From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Glenn Morris Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#15037: Display can't be opened (display newer than emacs session) Date: Tue, 06 Aug 2013 20:03:22 -0400 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1375833848 29881 80.91.229.3 (7 Aug 2013 00:04:08 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2013 00:04:08 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 15037@debbugs.gnu.org To: "Sewall\, Jason" Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Aug 07 02:04:09 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1V6rEW-0004fk-H4 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 07 Aug 2013 02:04:08 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:53552 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1V6rEW-00054F-1m for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 06 Aug 2013 20:04:08 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:33650) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1V6rEQ-00053u-TY for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 06 Aug 2013 20:04:04 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1V6rEQ-0006o5-1X for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 06 Aug 2013 20:04:02 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:49683) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1V6rEP-0006o1-Uk for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 06 Aug 2013 20:04:01 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1V6rEP-0004nM-Jp for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 06 Aug 2013 20:04:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org In-Reply-To: Resent-From: Glenn Morris Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2013 00:04:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 15037 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 15037-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B15037.137583380618350 (code B ref 15037); Wed, 07 Aug 2013 00:04:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 15037) by debbugs.gnu.org; 7 Aug 2013 00:03:26 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:43994 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1V6rDp-0004lt-Dd for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 06 Aug 2013 20:03:25 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([208.118.235.10]:50771 ident=Debian-exim) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1V6rDn-0004lf-JV for 15037@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 06 Aug 2013 20:03:24 -0400 Original-Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1V6rDm-0005Sx-Qy; Tue, 06 Aug 2013 20:03:22 -0400 X-Spook: ASLET underground cybercash MIT-LL world domination X-Ran: >umm?_%t"v3C$8(G}0vYTx|vE:1f]Lt-0_:=RF$O-"FQfioO3(H:YK~(bIp.w4mhrM55HM X-Hue: magenta X-Attribution: GM User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x 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:77006 Archived-At: "Sewall, Jason" wrote: > I have a long-running emacs session with a server running on it > (24.2.1, on Fedora 18). I have started up a new VNC session on the > host, creating DISPLAY :1.0, but emacs refuses to let me create a > frame on it: > > M-x make-frame-on-display :1.0 > Display :1.0 can't be opened > > If I start a new emacs session with emacs (with -Q or not) and run the > above, the frame is created. > > I am not an expert in emacs frame handling nor in X, but it seems like > emacs is reading the available displays when it starts up and refuses > to connect to anything that started up after it. With Emacs 24.2, the following works fine for me: ## Without X running emacs -Q --daemon startx & ## Back in the tty emacsclient -t ## In Emacs (make-frame-on-display ":0.0")