[Emacs-diffs] emacs/etc PROBLEMS

[Jan Djärv]

CVSROOT:        /cvsroot/emacs
Module name:    emacs
Changes by:     Jan Djärv <jhd>        08/12/18 19:18:14

Modified files:
        etc            : PROBLEMS 

Log message:
        Added some text about Gtk+ looping when X server dies.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/emacs/etc/PROBLEMS?cvsroot=emacs&r1=1.259&r2=1.260

Patches:
Index: PROBLEMS
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RCS file: /cvsroot/emacs/emacs/etc/PROBLEMS,v
retrieving revision 1.259
retrieving revision 1.260
diff -u -b -r1.259 -r1.260
--- PROBLEMS    25 Oct 2008 17:19:12 -0000      1.259
+++ PROBLEMS    18 Dec 2008 19:18:12 -0000      1.260
@@ -233,6 +233,14 @@
 This happens because of bugs in Gtk+.  Gtk+ 2.10 seems to be OK.  See bug
 http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=85715.
 
+** Emacs compiled with Gtk+ may loop forever if a display crashes.
+
+This is related to the bug above.  A scenario for this is when emacs is run 
+as a server, and an X frame is created.  If the X server for the frame
+crashes or exits unexpectedly and an attempt is made to create a new
+frame on another X display, then a Gtk+ error happens in the emacs
+server that results in an endless loop.
+
 ** Emacs compiled with Gtk+ crashes on startup on Cygwin.
 
 A typical error message is