bug#7949: 24.0.50; GNU Emacs with Xaw3d does not launch as X client

[Jan Djärv]

2011-02-03 11:58, Peter Dyballa skrev:
> Am 01.02.2011 um 08:20 schrieb Jan Djärv:
>
> > This is supposing the error handler is invoked.
>
>
> Is the error handler invoked? If so, it does not seem to work. Xterm or xfd
> clearly say that the font cannot be loaded and quit. Why is GNU Emacs spinning
> around in something like an infinite loop?
>
> Jeremy Huddleston keeps saying:
>
> > Now the reason emacs is spinning is because it's not handling the error
> > correctly. It's calling XSync() from within its x_error_handler().

You said it still hanged when XSync was commented out.  So something else is 
wrong.  Did you read etc/DEBUG?

        Jan D.