From: Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com>
To: Po Lu <luangruo@yahoo.com>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>, Phillip Susi <phill@thesusis.net>,
63555@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#63555: emacs 29 complains that it can't connect to the display
Date: Fri, 19 May 2023 15:26:42 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87ednclael.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87a5y04wgh.fsf@yahoo.com> (Po Lu via's message of "Fri, 19 May 2023 15:22:22 +0800")
>>>>> On Fri, 19 May 2023 15:22:22 +0800, Po Lu via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" <bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org> said:
Po Lu> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>>> From: Phillip Susi <phill@thesusis.net>
>>> Date: Wed, 17 May 2023 09:51:43 -0400
>>>
>>> Package: emacs
>>> Version: 29.0.90
>>>
>>> In previous versions of emacs, if the DISPLAY/WAYLAND_DISPLAY variable
>>> was not set, it would default to tty mode. In version 29, it seems to
>>> assume a default value and complains that it can't connect to the
>>> display server unless you run it with -nw.
>>
>> Po Lu, was this an intentional change? If so, did we document the
>> reasons? I cannot find anything in NEWS.
Po Lu> No, I don't think so. This isn't intentional.
Po Lu> Phillip, please place a breakpoint on `init_display_interactive' in
Po Lu> src/dispnew.c. Then, step to this piece of code:
Po Lu> if (! inhibit_window_system && ! display_arg)
Po Lu> {
Po Lu> char *display;
Po Lu> display = getenv ("DISPLAY");
Po Lu> display_arg = (display != 0 && *display != 0); <----------
Po Lu> if (display_arg && !x_display_ok (display))
Po Lu> {
Po Lu> fprintf (stderr, "Display %s unavailable, simulating -nw\n",
Po Lu> display);
Po Lu> inhibit_window_system = 1;
Po Lu> }
Po Lu> }
Po Lu> and show:
Po Lu> (gdb) p display
HAVE_X_WINDOWS is not defined in a pgtk build, so this code is never
run. And it looks kind of X-specific in any case
Robert
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Thread overview: 40+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-05-17 13:51 bug#63555: emacs 29 complains that it can't connect to the display Phillip Susi
2023-05-17 14:09 ` Phillip Susi
2023-05-19 6:11 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-05-19 7:22 ` Po Lu via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2023-05-19 13:26 ` Robert Pluim [this message]
2023-05-19 14:52 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-05-19 15:44 ` Robert Pluim
2023-05-20 1:40 ` Po Lu via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2023-05-20 5:51 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-05-20 6:33 ` Po Lu via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2023-05-20 8:16 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-05-20 8:28 ` Po Lu via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2023-05-20 12:58 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-05-21 0:45 ` Po Lu via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2023-05-21 5:41 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-05-21 6:32 ` Po Lu via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2023-05-21 11:16 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-05-20 1:38 ` Po Lu via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
[not found] ` <handler.63555.D63555.168458752424255.notifdone@debbugs.gnu.org>
2023-05-20 17:35 ` bug#63555: closed (Re: bug#63555: emacs 29 complains that it can't connect to the display) Phillip Susi
2023-05-22 7:29 ` Robert Pluim
2023-05-22 9:26 ` Po Lu via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2023-05-22 10:05 ` Robert Pluim
2023-05-22 11:15 ` Po Lu via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2023-05-22 11:28 ` Robert Pluim
2023-05-22 12:50 ` Po Lu via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2023-05-22 13:37 ` Phillip Susi
2023-05-23 0:31 ` Po Lu via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2023-05-23 14:59 ` Phillip Susi
2023-05-24 0:20 ` Po Lu via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2023-05-25 15:38 ` Phillip Susi
2023-05-26 1:00 ` Po Lu via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2023-05-26 8:38 ` Robert Pluim
2023-05-26 15:54 ` Phillip Susi
2023-05-27 0:48 ` Po Lu via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2023-05-30 17:31 ` Phillip Susi
2023-05-31 1:19 ` Po Lu via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2023-05-22 16:44 ` Phillip Susi
2023-05-22 17:05 ` Robert Pluim
2023-05-23 14:58 ` Phillip Susi
2023-06-08 6:02 ` Daan Ro
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