From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Dan Nicolaescu Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel,gmane.emacs.pretest.bugs Subject: Re: 23.0.50; DISPLAY env var bug on w32? Date: Mon, 07 Jan 2008 13:03:36 -0800 Message-ID: <200801072103.m07L3bB7017074@oogie-boogie.ics.uci.edu> References: <47827356.70005@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1199739872 4046 80.91.229.12 (7 Jan 2008 21:04:32 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2008 21:04:32 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org, Stefan Monnier To: "Lennart Borgman \(gmail\)" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jan 07 22:04:52 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JBz9Q-00088L-7M for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 07 Jan 2008 22:04:52 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JBz92-00081H-UB for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 07 Jan 2008 16:04:28 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JBz8x-0007zk-I3 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 07 Jan 2008 16:04:23 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JBz8t-0007y8-T0 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 07 Jan 2008 16:04:22 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JBz8s-0007xd-Mc for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 07 Jan 2008 16:04:18 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JBz8s-0007YW-98 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 07 Jan 2008 16:04:18 -0500 Original-Received: from mx10.gnu.org ([199.232.76.166]) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1JBz8s-0003Fm-12 for emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org; Mon, 07 Jan 2008 16:04:18 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JBz8g-0007RQ-7T for emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org; Mon, 07 Jan 2008 16:04:09 -0500 Original-Received: from oogie-boogie.ics.uci.edu ([128.195.1.41]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JBz8f-0007R4-QM for emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org; Mon, 07 Jan 2008 16:04:06 -0500 Original-Received: from mothra.ics.uci.edu (mothra.ics.uci.edu [128.195.6.93]) by oogie-boogie.ics.uci.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id m07L3bB7017074; Mon, 7 Jan 2008 13:03:37 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <47827356.70005@gmail.com> (Lennart Borgman's message of "Mon, 07 Jan 2008 19:45:42 +0100") Original-Lines: 22 X-ICS-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-ICS-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (score=-0.84, required 5, autolearn=disabled, ALL_TRUSTED -1.44, J_CHICKENPOX_62 0.60) X-ICS-MailScanner-From: dann@mothra.ics.uci.edu X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Solaris 9 X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:86514 gmane.emacs.pretest.bugs:20539 Archived-At: "Lennart Borgman (gmail)" writes: > I can not use emacsclient to open files unless I delete the > environmental variable DISPLAY. > > To reproduce the problem do > > emacs -Q > M-x server-mode > > Then from the command line try to open a file, for example > > emacsclient.exe COPYING > > This fails with the message > > C:\emacs\u\080104\emacs\bin>emacsclient.exe COPYING > Waiting for Emacs... > *ERROR*: Don't know how to create a frame on window system x This is just a shot in the dark, but can you try to revert server.el to version 1.136 and see if it works with that?