xorg 7.5.2 + emacs

[Cy Schubert]

In message <201206230545.q5N5jvHx002690 at slippy.cwsent.com>, Cy Schubert 
writes:
> It appears that xorg 7.5.2 causes emacs to segfault. The workaround is to 
> set emacs.synchronous: on in .Xresources.
> 
> Another data point. I copied my $LOCALBASE from my old laptop (i915) to my 
> new laptop (intel hd3000), in a jail (won't bore you why). Running emacs in 
> the jail and displaying to the new X server resulted in no segfault, 
> suggesting that this may be library related. Furthermore running emacs 
> under truss, without synchronous also works (probably because truss 
> inadvertently causes calls to X to be synchronous.
> 
> If anyone is having problems with emacs under 7.5.2, the workaround should 
> do it until a better solution is found.

Disabling gconf in options circumvents the issue.


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Cheers,
Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert at komquats.com>
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