* GNU Emacs/GLib filling up ~/.xsession-errors with 42GB of warnings
@ 2010-10-24 18:02 Adam Sjøgren
2010-10-24 21:08 ` Chong Yidong
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From: Adam Sjøgren @ 2010-10-24 18:02 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-devel
Hi.
This just happened to me again: GNU Emacs¹ filled up my root-partition
by writing 42GB of copies of this line:
(emacs-snapshot-gtk:6008): GLib-WARNING **: g_main_context_check() called recursively from within a source's check() or prepare() member.
I think it was because I had an emacsclient X window open on my phone,
which lost connection when I walked the dog.
It happened once before, so I thought I would report it, as it severely
cripples the system it happens to when the filesystem is filled up.
From Googling I can see that the answer to people who hit this usually
is "Don't use GTK, use Lucid"² - so I guess I have to talk Romain
Francoise into creating another set of snapshot packages³.
Or is there a way to turn off those warnings, or some other clever
workaround I can employ?
Best regards,
Adam
¹ GNU Emacs 24.0.50.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.20.1) of
2010-10-16 on elegiac, modified by Debian
² http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=1493
http://groups.google.com/group/gnu.emacs.bug/browse_thread/thread/7492b3293cee1b45
http://www.archivum.info/bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org/2009-08/01037/bug-4078-23.1-Forcibly-breaking-%27emacsclient-c%27-X-connections-can-crash-emacs.html
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/emacs23/+bug/543611
³ http://emacs.orebokech.com/
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* Re: GNU Emacs/GLib filling up ~/.xsession-errors with 42GB of warnings
2010-10-24 18:02 GNU Emacs/GLib filling up ~/.xsession-errors with 42GB of warnings Adam Sjøgren
@ 2010-10-24 21:08 ` Chong Yidong
2010-10-25 5:49 ` Jan Djärv
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From: Chong Yidong @ 2010-10-24 21:08 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-devel
asjo@koldfront.dk (Adam Sjøgren) writes:
> This just happened to me again: GNU Emacs¹ filled up my root-partition
> by writing 42GB of copies of this line:
>
> (emacs-snapshot-gtk:6008): GLib-WARNING **: g_main_context_check() called 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.
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* Re: GNU Emacs/GLib filling up ~/.xsession-errors with 42GB of warnings
2010-10-24 21:08 ` Chong Yidong
@ 2010-10-25 5:49 ` Jan Djärv
2010-10-25 16:47 ` Chong Yidong
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From: Jan Djärv @ 2010-10-25 5:49 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Chong Yidong; +Cc: emacs-devel
I think you should update the PROBLEMS entry also.
Jan D.
Chong Yidong skrev 2010-10-24 23.08:
> asjo@koldfront.dk (Adam Sjøgren) writes:
>
>> This just happened to me again: GNU Emacs¹ filled up my root-partition
>> by writing 42GB of copies of this line:
>>
>> (emacs-snapshot-gtk:6008): GLib-WARNING **: g_main_context_check() called 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.
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