Re: GNU Emacs/GLib filling up ~/.xsession-errors with 42GB of warnings

[Jan Djärv]

I think you should update the PROBLEMS entry also.

        Jan D.


Chong Yidong skrev 2010-10-24 23.08:
> address@hidden (Adam Sjøgren) writes:
>
> > This just happened to me again: GNU Emacs¹ filled up my root-partition
> > by writing 42GB of copies of this line:
> >
> >    (emacs-snapshot-gtk:6008): GLib-WARNING **: g_main_context_check() called 
> > recursively from within a source's check() or prepare() member.
>
> Hmm, previously this bug was a nuisance, but filling users' hard disks
> is a serious problem.
>
> Given this, I think it's best not to try to be too clever in handling
> the loss of X connections.  I've just checked in a patch that kills GTK
> Emacs when that happens.