# HG changeset patch
# User Karl Heuer <kwzh@gnu.org>
# Date 819566173 0
# Node ID 52f469edf2164e38906c8d08e2fb31bd9aeeac27
# Parent  fc1cf507c51b6eecdc3d23368363affe06bf9b52
(x_connection_signal): Set an alarm around XNoOp call.

diff -r fc1cf507c51b -r 52f469edf216 src/xterm.c
--- a/src/xterm.c	Thu Dec 21 17:15:31 1995 +0000
+++ b/src/xterm.c	Thu Dec 21 17:16:13 1995 +0000
@@ -4650,13 +4650,24 @@
 {
   x_connection_signal_dpyinfo = x_display_list;
 
+  stop_polling ();
   sigunblock (SIGPIPE);
 
   while (x_connection_signal_dpyinfo)
     {
       signal (SIGPIPE, x_connection_signal_1);
-
+      signal (SIGALRM, x_connection_signal_1);
+
+      /* According to Jim Campbell <jec@murzim.ca.boeing.com>,
+	 On Solaris 2.4, XNoOp can hang when the connection
+	 has already died.  Since XNoOp should not wait,
+	 let's assume that if it hangs for 3 seconds
+	 that means the connection is dead.
+	 This is a kludge, but I don't see any other way that works.  */
+      alarm (3);
       XNoOp (x_connection_signal_dpyinfo->display);
+      alarm (0);
+
       XSync (x_connection_signal_dpyinfo->display, False);
 
       /* Each time we get here, cycle through the displays now open.  */