Re: Minimized Emacs and Gnome logout

["Jan D." <jan.h.d@swipnet.se>]

Chong Yidong wrote:
> "Jan D." <jan.h.d@swipnet.se> writes:
>
>   
>> Chong Yidong skrev:
>>     
>>> 1. Run Emacs in Gnome
>>> 2. Iconify (minimize) the Emacs window,
>>>      (e.g. by clicking on its taskbar entry)
>>> 3. Gnome menu -> Quit -> Log Out
>>> 4. Nothing happens.
>>> 5. Now de-iconify Emacs (e.g. by clicking on its taskbar entry).
>>> 6. Gnome logs out.
>>>
>>> `kill' and `kill -9' seem to work fine on the iconified Emacs, so is
>>> there some other signal that the Gnome logout sends that we are not
>>> responding properly to?
>>>
>>> FWIW, I'm using the version of Gnome that comes with Ubuntu Dapper.
>>> This behavior has been present for several months, but I haven't been
>>> able to identify the problem.
>>>       
>> I can not reproduce this on Ubuntu Dapper.  But sometimes the session
>> manager hangs, and just moving the mouse will continue the logout.  Have
>> you tried that (i.e. move the mouse instead of deiconify Emacs)?  Can
>> you try KDE and see if you have the same problem?
>>
>> What are your settings for sessions in Gnome, i.e. save at logout, ask
>> at logout and so on?
>>     
>
> I investigated some more, and found that this is related to me turning
> off the "use Nautilus to draw the desktop" feature in gconf-editor ->
> apps -> nautilus -> preferences -> show desktop.  With Nautilus turned
> on, logging out works.
>
> Chances are, this is a Gnome bug (though as far as I know, it only
> affects Emacs; an iconified xterm logs out fine).

I see this now, thanks for the clarification.  I don't have to deiconfy 
Emacs for the logout to continue, I just need to give focus to some 
window, for example a gnome-terminal window.  I beleive it is a bug in 
the Gnome version delivered with Ubuntu.  This error does not happen 
with Fedora Core 5.  I will debug this a bit further when I have more time.

    Jan D.