From: Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
To: "Sewall\, Jason" <jason.sewall@intel.com>
Cc: 15037@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#15037: Display can't be opened (display newer than emacs session)
Date: Tue, 06 Aug 2013 20:03:22 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <gkeha6l645.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <C64EEADE742C444EA672808682DC050459B00173@ORSMSX104.amr.corp.intel.com>
"Sewall, Jason" wrote:
> I have a long-running emacs session with a server running on it
> (24.2.1, on Fedora 18). I have started up a new VNC session on the
> host, creating DISPLAY :1.0, but emacs refuses to let me create a
> frame on it:
>
> M-x make-frame-on-display <RET> :1.0 <RET>
> Display :1.0 can't be opened
>
> If I start a new emacs session with emacs (with -Q or not) and run the
> above, the frame is created.
>
> I am not an expert in emacs frame handling nor in X, but it seems like
> emacs is reading the available displays when it starts up and refuses
> to connect to anything that started up after it.
With Emacs 24.2, the following works fine for me:
## Without X running
emacs -Q --daemon
startx &
## Back in the tty
emacsclient -t
## In Emacs
(make-frame-on-display ":0.0")
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-08-07 0:03 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-08-06 20:52 bug#15037: Display can't be opened (display newer than emacs session) Sewall, Jason
2013-08-07 0:03 ` Glenn Morris [this message]
2013-08-07 17:39 ` Sewall, Jason
2013-08-07 8:32 ` Jan Djärv
2013-08-07 17:37 ` Sewall, Jason
2013-08-07 14:30 ` Stefan Monnier
2013-08-07 17:31 ` Sewall, Jason
2013-08-07 18:19 ` Stefan Monnier
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