From: Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
To: Nix <nix@esperi.org.uk>
Cc: 8750@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#8750: 24.0.50; Crash in daemon mode when display goes away
Date: Sat, 28 May 2011 13:35:36 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <7hei3i6847.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <877h9bp0pb.fsf@spindle.srvr.nix> (nix@esperi.org.uk's message of "Sat, 28 May 2011 11:40:48 +0100")
Nix wrote:
> I suspend my desktop box every night, to save power. My Emacs runs on a
> remote system in --daemon mode, and is never shut down. $DISPLAY on that
> system points directly to the desktop box: this is sometimes suspended,
> so the TCP/IP connection cannot be assumed to stay up. (Nonetheless, if
> it goes away, if it is re-established, the X session will be exactly as
> it was.)
>
> When this happens, Emacs's X error handler kicks in and kills it:
Sounds like this etc/PROBLEMS entry:
** When Emacs is compiled with Gtk+, closing a display kills Emacs.
> (If this is impossible, can anyone suggest a way to keep Emacs running
> while the X server is down? I've tried xpra, but its keyboard handling
> is too broken :( )
You can try using a Lucid toolkit build.
> In GNU Emacs 24.0.50.2 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.18.8)
> of 2011-05-26 on spindle
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-05-28 17:35 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-05-28 10:40 bug#8750: 24.0.50; Crash in daemon mode when display goes away Nix
2011-05-28 17:35 ` Glenn Morris [this message]
2011-05-28 23:37 ` Nix
2011-05-28 23:49 ` Chong Yidong
2011-05-31 20:22 ` Nix
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