Re: sf

[kj <no.email@please.post>]

In <87pr9t52lm.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org> writes:

>kj <no.email@please.post> writes:

>> I posted this query some months ago, but got no replies.

>Try a better fitting subject line.

The bad subject line was a mistake, and it only happened when I
reposted.

Ironically, despite the inscrutable subject line, this time I got
one response, which is better than I can say for my previous attempt
that did have a clear subject line...

>> The problem persists after I updated from version 22.3.1 to 23.1.1, so
>> I thought I'd try again.
>>
>> Whenever I start up Emacs, I get a warning of the form
>>
>>   Warning: desktop file appears to be in use by PID <XYZ>.
>>
>> where <XYZ> stands for the PID of the Emacs process just being
>> started.  I.e. the process is tripping over itself.
>>
>> If I look at the entire *Messages* buffer at that moment, I see
>> see something like this:
>>
>>   Wrote /home/kynn/.emacs.desktop.lock
>>   Desktop: 6 buffers restored.
>>   Loading server...done
>>   setting customized faces
>>   Warning: desktop file appears to be in use by PID 893.
>>   Using it may cause conflicts.  Use it anyway? (y or n)
>>   Desktop: 6 buffers restored.
>>   For information about GNU Emacs and the GNU system, type C-h C-a.
>>
>> I find the repeated "Desktop: 6 buffers restored." suspicious.  It
>> makes me wonder if Emacs is running through the Desktop sequence
>> twice, and that's why it complains about the lock file.

>Yes, quite likely the reason.  What is the output of

>grep desktop ~/.emacs

>on your system?  It is likely that you are using two separate methods of
>loading the desktop.

Thanks, this hint helped a lot.

kj