I had a similar issue. Starting emacs with the --no-x-resources fixed it for me. This was not required when I first built it, only after I did a pull update, so maybe same for you?

On Thu, 26 Nov 2020 at 05:44, martin rudalics <rudalics@gmx.at> wrote:
Trying to run Emacs with my customizations I'm now getting a segfault at
startup (this used to work with earlier checkouts).

martin


Thread 1 "emacs" received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
0x0000000000551139 in hierarchy_ch_cb (widget=0x1356c50, previous_toplevel=0x24322d0, user_data=0xd99dc0) at ../../src/gtkutil.c:754
754       GtkWidget *top = gtk_widget_get_toplevel (x->ttip_lbl);
(gdb) bt
#0  0x0000000000551139 in hierarchy_ch_cb (widget=0x1356c50, previous_toplevel=0x24322d0, user_data=0xd99dc0) at ../../src/gtkutil.c:754
#1  0x00007ffff73eac8d in g_closure_invoke () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0
#2  0x00007ffff73fe365 in  () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0
#3  0x00007ffff74072be in g_signal_emit_valist () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0
#4  0x00007ffff740797f in g_signal_emit () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0
#5  0x00007ffff7c3b6d5 in  () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgtk-3.so.0
#6  0x00007ffff7c3e877 in  () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgtk-3.so.0
#7  0x00007ffff7c4cbdb in gtk_widget_unparent () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgtk-3.so.0
#8  0x00007ffff79e428b in  () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgtk-3.so.0
#9  0x00007ffff73edfff in g_cclosure_marshal_VOID__OBJECTv () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0
#10 0x00007ffff73eaec6 in  () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0
#11 0x00007ffff740738d in g_signal_emit_valist () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0
#12 0x00007ffff740797f in g_signal_emit () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0
#13 0x00007ffff7a2d6a6 in gtk_container_remove () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgtk-3.so.0
#14 0x00007ffff7bfcecc in  () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgtk-3.so.0
#15 0x00000000005512c2 in qttip_cb (widget=0x11c5f40, xpos=1125, ypos=402, keyboard_mode=0, tooltip=0x12b4980, user_data=0x1df16a8) at ../../src/gtkutil.c:786
#16 0x00007ffff7c8e805 in  () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgtk-3.so.0
#17 0x00007ffff73eac8d in g_closure_invoke () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0
#18 0x00007ffff73fe365 in  () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0
#19 0x00007ffff74069ab in g_signal_emit_valist () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0
#20 0x00007ffff740797f in g_signal_emit () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0
#21 0x00007ffff7c3caeb in  () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgtk-3.so.0
#22 0x00007ffff7bfbc69 in  () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgtk-3.so.0
#23 0x00007ffff7bfc147 in  () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgtk-3.so.0
#24 0x00007ffff7afc945 in gtk_main_do_event () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgtk-3.so.0
#25 0x00007ffff77fe465 in  () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgdk-3.so.0
#26 0x00007ffff782f112 in  () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgdk-3.so.0
#27 0x00007ffff7308f2e in g_main_context_dispatch () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
#28 0x00007ffff73091c8 in  () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
#29 0x00007ffff73094c2 in g_main_loop_run () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
#30 0x00007ffff7c63d9e in gtk_clipboard_wait_for_contents () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgtk-3.so.0
#31 0x00007ffff7c642d2 in gtk_clipboard_wait_is_text_available () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgtk-3.so.0
#32 0x000000000070d86c in Fpgtk_selection_exists_p (selection=XIL(0x120), terminal=XIL(0)) at ../../src/pgtkselect.c:478
#33 0x000000000064b59e in funcall_subr (subr=0xc111e0 <Spgtk_selection_exists_p>, numargs=1, args=0x7ffffffef658) at ../../src/eval.c:2884
#34 0x000000000064b047 in Ffuncall (nargs=2, args=0x7ffffffef650) at ../../src/eval.c:2809
#35 0x00000000006a3eec in exec_byte_code (bytestr=XIL(0x7ffff41e9984), vector=XIL(0x7ffff41e9925), maxdepth=make_fixnum(3), args_template=make_fixnum(257), nargs=1, args=0x7ffffffefcb0) at ../../src/bytecode.c:632
#36 0x000000000064b7ff in fetch_and_exec_byte_code (fun=XIL(0x7ffff41e98d5), syms_left=make_fixnum(257), nargs=1, args=0x7ffffffefca8) at ../../src/eval.c:2931
#37 0x000000000064bc85 in funcall_lambda (fun=XIL(0x7ffff41e98d5), nargs=1, arg_vector=0x7ffffffefca8) at ../../src/eval.c:3012
#38 0x000000000064b08b in Ffuncall (nargs=2, args=0x7ffffffefca0) at ../../src/eval.c:2811
#39 0x0000000000649eb9 in Fapply (nargs=2, args=0x7ffffffefca0) at ../../src/eval.c:2396
#40 0x000000000064b471 in funcall_subr (subr=0xc0b0a0 <Sapply>, numargs=2, args=0x7ffffffefca0) at ../../src/eval.c:2862
#41 0x000000000064b047 in Ffuncall (nargs=3, args=0x7ffffffefc98) at ../../src/eval.c:2809
#42 0x00000000006a3eec in exec_byte_code (bytestr=XIL(0x7ffff41ea26c), vector=XIL(0x7ffff41e9715), maxdepth=make_fixnum(15), args_template=make_fixnum(128), nargs=1, args=0x7fffffff01d0) at ../../src/bytecode.c:632
#43 0x000000000064b7ff in fetch_and_exec_byte_code (fun=XIL(0x7ffff41e96c5), syms_left=make_fixnum(128), nargs=1, args=0x7fffffff01d0) at ../../src/eval.c:2931
#44 0x000000000064bc85 in funcall_lambda (fun=XIL(0x7ffff41e96c5), nargs=1, arg_vector=0x7fffffff01d0) at ../../src/eval.c:3012
#45 0x000000000064b08b in Ffuncall (nargs=2, args=0x7fffffff01c8) at ../../src/eval.c:2811
#46 0x00000000006a3eec in exec_byte_code (bytestr=XIL(0x7ffff42b3cdc), vector=XIL(0x7ffff42b3c9d), maxdepth=make_fixnum(2), args_template=XIL(0), nargs=0, args=0x0) at ../../src/bytecode.c:632
#47 0x000000000064b7ff in fetch_and_exec_byte_code (fun=XIL(0x7ffff42b3c75), syms_left=XIL(0), nargs=0, args=0x0) at ../../src/eval.c:2931
#48 0x000000000064c165 in funcall_lambda (fun=XIL(0x7ffff42b3c75), nargs=0, arg_vector=0x0) at ../../src/eval.c:3081
#49 0x000000000064b08b in Ffuncall (nargs=1, args=0x7fffffff0680) at ../../src/eval.c:2811
#50 0x000000000064974a in eval_sub (form=XIL(0x7ffff42b3c33)) at ../../src/eval.c:2258
#51 0x0000000000648e83 in Feval (form=XIL(0x7ffff42b3c33), lexical=XIL(0)) at ../../src/eval.c:2115
#52 0x000000000057f9c3 in eval_dyn (form=XIL(0x7ffff42b3c33)) at ../../src/keyboard.c:7623
#53 0x00000000006470ad in internal_condition_case_1 (bfun=0x57f99b <eval_dyn>, arg=XIL(0x7ffff42b3c33), handlers=XIL(0x90), hfun=0x57f91c <menu_item_eval_property_1>) at ../../src/eval.c:1383
#54 0x000000000057fa24 in menu_item_eval_property (sexpr=XIL(0x7ffff42b3c33)) at ../../src/keyboard.c:7634
#55 0x0000000000580a93 in parse_menu_item (item=XIL(0), inmenubar=0) at ../../src/keyboard.c:7816
#56 0x00000000004bc12c in single_menu_item (key=XIL(0x7ffff362fa78), item=XIL(0x7ffff42b3ba3), dummy=XIL(0), skp_v=0x7fffffff0bf0) at ../../src/menu.c:323
#57 0x000000000058f6f9 in map_keymap_item (fun=0x4bc0df <single_menu_item>, args=XIL(0), key=XIL(0x7ffff362fa78), val=XIL(0x7ffff42b3ba3), data=0x7fffffff0bf0) at ../../src/keymap.c:537
#58 0x000000000058f9e3 in map_keymap_internal (map=XIL(0x11b8e93), fun=0x4bc0df <single_menu_item>, args=XIL(0), data=0x7fffffff0bf0) at ../../src/keymap.c:584
#59 0x000000000058fd85 in map_keymap_canonical (map=XIL(0x11b8e93), fun=0x4bc0df <single_menu_item>, args=XIL(0), data=0x7fffffff0bf0) at ../../src/keymap.c:644
#60 0x00000000004bbf59 in single_keymap_panes (keymap=XIL(0x7ffff42a0763), pane_name=XIL(0x7ffff42a0884), prefix=XIL(0x7ffff34e3b68), maxdepth=10) at ../../src/menu.c:292
#61 0x00000000004bcf19 in parse_single_submenu (item_key=XIL(0x7ffff34e3b68), item_name=XIL(0x7ffff42a0884), maps=XIL(0)) at ../../src/menu.c:556
#62 0x000000000070ee27 in set_frame_menubar (f=0x1df16a8, first_time=false, deep_p=true) at ../../src/pgtkmenu.c:361
#63 0x000000000046f3ab in update_menu_bar (f=0x1df16a8, save_match_data=false, hooks_run=true) at ../../src/xdisp.c:12834
#64 0x000000000046eee1 in prepare_menu_bars () at ../../src/xdisp.c:12720
#65 0x00000000004743b4 in redisplay_internal () at ../../src/xdisp.c:15582
#66 0x0000000000473123 in redisplay () at ../../src/xdisp.c:15166
#67 0x0000000000572a9e in read_char (commandflag=1, map=XIL(0x21077c3), prev_event=XIL(0), used_mouse_menu=0x7fffffffe15f, end_time=0x0) at ../../src/keyboard.c:2497
#68 0x0000000000585685 in read_key_sequence (keybuf=0x7fffffffe2f0, prompt=XIL(0), dont_downcase_last=false, can_return_switch_frame=true, fix_current_buffer=true, prevent_redisplay=false) at ../../src/keyboard.c:9544
#69 0x000000000056f05c in command_loop_1 () at ../../src/keyboard.c:1354
#70 0x0000000000646fd2 in internal_condition_case (bfun=0x56ebe0 <command_loop_1>, handlers=XIL(0x90), hfun=0x56e1ef <cmd_error>) at ../../src/eval.c:1359
#71 0x000000000056e7c5 in command_loop_2 (ignore=XIL(0)) at ../../src/keyboard.c:1095
#72 0x0000000000646486 in internal_catch (tag=XIL(0xd2c0), func=0x56e798 <command_loop_2>, arg=XIL(0)) at ../../src/eval.c:1120
#73 0x000000000056e763 in command_loop () at ../../src/keyboard.c:1074
#74 0x000000000056dcd6 in recursive_edit_1 () at ../../src/keyboard.c:718
#75 0x000000000056dece in Frecursive_edit () at ../../src/keyboard.c:790
#76 0x0000000000569ea7 in main (argc=1, argv=0x7fffffffe7c8) at ../../src/emacs.c:2062

Lisp Backtrace:
"pgtk-selection-exists-p" (0xfffef658)
0xf41e98d0 PVEC_COMPILED
"apply" (0xfffefca0)
"gui-backend-selection-exists-p" (0xffff01d0)
0xf42b3c70 PVEC_COMPILED
"funcall" (0xffff0680)
"redisplay_internal (C function)" (0x0)



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regards,

Tim

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