trying to resize emacs window locks up desktop

[Robert P. J. Day]

On Wed, 22 Aug 2007, Michael Schwendt wrote:

> 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.

it does?  hmmmmm ... that didn't work for me.  once i get locked up, i
have to kill my desktop entirely and log back in again.

rday
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