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Dan Nicolaescu <dann@gnu.org> writes:

>> But if the connection is rudely dropped, then when I attempt to re-connect
>> I get a blank window.
>
> This is a bug in Gtk+.
> http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=85715.  (emacs/etc/PROBLEMS
> has a note about this too).
> If you intend to use the daemon mode, it's better to compile emacs
> using the lucid toolkit.
> It doesn't look like the Gtk+ bug will ever be fixed so...

Is there any way for us to detect when this happens?  If so, we could
make Emacs print an error message with the bugzilla.gnome.org bug url.