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Re: emacs 24 randomly hanging
From: |
Adam |
Subject: |
Re: emacs 24 randomly hanging |
Date: |
Sun, 19 Feb 2012 10:45:29 +0100 |
> I am using GNU Emacs 24.0.93.1 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version
> 2.20.1) of 2012-02-15, built from sources.
>
> I am constantly experiencing my emacs hanging. That is, C-g does not
> work, and the screen is not updated. It happens about twice a day or
> so, which is very annoying, as I only have one emacs instance up
> and running in which I am doing all my work.
>
> I am pretty sure emacs hanging has been discussed to death, and I am
> pretty sure I just screwed my emacs configuration up somewhere. What's
> worring me is that C-g does not work, though. In fact, nothing works.
> I have to send a SIGKILL to my emacs process to get rid of it.
>
> Here's a backtrace:
[...]
> (gdb)
>
> (I am running emacs in daemon mode with about three or five open X11
> clients. Although the backtrace references Fx_create_frame, I *did* not
> create a frame. I am using a tight intergration between my window
> manager and emacs though, and my window manager spawns about two
> `emacsclient -e' per second).
>
> Is this problem known? Could this be fixed in emacs 24?
Totally forgot why I sent this mail to emacs-devel instead of
emacs-bugs... Obviously (?) this is a bug or a feature in the emacs
lisp execution engine - it simply does not honour C-g. Is this a bug or
a feature?