Re: Emacs not working under X

[Milan Zamazal <pdm@zamazal.org>]

>>>>> "JR" == Johannes Rohr <j.rohr@comlink.apc.org> writes:

    JR> Has anybody of you had the same problem?

Yes, I tried to run an Emacs 21 pretest several months ago and
experienced exactly the same problem.  Here is what I've found using gdb
that time:

  When I run Emacs (either emacs20 from Debian or a hand compiled Emacs
  21.0.105) in X in Hurd, I can see only an empty frame and the Emacs
  freezes.  gdb backtrace of 21.0.105 follows, Emacs freezes always at the
  same place:

    #0  0x0126b8cc in evc_wait () from /lib/libc.so.0.2
    #1  0x0126bf79 in mach_msg () from /lib/libc.so.0.2
    #2  0x0127194b in _hurd_exec () from /lib/libc.so.0.2
    #9  0x080b4539 in x_make_frame_visible (f=0x83d0d20) at xterm.c:12730
    #0  0x0126b8cc in evc_wait () from /lib/libc.so.0.2
    #1  0x0126bf79 in mach_msg () from /lib/libc.so.0.2
    #8  0x080be5ac in x_sync (f=0x83d0d20) at xfns.c:5219
    #9  0x080b4539 in x_make_frame_visible (f=0x83d0d20) at xterm.c:12730
    #10 0x080588f6 in Fmake_frame_visible (frame=1211960608) at frame.c:1477

Looking into the sources, Emacs clearly freezes in the `XSync' call.
Unfortunately, I've got no idea how to fix it.

Regards,

Milan Zamazal

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