From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Chong Yidong Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: GNU Emacs/GLib filling up ~/.xsession-errors with 42GB of warnings Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2010 17:08:51 -0400 Message-ID: <87bp6j1eos.fsf@stupidchicken.com> References: <87d3qzeag0.fsf@topper.koldfront.dk> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1287955417 22281 80.91.229.12 (24 Oct 2010 21:23:37 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2010 21:23:37 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Oct 24 23:23:34 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PA82Q-0001VB-Em for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 24 Oct 2010 23:23:34 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:56981 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PA82P-0003UU-Qg for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 24 Oct 2010 17:23:33 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=35591 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PA7z6-0001fS-Bz for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 24 Oct 2010 17:20:09 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PA7oA-0006ix-4g for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 24 Oct 2010 17:08:51 -0400 Original-Received: from pantheon-po16.its.yale.edu ([130.132.50.72]:37842) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PA7oA-0006ir-1Z for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 24 Oct 2010 17:08:50 -0400 Original-Received: from furball (173-9-75-145-NewEngland.hfc.comcastbusiness.net [173.9.75.145]) (authenticated bits=0) by pantheon-po16.its.yale.edu (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id o9OL8m4f026505 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Sun, 24 Oct 2010 17:08:49 -0400 Original-Received: by furball (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 2EC351607BF; Sun, 24 Oct 2010 17:08:52 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <87d3qzeag0.fsf@topper.koldfront.dk> ("Adam =?utf-8?Q?Sj?= =?utf-8?Q?=C3=B8gren=22's?= message of "Sun, 24 Oct 2010 20:02:07 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-YaleITSMailFilter: Version 1.2c (attachment(s) not renamed) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.4-2.6 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:132068 Archived-At: asjo@koldfront.dk (Adam Sj=C3=B8gren) writes: > This just happened to me again: GNU Emacs=C2=B9 filled up my root-partiti= on > by writing 42GB of copies of this line: > > (emacs-snapshot-gtk:6008): GLib-WARNING **: g_main_context_check() call= ed recursively from within a source's check() or prepare() member. Hmm, previously this bug was a nuisance, but filling users' hard disks is a serious problem. Given this, I think it's best not to try to be too clever in handling the loss of X connections. I've just checked in a patch that kills GTK Emacs when that happens.