loop () at keyboard.c:1224
#39 0xda158 in recursive_edit_1 () at keyboard.c:950
#40 0xda2c4 in Frecursive_edit () at keyboard.c:1006
#41 0xd9068 in main (argc=1, argv=0xefffeb3c, envp=0xefffea58) at
emacs.c:1547
(gdb) up 9
#9  0x189910 in EmacsFrameSetCharSize (widget=0x34afd00, columns=80,
rows=40) at
976           XtVaSetValues (f->output_data.x->widget,
(gdb) list
971           
972           /* Do parents first, otherwise LessTif's geometry
management
973              enters an infinite loop (as of 2000-01-15).  This is
fixed in
974              later versions of LessTif (as of 2001-03-13); I'll
leave it
975              as is because I think it can't do any harm.  */
976           XtVaSetValues (f->output_data.x->widget,
977                          XtNheight, (XtArgVal) (outer_widget_height
+ hdelta
978                          XtNwidth, (XtArgVal) (outer_widget_width +
wdelta),
979                          NULL);
980           XtVaSetValues (f->output_data.x->column_widget,
(gdb)