From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: George White Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#229: 23.0.60; Weird X11 input-related hang Date: Sat, 31 May 2008 14:56:31 -0300 Organization: ISINet, Nova Scotia Message-ID: References: Reply-To: George White , 229@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1212266996 28031 80.91.229.12 (31 May 2008 20:49:56 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 31 May 2008 20:49:56 +0000 (UTC) To: gnu-emacs-bug@moderators.isc.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat May 31 22:50:37 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1K2Y1s-0006TR-P4 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 31 May 2008 22:50:21 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:48784 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1K2Y16-0008Ar-Tl for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 31 May 2008 16:49:32 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1K2VYW-0007QY-7d for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 31 May 2008 14:11:52 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1K2VYU-0007Px-Mv for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 31 May 2008 14:11:51 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=48236 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1K2VYU-0007Pt-B6 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 31 May 2008 14:11:50 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu ([138.23.92.77]:40668) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1K2VYU-0005P5-3t for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 31 May 2008 14:11:50 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu (rzlab.ucr.edu [127.0.0.1]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id m4VIBj7P031547; Sat, 31 May 2008 11:11:45 -0700 Original-Received: (from debbugs@localhost) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id m4VI56n9029365; Sat, 31 May 2008 11:05:06 -0700 X-Loop: don@donarmstrong.com Resent-From: George White Resent-To: bug-submit-list@donarmstrong.com Resent-CC: Emacs Bugs Resent-Date: Sat, 31 May 2008 18:05:06 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: don@donarmstrong.com X-Emacs-PR-Message: report 229 X-Emacs-PR-Package: emacs X-Emacs-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by submit@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com id=B.121225664327306 (code B ref -1); Sat, 31 May 2008 18:05:06 +0000 Original-Received: (at submit) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 31 May 2008 17:57:23 +0000 Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [199.232.76.165]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id m4VHvKNH027300 for ; Sat, 31 May 2008 10:57:21 -0700 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1K2VKR-0000DU-Te for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 31 May 2008 13:57:19 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1K2VKP-0000DI-DD for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 31 May 2008 13:57:18 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=42768 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1K2VKP-0000DF-8e for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 31 May 2008 13:57:17 -0400 Original-Received: from pinatubo-2.switch.ch ([130.59.1.10]:34195 helo=pinatubo.switch.ch) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1K2VKO-0002Wr-RZ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 31 May 2008 13:57:17 -0400 Original-Received: from [2001:410:a010:1:218:8bff:fe2f:8bef] (helo=kil-sm-1.UCIS.Dal.Ca) by pinatubo.switch.ch with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1K2VIs-00028J-8H for gnu-emacs-bug@moderators.isc.org; Sat, 31 May 2008 19:55:42 +0200 Original-Received: from Kil-nws-1.UCIS.Dal.Ca (News.Dal.Ca [129.173.1.70]) by kil-sm-1.UCIS.Dal.Ca (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m4VHteDf031226 for ; Sat, 31 May 2008 14:55:40 -0300 Original-Received: from Kil-nws-1.UCIS.Dal.Ca (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by Kil-nws-1.UCIS.Dal.Ca (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id m4VHteTB026341 for ; Sat, 31 May 2008 14:55:40 -0300 Original-Received: (from news@localhost) by Kil-nws-1.UCIS.Dal.Ca (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11/Submit) id m4VHteOB026340 for gnu-emacs-bug@moderators.isc.org; Sat, 31 May 2008 14:55:40 -0300 Original-Path: halifax.chebucto.ns.ca!aa056 Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.bug Original-Lines: 37 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: chebucto.ns.ca Original-X-Trace: Kil-nws-1.UCIS.Dal.Ca 1212256540 26339 192.75.95.75 (31 May 2008 17:55:40 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: postmaster@dal.ca Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 31 May 2008 17:55:40 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) Resent-Date: Sat, 31 May 2008 14:11:51 -0400 X-Mailman-Approved-At: Sat, 31 May 2008 16:48:39 -0400 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:18203 Archived-At: On Tue, 13 May 2008, Chong Yidong wrote: > corbet@lwn.net wrote: > >> For quite some time I have seen a strange bug where emacs (running >> under X11) would occasionally stop responding to keyboard and mouse >> events. The editor is still alive, and will change the cursor block >> in response to focus events, but mouse clicks and keystrokes have no >> effect. The only way I've found to recover is to kill the emacs >> process and start over. >> >> Today I figured out how to reproduce it: move the pointer to the >> menubar at the top of the window, then move the scroll wheel for a >> click or two. Works every time. Does not appear to be dependent on >> major mode. >> >> This happens with stock emacs as shipped by Fedora and my own pretest >> builds too. >> >> In GNU Emacs 23.0.60.1 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.12.0) >> of 2007-12-15 on vena > > I can't reproduce this on 23.0.60.50 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version > 2.12.9). > > Can anyone on the list reproduce this problem? Yes and no. Emacs appears "hung", but clicking on a menu releases it. I assume that moving the scroll wheel "activate" the menus, and Emacs is just waiting for further instructions. Changing focus to another window seems to work as well. I'm using: 23.0.60.1 (i686-redhat-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.12.8) -- George White 189 Parklea Dr., Head of St. Margarets Bay, Nova Scotia B3Z 2G6