trying to resize emacs window locks up desktop

Michael Schwendt mschwendt.tmp0701.nospam at arcor.de
Wed Aug 22 09:33:15 UTC 2007


On Wed, 22 Aug 2007 05:15:36 -0400 (EDT), Robert P. J. Day wrote:

> On Wed, 22 Aug 2007, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> 
> >   i didn't immediately see a bugzilla entry for this:  i can start
> > an emacs editor window and work there without any problem, but the
> > instant i try to resize that window, my entire desktop locks up, and
> > i need to Ctrl-Alt-BS to kill it.
> >
> >    at other times, simply starting emacs causes the same lockup.
> > thoughts?
> >
> > rday
> >
> > p.s.  starting emacs produces a warning that's already been logged
> > in bugzilla -- missing gnomebreakpad shared library.
> 
> as a short followup, most of the time, i can start the emacs session
> and work in it reliably.  i can also move that window around the
> desktop, and i can full-screen the window, then return it to its
> original size without any difficulty.
> 
> however, the instant i left-click on the border of the emacs session
> window, the mouse cursor will change to one of the arrows to denote
> resizing, at which point it will stay that way and, while i can move
> the cursor around the screen, there's no other response from any other
> window on the desktop.  i can't change focus, i can't move to another
> virtual desktop, but i can switch to a virtual console to kill the
> emacs client, at which point the entire graphical login session is
> killed and i need to log in again.
> 
> this is a thoroughly reproducible problem, at least on this system.

Reproducible here. All I need to do is start Emacs, then click bottom
border to change window size. Desktop locks up. Switching to virtual
console and back somehow triggers an event that makes the desktop work
again.




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