Re: Hang on startup on OS X (GUI only)

[Guido Van Hoecke <guivho@gmail.com>]

FWIW, here's my current situation:

I'm currently running GNU Emacs 25.0.50.1
(x86_64-apple-darwin13.4.0, NS appkit-1265.21 Version 10.9.5 (Build
13F1112))
of 2015-10-24

Emacs does not hang any more, but the instance launched by OSX during
startup frequently crashes (about 70%).

The next instance, launched from the dock, seldom crashes (less than 10%).

This is far from perfect, but imho still better than the hang situation.

Guido


On 14 October 2015 at 04:50, Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
wrote:

> > I'm long had the same problem with a variety of different Emacs builds
> > (various builds from from http://emacsformacosx.com as well as a couple
> of
> > homebrew builds). It was not always this way, but I can't put my finger
> on
> > the exact change that triggered this behavior. Currently running OS
> > X 10.10.5 on an early 2013 13" MBP with 16 GB RAM. I would love to know
> the
> > solution to this problem.
>
> AFAIK it's a race-condition that shows up only since some version of OSX
> and which is fixed in Emacs's "master" branch.  I suggest you try
> a snapshot build of that development code to confirm that it fixes it
> for you.
>
>
>         Stefan
>
>
>