From owner-freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jun 23 06:08:10 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA528106566B for ; Sat, 23 Jun 2012 06:08:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from Cy.Schubert@komquats.com) Received: from idcmail-mo2no.shaw.ca (idcmail-mo2no.shaw.ca [64.59.134.9]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7E5098FC08 for ; Sat, 23 Jun 2012 06:08:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lb7f8hsrpno-svcs.dcs.int.inet (HELO pd7ml3no-ssvc.prod.shaw.ca) ([10.0.144.222]) by pd7mo1no-svcs.prod.shaw.ca with ESMTP; 23 Jun 2012 00:08:10 -0600 X-Cloudmark-SP-Filtered: true X-Cloudmark-SP-Result: v=1.1 cv=aDUJ/pRHNXkohnfhaDKKve0FfU8uPxX8npdo6G126bI= c=1 sm=1 a=QrugwKR0C_UA:10 a=wAGQQ9Az6v0A:10 a=BLceEmwcHowA:10 a=ICAaq7hcmGcA:10 a=kj9zAlcOel0A:10 a=IbtKDeXwb2+SRU442/pi3A==:17 a=VxmjJ2MpAAAA:8 a=BWvPGDcYAAAA:8 a=6I5d2MoRAAAA:8 a=yAFJDLPl4AEbwXUQqq8A:9 a=CjuIK1q_8ugA:10 a=V7tsTZBp22UA:10 a=SV7veod9ZcQA:10 a=HpAAvcLHHh0Zw7uRqdWCyQ==:117 Received: from unknown (HELO spqr.komquats.com) ([96.50.7.119]) by pd7ml3no-dmz.prod.shaw.ca with ESMTP; 23 Jun 2012 00:08:10 -0600 Received: from slippy.cwsent.com (slippy2 [10.1.2.91]) by spqr.komquats.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA7FA471; Fri, 22 Jun 2012 23:08:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from slippy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by slippy.cwsent.com (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id q5N689Lt027714; Fri, 22 Jun 2012 23:08:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Cy.Schubert@komquats.com) Message-Id: <201206230608.q5N689Lt027714@slippy.cwsent.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.7.2 01/07/2005 with nmh-1.3 From: Cy Schubert X-os: FreeBSD X-Sender: cy@cwsent.com X-URL: http://www.komquats.com/ To: Cy Schubert In-Reply-To: Message from Cy Schubert of "Fri, 22 Jun 2012 22:45:57 PDT." <201206230545.q5N5jvHx002690@slippy.cwsent.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2012 23:08:09 -0700 Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: xorg 7.5.2 + emacs X-BeenThere: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Cy Schubert List-Id: X11 on FreeBSD -- maintaining and support List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2012 06:08:10 -0000 In message <201206230545.q5N5jvHx002690@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. -- Cheers, Cy Schubert FreeBSD UNIX: Web: http://www.FreeBSD.org The need of the many outweighs the greed of the few.