From c4c122cb57baf1586c8760845e9d6d620815080e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Jan=20Dj=C3=A4rv?= Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:18:12 +0000 Subject: Added some text about Gtk+ looping when X server dies. --- etc/PROBLEMS | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) (limited to 'etc') diff --git a/etc/PROBLEMS b/etc/PROBLEMS index cae4f3b956c..9d0b1e74109 100644 --- a/etc/PROBLEMS +++ b/etc/PROBLEMS @@ -233,6 +233,14 @@ configuring your compiler to use the native linker instead of GNU ld. 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 -- cgit v1.2.1