Re: Strange lockup with metacity

[Jonathan Corbet]

Jan Djärv <address@hidden> wrote:

> I'd say it is a bug in metacity (there are
> plenty already ...), but I've changed that bit in Emacs so we only send
> _NET_ACTIVATE_WINDOW on explicit raise-frame calls.

I have no trouble believing that it could be a metacity bug - but
nothing else triggers it.

> Jonathan, can you test a newer CVS?  Can you also check if raise-frame
> works on your old copy (i.e. the one that didn't hang metacity) of Emacs
> and the newer one?

Nope.  The behavior has changed, though.  So, to summarize:

  - With 22.0.91: an attempt to resize the window will lock up every
    time.

  - 22.0.91 with the patch sent by Chong Yidong backed out: never locks
    up.

  - With CVS grabbed in the morning (US/Mountain) of November 30: locks
    up maybe one time in five - but still definitely locks up.  It is,
    however, easier to unwedge: for whatever reason, switching to
    another virtual console and back shakes things loose.

Hope that helps,

jon

Jonathan Corbet / LWN.net / address@hidden