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diff --git a/etc/PROBLEMS b/etc/PROBLEMS index 3c75e81b8b9..928870c42f6 100644 --- a/etc/PROBLEMS +++ b/etc/PROBLEMS @@ -1239,6 +1239,20 @@ you should use an Emacs input method instead. * X runtime problems +** X security problems + +*** Emacs faces trouble when running as an untrusted client. + +When Emacs is running as an untrusted client under X servers with the +Security extension, it is unable to use some window manager features +but reports them to the window manager anyway. This can lead to +constant prompting by the window manager about Emacs being +unresponsive. To resolve the problem, place: + + (setq x-detect-server-trust t) + +in your early-init.el. + ** X keyboard problems *** `x-focus-frame' fails to activate the frame. @@ -1710,8 +1724,8 @@ which can be carried out at the same time: 7) If selecting text with the mouse is slow, the main culprit is likely `select-active-regions', coupled with a program monitoring - the clipboard on the X server you are connected to. Try turning - that off. + the clipboard or primary selection on the X server you are + connected to. Try turning that off. However, over networks with moderate to high latency, with no clipboard monitor running, the bottleneck is likely to be @@ -1721,6 +1735,12 @@ which can be carried out at the same time: cause Emacs features that relies on accurate mouse position reporting to stop working reliably. +8) If creating or resizing frames is slow, turn off + `frame-resize-pixelwise' (this will not take effect until you + create a new frame); then, enable `x-lax-frame-positioning'. This + means frame placement will be less accurate, but makes frame + creation, movement, and resize visibly faster. + *** Emacs gives the error, Couldn't find per display information. This can result if the X server runs out of memory because Emacs uses |