Re: daemon mode breakage

[Óscar Fuentes]

Jan Djärv <address@hidden> writes:

> Chong Yidong skrev 2010-10-20 18.19:
>> Dan Nicolaescu<address@hidden>  writes:
>>
>>>> But if the connection is rudely dropped, then when I attempt to re-connect
>>>> I get a blank window.
>>>
>>> This is a bug in Gtk+.
>>> http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=85715.  (emacs/etc/PROBLEMS
>>> has a note about this too).
>>> If you intend to use the daemon mode, it's better to compile emacs
>>> using the lucid toolkit.
>>> It doesn't look like the Gtk+ bug will ever be fixed so...
>>
>> Is there any way for us to detect when this happens?  If so, we could
>> make Emacs print an error message with the bugzilla.gnome.org bug url.
>
> I haven't looked into it much, but as Emacs is in daemon mode, chances
> are that nobody will see the output.

IIRC, creating the first frame works fine. It is when closing the frame
or creating a new one when the problem pops out.

Yes, I came to the list with that same problem a few years ago.