From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Michael Heerdegen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Zombie subprocesses (again) Date: Sat, 25 May 2013 04:34:08 +0200 Message-ID: <8761y7ss7z.fsf@web.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1369449271 10037 80.91.229.3 (25 May 2013 02:34:31 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 25 May 2013 02:34:31 +0000 (UTC) To: Emacs Development Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat May 25 04:34:30 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Ug4JR-0003LY-SQ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 25 May 2013 04:34:29 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:38029 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Ug4JR-0002D9-GP for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 24 May 2013 22:34:29 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:52477) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Ug4JO-0002Co-Ff for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 24 May 2013 22:34:27 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Ug4JN-00020O-BK for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 24 May 2013 22:34:26 -0400 Original-Received: from mout.web.de ([212.227.15.4]:61333) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Ug4JN-00020D-2D for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 24 May 2013 22:34:25 -0400 Original-Received: from drachen.dragon ([89.204.154.30]) by smtp.web.de (mrweb002) with ESMTPSA (Nemesis) id 0LgYi5-1U3yCQ1DMr-00noga; Sat, 25 May 2013 04:34:23 +0200 Mail-Followup-To: Emacs Development User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) X-Provags-ID: V02:K0:h6XwqcCqQBZr4fd6+nD8CD7jw3cLn/ktKHG3WebYpSZ 5jLHAzczkLY/15SwIIzPp4e4sX1zr0XIwfqVyydoqDkRshWIjP R0gB7i3JQfn/RON3N9o6ZkKsJSXAdsWwTH4LQ6//eiPnxBMU7X 4k3AsModYgls3D91Mru3uxyXVnEWjLojqNFytPZToR1PrsC8Aq f7SZPPbbewr4jfo6DFRWbOTNdW5lC5SYiLCefbbARw= X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.4.x-2.6.x [generic] X-Received-From: 212.227.15.4 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:159783 Archived-At: Hello, I'm using emacs-snapshot on Debian, a four days old build of trunk. I didn't know about this zombie subprocess bug (bug#12980) at all until today, where I experienced the following: - I start Emacs in X as a different user (via gksu), or - I start Emacs from an X session that was started with startx In such an Emacs, any child process seems to become a zombie after being finished. E.g., when I type "exit" in an *terminal* running bash, there is still a running buffer process. As a symptom, CPU is used at 100% until I C-x C-c. However, if I log in via display manager and don't switch to another user via gksu, this doesn't happen. And: it happens with the gtk version as well as with lucid, but not with emacs -nw in an xterm. Is this a new issue? Or could it be my setup? Thanks, Michael.