Re: Problems with gtk-build / emacs-22.1.1

["Jan Djärv" <jan.h.d@swipnet.se>]

Dieter Jurzitza skrev:
> Dear listmembers,
> I recently built a new emacs on my system:
> This is GNU Emacs 22.1.1 (i586-suse-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.6.4) 
> 
> I am using kde (suse 9.3) and mainly start emacs iconic at startup and use 
> gnuclient to edit files whenever apropriate.
> 
> With the new emacs I am facing the problem that, after fresh login, the first 
> call to 
> gnuclient <myfile> & 
> causes emacs to crash. In contrast, when I restart emacs using
> emacs --iconic &
> all subsequent calls
> gnuclient <myfile> &
> work flawlessly.
> I then decided to start emacs within a script doing
> strace /usr/bin/emacs --iconic > logfile 2>&1 &
> Thereby I can trace the crash and see a SIGSEGV / Gdk error:

Strace is not really useful.  Start emacs in gdb instead and see where it 
crashes.  Also, there must have been some output on stderr, what was it?

	Jan D.

> 
> 
> ****************** EXCERPTEXCERPT ********************************************
> 
> --- SIGIO (I/O possible) @ 0 (0) ---
> sigreturn()                             = ? (mask now [])
> read(4, "\1\30W\7\0\0\0\0w\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\340\20\34\0\0\0\0\0H\273"..., 32) = 
> 32
> write(4, "6\30\2\0\263\1\300\0016\0\2\0\262\1\300\0015\30\4\0\267"..., 340) = 
> 340
> --- SIGIO (I/O possible) @ 0 (0) ---
> sigreturn()                             = ? (mask now [])
> read(4, "\1\30f\7\0\0\0\0w\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\240\5\4\0\0\0\0\0H\273"..., 32) = 32
> write(4, "6\30\2\0\267\1\300\0015\30\4\0\272\1\300\1w\0\0\0\n\0\4"..., 60) = 
> 60
> --- SIGIO (I/O possible) @ 0 (0) ---
> sigreturn()                             = ? (mask now [])
> read(4, "\1\30j\7\0\0\0\0w\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\n\0\4\0\0\0\0\0H\273\244"..., 32) = 
> 32
> write(4, "6\30\2\0\272\1\300\0015\30\4\0\273\1\300\1w\0\0\0\302\20"..., 144) = 
> 144
> --- SIGIO (I/O possible) @ 0 (0) ---
> sigreturn()                             = ? (mask now [])
> read(4, "\1\30r\7\0\0\0\0w\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\302\20\4\0\0\0\0\0H\273"..., 32) = 32
> write(8, "\2\0\4\0x\0\240\0\10\0\0\0\0\0\0\0*\2\3\0h\0\240\0\367"..., 1424) = 
> 1424
> write(4, "6\30\2\0\274\1\300\0016\30\2\0\273\1\300\1", 16) = 16
> write(8, "+\0\1\0", 4)                  = 4
> read(8, 0xbfffa0b0, 32)                 = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily 
> unavailable)
> select(9, [8], NULL, NULL, NULL)        = 1 (in [8])
> --- SIGIO (I/O possible) @ 0 (0) ---
> sigreturn()                             = ? (mask now [])
> read(8, "\n\5\233\3x\0\240\0\0\365\377\277\350@v\10\10\0\0\0H\206"..., 32) = 
> 32
> read(8, "\n\2\233\3g\0\240\0\0\365\377\277W\270\f\10\5\0\0\0H\206"..., 32) = 
> 32
> read(8, "\t\0\233\3h\0\240\0\0\365\377\2771\275\f\10\220m\271\10"..., 32) = 32
> read(8, "\1\2\234\3\0\0\0\0h\0\240\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\10\0\0\0\20"..., 32) = 32
> read(8, "\0\t\243\3\262\1\300\1\0\0>\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\10\0\0\0"..., 32) = 32
> open("/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XErrorDB", O_RDONLY) = 12
> fstat64(12, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0444, st_size=36378, ...}) = 0
> read(12, "! $Xorg: XErrorDB,v 1.3 2000/08/"..., 36378) = 36378
> close(12)                               = 0
> brk(0x8ae9000)                          = 0x8ae9000
> brk(0x8af2000)                          = 0x8af2000
> brk(0x8afa000)                          = 0x8afa000
> brk(0x8afb000)                          = 0x8afb000
> brk(0x8afc000)                          = 0x8afc000
> brk(0x8afd000)                          = 0x8afd000
> brk(0x8afe000)                          = 0x8afe000
> write(8, "+\0\1\0", 4)                  = 4
> --- SIGIO (I/O possible) @ 0 (0) ---
> sigreturn()                             = ? (mask now [])
> read(8, "\0\t\317\3\267\1\300\1\0\0>\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\10\0\0\0"..., 32) = 32
> write(8, "+\0\1\0", 4)                  = 4
> --- SIGIO (I/O possible) @ 0 (0) ---
> sigreturn()                             = ? (mask now [])
> read(8, "\0\t\320\3\272\1\300\1\0\0>\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\10\0\0\0"..., 32) = 32
> write(8, "+\0\1\0", 4)                  = 4
> --- SIGIO (I/O possible) @ 0 (0) ---
> sigreturn()                             = ? (mask now [])
> read(8, "\1\2\336\3\0\0\0\0h\0\240\0\0\0\0\0\1\0\0\0\10\0\0\0\20"..., 32) = 32
> --- SIGSEGV (Segmentation fault) @ 0 (0) ---
> rt_sigaction(SIGSEGV, {SIG_DFL}, {0x80f63b0, [], SA_RESTART}, 8) = 0
> select(8, [7], NULL, NULL, {0, 0})      = 0 (Timeout)
> select(8, [7], NULL, NULL, {0, 0})      = 0 (Timeout)
> ioctl(4, FIONREAD, [0])                 = 0
> poll([{fd=4, events=POLLIN}, {fd=8, events=POLLIN, revents=POLLIN}], 2, 0) = 1
> ioctl(4, FIONREAD, [0])                 = 0
> poll([{fd=4, events=POLLIN}, {fd=8, events=POLLIN, revents=POLLIN}], 2, 0) = 1
> write(8, "\24\0\6\0g\0\240\0\370\0\0\0\4\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\377\377\377"..., 24) = 
> 24
> --- SIGIO (I/O possible) @ 0 (0) ---
> sigreturn()                             = ? (mask now [SEGV])
> read(8, "\1\2\337\3\0\0\0\0h\0\240\0\0\0\0\0\1\0\0\0\10\0\0\0\20"..., 32) = 32
> write(2, "\nGdk-ERROR **: file gdkevents-x1"..., 109
> Gdk-ERROR **: file gdkevents-x11.c: line 581 (set_screen_from_root): assertion 
> failed: (screen)
> aborting...
> ) = 109
> kill(7193, SIGABRT)                     = 0
> --- SIGABRT (Aborted) @ 0 (0) ---
> rt_sigaction(SIGABRT, {SIG_DFL}, {0x80f63b0, [], SA_RESTART}, 8) = 0
> select(8, [7], NULL, NULL, {0, 0})      = 0 (Timeout)
> select(8, [7], NULL, NULL, {0, 0})      = 0 (Timeout)
> ioctl(4, FIONREAD, [0])                 = 0
> poll([{fd=4, events=POLLIN}, {fd=8, events=POLLIN, revents=POLLIN}], 2, 0) = 1
> ioctl(4, FIONREAD, [0])                 = 0
> poll([{fd=4, events=POLLIN}, {fd=8, events=POLLIN, revents=POLLIN}], 2, 0) = 1
> write(2, "\n", 1
> )                       = 1
> write(2, "(process:", 9(process:)                = 9
> write(2, "7193", 47193)                     = 4
> write(2, "): ", 3): )                      = 3
> write(2, "Gdk", 3Gdk)                      = 3
> write(2, "-", 1-)                        = 1
> write(2, "ERROR (recursed) **", 19ERROR (recursed) **)     = 19
> write(2, ": ", 2: )                       = 2
> write(2, "file gdkevents-x11.c: line 581 ("..., 81file gdkevents-x11.c: line 
> 581 (set_screen_from_root): assertion failed: (screen)) = 81
> write(2, "\naborting...\n", 13
> ****************** EXCERPTEXCERPT ********************************************
> 
> But I personally have no clue what to do about and whether this can be fixed 
> with finite effort.
> 
> In order to not flood the list I just send this part of the log, not knowing 
> whether or not the important information can be found within. If someone 
> would be interested to take a look into the entire log, please give me a note 
> - I could send the log to someone personally.
> 
> Anyway, many thanks for your help in advance, many thanks for working on emacs 
> anyway :-))
> 
> Take care
> 
> 
> 
> Dieter Jurzitza
>