From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Nix Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#8750: 24.0.50; Crash in daemon mode when display goes away Date: Sun, 29 May 2011 00:37:41 +0100 Message-ID: <878vtq75x6.fsf@spindle.srvr.nix> References: <877h9bp0pb.fsf@spindle.srvr.nix> <7hei3i6847.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1306625892 16376 80.91.229.12 (28 May 2011 23:38:12 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 28 May 2011 23:38:12 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 8750@debbugs.gnu.org To: Glenn Morris Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun May 29 01:38:08 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QQT55-0004I8-PF for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 29 May 2011 01:38:07 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:42213 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QQT55-0005um-DM for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 28 May 2011 19:38:07 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:42413) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QQT52-0005uf-AR for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 28 May 2011 19:38:05 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QQT51-0001jL-Ds for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 28 May 2011 19:38:04 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:58846) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QQT51-0001jG-6D for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 28 May 2011 19:38:03 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QQT50-00044v-EP; Sat, 28 May 2011 19:38:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Nix Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 28 May 2011 23:38:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 8750 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 8750-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B8750.130662587215661 (code B ref 8750); Sat, 28 May 2011 23:38:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 8750) by debbugs.gnu.org; 28 May 2011 23:37:52 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QQT4o-00044X-Vv for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 28 May 2011 19:37:51 -0400 Original-Received: from icebox.esperi.org.uk ([81.187.191.129] helo=mail.esperi.org.uk) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QQT4m-00044K-DT for 8750@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 28 May 2011 19:37:49 -0400 Original-Received: from esperi.org.uk (nix@spindle.srvr.nix [192.168.14.15]) by mail.esperi.org.uk (8.14.4/8.14.3) with ESMTP id p4SNbfSP003113; Sun, 29 May 2011 00:37:41 +0100 Original-Received: (from nix@localhost) by esperi.org.uk (8.14.4/8.12.11/Submit) id p4SNbf08028289; Sun, 29 May 2011 00:37:41 +0100 Emacs: is that a Lisp interpreter in your editor, or are you just happy to see me? In-Reply-To: <7hei3i6847.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> (Glenn Morris's message of "Sat, 28 May 2011 13:35:36 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-DCC-INFN-TO-Metrics: spindle 1233; Body=2 Fuz1=2 Fuz2=2 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Sat, 28 May 2011 19:38:02 -0400 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:46772 Archived-At: On 28 May 2011, Glenn Morris said: > 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. Yeah, but I foolishly assumed that --daemon would evade this. (It's not as if it even *has* a display it's displaying anything on when there are no frames.) If it doesn't evade this, dammit it *should*. :) >> (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. Will do. -- NULL && (void)