# HG changeset patch # User Jan Dj¸«£rv # Date 1229627892 0 # Node ID 27f8c0a5cb1929fe45ff229b8ef9795cdb4ef515 # Parent 89920deae5947caf04eca78d96e4a7a6172c639b Added some text about Gtk+ looping when X server dies. diff -r 89920deae594 -r 27f8c0a5cb19 etc/PROBLEMS --- a/etc/PROBLEMS Thu Dec 18 18:48:08 2008 +0000 +++ b/etc/PROBLEMS Thu Dec 18 19:18:12 2008 +0000 @@ -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