Arch Linux

I confirmed that this bug also exists when I use AUR/emacs-git

I am unable to determine whether it's a problem with arch or with emacs upstream, though.

Are you using emacs-git with gtk3 by any chance? That is the most common source of crashes lately.
Anything useful in .xsession-errors?

I am using the standard emacs-21.2 package from extra. I just wanted to check whether the problem also exists in emacs-git.

I have no .xsession-errors file.

These are the libraries used by emacs-21.2 from extra. It has the problem:

linux-vdso.so.1 (0x00007fff701ff000)
libgtk-3.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgtk-3.so.0 (0x00007f7ba7b46000)
libgdk-3.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgdk-3.so.0 (0x00007f7ba78c6000)
libgio-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgio-2.0.so.0 (0x00007f7ba7573000)
libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so.0 (0x00007f7ba7351000)
libcairo.so.2 => /usr/lib/libcairo.so.2 (0x00007f7ba7053000)
libgobject-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0 (0x00007f7ba6e05000)
libglib-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 (0x00007f7ba6b0f000)
libSM.so.6 => /usr/lib/libSM.so.6 (0x00007f7ba6907000)
libICE.so.6 => /usr/lib/libICE.so.6 (0x00007f7ba66eb000)
libtiff.so.5 => /usr/lib/libtiff.so.5 (0x00007f7ba6478000)
libjpeg.so.8 => /usr/lib/libjpeg.so.8 (0x00007f7ba6227000)
libpng15.so.15 => /usr/lib/libpng15.so.15 (0x00007f7ba5ffa000)
libm.so.6 => /usr/lib/libm.so.6 (0x00007f7ba5cff000)
libgif.so.4 => /usr/lib/libgif.so.4 (0x00007f7ba5af5000)
libXpm.so.4 => /usr/lib/libXpm.so.4 (0x00007f7ba58e3000)
libX11.so.6 => /usr/lib/libX11.so.6 (0x00007f7ba55aa000)
libXrender.so.1 => /usr/lib/libXrender.so.1 (0x00007f7ba539f000)
libXft.so.2 => /usr/lib/libXft.so.2 (0x00007f7ba518a000)
libasound.so.2 => /usr/lib/libasound.so.2 (0x00007f7ba4e99000)
librsvg-2.so.2 => /usr/lib/librsvg-2.so.2 (0x00007f7ba4c64000)
libMagickWand.so.5 => /usr/lib/libMagickWand.so.5 (0x00007f7ba494d000)
libMagickCore.so.5 => /usr/lib/libMagickCore.so.5 (0x00007f7ba44c5000)
libdbus-1.so.3 => /usr/lib/libdbus-1.so.3 (0x00007f7ba427f000)
libxml2.so.2 => /usr/lib/libxml2.so.2 (0x00007f7ba3f23000)
libgpm.so.2 => /usr/lib/libgpm.so.2 (0x00007f7ba3d1c000)
libncursesw.so.5 => /usr/lib/libncursesw.so.5 (0x00007f7ba3abf000)
libgconf-2.so.4 => /usr/lib/libgconf-2.so.4 (0x00007f7ba388f000)
libfreetype.so.6 => /usr/lib/libfreetype.so.6 (0x00007f7ba35f1000)
libfontconfig.so.1 => /usr/lib/libfontconfig.so.1 (0x00007f7ba33b7000)
libotf.so.0 => /usr/lib/libotf.so.0 (0x00007f7ba31a1000)
libm17n-flt.so.0 => /usr/lib/libm17n-flt.so.0 (0x00007f7ba2f96000)
libm17n-core.so.0 => /usr/lib/libm17n-core.so.0 (0x00007f7ba2d69000)
libgnutls.so.28 => /usr/lib/libgnutls.so.28 (0x00007f7ba2a63000)
libpthread.so.0 => /usr/lib/libpthread.so.0 (0x00007f7ba2847000)
libc.so.6 => /usr/lib/libc.so.6 (0x00007f7ba24a0000)
libgmodule-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgmodule-2.0.so.0 (0x00007f7ba229c000)
libpangocairo-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libpangocairo-1.0.so.0 (0x00007f7ba208f000)
libXi.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXi.so.6 (0x00007f7ba1e80000)
libXfixes.so.3 => /usr/lib/libXfixes.so.3 (0x00007f7ba1c79000)
libcairo-gobject.so.2 => /usr/lib/libcairo-gobject.so.2 (0x00007f7ba83d9000)
libatk-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libatk-1.0.so.0 (0x00007f7ba1a56000)
libatk-bridge-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libatk-bridge-2.0.so.0 (0x00007f7ba182c000)
libpangoft2-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libpangoft2-1.0.so.0 (0x00007f7ba1617000)
libpango-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libpango-1.0.so.0 (0x00007f7ba13cb000)
libXinerama.so.1 => /usr/lib/libXinerama.so.1 (0x00007f7ba11c8000)
libXrandr.so.2 => /usr/lib/libXrandr.so.2 (0x00007f7ba0fbe000)
libXcursor.so.1 => /usr/lib/libXcursor.so.1 (0x00007f7ba0db4000)
libXcomposite.so.1 => /usr/lib/libXcomposite.so.1 (0x00007f7ba0bb1000)
libXdamage.so.1 => /usr/lib/libXdamage.so.1 (0x00007f7ba09ae000)
libXext.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXext.so.6 (0x00007f7ba079b000)
libgthread-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgthread-2.0.so.0 (0x00007f7ba0599000)
libffi.so.6 => /usr/lib/libffi.so.6 (0x00007f7ba0391000)
libdl.so.2 => /usr/lib/libdl.so.2 (0x00007f7ba018d000)
libpcre.so.1 => /usr/lib/libpcre.so.1 (0x00007f7b9ff2f000)
librt.so.1 => /usr/lib/librt.so.1 (0x00007f7b9fd27000)
libz.so.1 => /usr/lib/libz.so.1 (0x00007f7b9fb11000)
libresolv.so.2 => /usr/lib/libresolv.so.2 (0x00007f7b9f8fa000)
libpixman-1.so.0 => /usr/lib/libpixman-1.so.0 (0x00007f7b9f674000)
libxcb-shm.so.0 => /usr/lib/libxcb-shm.so.0 (0x00007f7b9f471000)
libxcb-render.so.0 => /usr/lib/libxcb-render.so.0 (0x00007f7b9f267000)
libxcb.so.1 => /usr/lib/libxcb.so.1 (0x00007f7b9f048000)
libuuid.so.1 => /usr/lib/libuuid.so.1 (0x00007f7b9ee43000)
liblzma.so.5 => /usr/lib/liblzma.so.5 (0x00007f7b9ec1f000)
libcroco-0.6.so.3 => /usr/lib/libcroco-0.6.so.3 (0x00007f7b9e9e4000)
liblcms2.so.2 => /usr/lib/liblcms2.so.2 (0x00007f7b9e790000)
liblqr-1.so.0 => /usr/lib/liblqr-1.so.0 (0x00007f7b9e57c000)
libXt.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXt.so.6 (0x00007f7b9e316000)
libbz2.so.1.0 => /usr/lib/libbz2.so.1.0 (0x00007f7b9e106000)
libltdl.so.7 => /usr/lib/libltdl.so.7 (0x00007f7b9defc000)
libdbus-glib-1.so.2 => /usr/lib/libdbus-glib-1.so.2 (0x00007f7b9dcd5000)
libexpat.so.1 => /usr/lib/libexpat.so.1 (0x00007f7b9daab000)
libp11-kit.so.0 => /usr/lib/libp11-kit.so.0 (0x00007f7b9d897000)
libtasn1.so.6 => /usr/lib/libtasn1.so.6 (0x00007f7b9d686000)
libnettle.so.4 => /usr/lib/libnettle.so.4 (0x00007f7b9d460000)
libhogweed.so.2 => /usr/lib/libhogweed.so.2 (0x00007f7b9d24d000)
libgmp.so.10 => /usr/lib/libgmp.so.10 (0x00007f7b9cfde000)
/lib/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00007f7ba81f9000)
libharfbuzz.so.0 => /usr/lib/libharfbuzz.so.0 (0x00007f7b9cd55000)
libatspi.so.0 => /usr/lib/libatspi.so.0 (0x00007f7b9cb30000)
libXau.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXau.so.6 (0x00007f7b9c92c000)
libXdmcp.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXdmcp.so.6 (0x00007f7b9c726000)
libicule.so.49 => /usr/lib/libicule.so.49 (0x00007f7b9c4e4000)
libicuuc.so.49 => /usr/lib/libicuuc.so.49 (0x00007f7b9c16d000)
libicudata.so.49 => /usr/lib/libicudata.so.49 (0x00007f7b9ae4d000)
libstdc++.so.6 => /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6 (0x00007f7b9ab4a000)
libgcc_s.so.1 => /usr/lib/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x00007f7b9a935000)

These are the libraries from emacs-24.1 from extra. It doesn't have the problem:

linux-vdso.so.1 (0x00007fff5e5ff000)
libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 (0x00007f6464700000)
libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0 (0x00007f646444e000)
libgio-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgio-2.0.so.0 (0x00007f64640fb000)
libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so.0 (0x00007f6463ed9000)
libfreetype.so.6 => /usr/lib/libfreetype.so.6 (0x00007f6463c3b000)
libfontconfig.so.1 => /usr/lib/libfontconfig.so.1 (0x00007f6463a01000)
libgobject-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0 (0x00007f64637b3000)
libglib-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 (0x00007f64634bd000)
libSM.so.6 => /usr/lib/libSM.so.6 (0x00007f64632b5000)
libICE.so.6 => /usr/lib/libICE.so.6 (0x00007f6463098000)
libtiff.so.5 => /usr/lib/libtiff.so.5 (0x00007f6462e25000)
libjpeg.so.8 => /usr/lib/libjpeg.so.8 (0x00007f6462bd4000)
libpng15.so.15 => /usr/lib/libpng15.so.15 (0x00007f64629a7000)
libm.so.6 => /usr/lib/libm.so.6 (0x00007f64626ad000)
libgif.so.4 => /usr/lib/libgif.so.4 (0x00007f64624a3000)
libXpm.so.4 => /usr/lib/libXpm.so.4 (0x00007f6462291000)
libX11.so.6 => /usr/lib/libX11.so.6 (0x00007f6461f58000)
libXrender.so.1 => /usr/lib/libXrender.so.1 (0x00007f6461d4d000)
libXft.so.2 => /usr/lib/libXft.so.2 (0x00007f6461b38000)
libasound.so.2 => /usr/lib/libasound.so.2 (0x00007f6461847000)
librsvg-2.so.2 => /usr/lib/librsvg-2.so.2 (0x00007f6461612000)
libMagickWand.so.5 => /usr/lib/libMagickWand.so.5 (0x00007f64612fb000)
libMagickCore.so.5 => /usr/lib/libMagickCore.so.5 (0x00007f6460e73000)
libdbus-1.so.3 => /usr/lib/libdbus-1.so.3 (0x00007f6460c2d000)
libpthread.so.0 => /usr/lib/libpthread.so.0 (0x00007f6460a11000)
libxml2.so.2 => /usr/lib/libxml2.so.2 (0x00007f64606b5000)
libgpm.so.2 => /usr/lib/libgpm.so.2 (0x00007f64604ae000)
libncursesw.so.5 => /usr/lib/libncursesw.so.5 (0x00007f6460251000)
libgconf-2.so.4 => /usr/lib/libgconf-2.so.4 (0x00007f6460021000)
libgnutls.so.28 => /usr/lib/libgnutls.so.28 (0x00007f645fd1b000)
libc.so.6 => /usr/lib/libc.so.6 (0x00007f645f974000)
libpangocairo-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libpangocairo-1.0.so.0 (0x00007f645f767000)
libXfixes.so.3 => /usr/lib/libXfixes.so.3 (0x00007f645f560000)
libatk-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libatk-1.0.so.0 (0x00007f645f33d000)
libcairo.so.2 => /usr/lib/libcairo.so.2 (0x00007f645f03f000)
libpangoft2-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libpangoft2-1.0.so.0 (0x00007f645ee2a000)
libpango-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libpango-1.0.so.0 (0x00007f645ebde000)
libXext.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXext.so.6 (0x00007f645e9cb000)
libXinerama.so.1 => /usr/lib/libXinerama.so.1 (0x00007f645e7c8000)
libXi.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXi.so.6 (0x00007f645e5b8000)
libXrandr.so.2 => /usr/lib/libXrandr.so.2 (0x00007f645e3ae000)
libXcursor.so.1 => /usr/lib/libXcursor.so.1 (0x00007f645e1a4000)
libXcomposite.so.1 => /usr/lib/libXcomposite.so.1 (0x00007f645dfa0000)
libXdamage.so.1 => /usr/lib/libXdamage.so.1 (0x00007f645dd9d000)
libgthread-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgthread-2.0.so.0 (0x00007f645db9b000)
libffi.so.6 => /usr/lib/libffi.so.6 (0x00007f645d992000)
libgmodule-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgmodule-2.0.so.0 (0x00007f645d78e000)
libdl.so.2 => /usr/lib/libdl.so.2 (0x00007f645d58a000)
libpcre.so.1 => /usr/lib/libpcre.so.1 (0x00007f645d32b000)
librt.so.1 => /usr/lib/librt.so.1 (0x00007f645d123000)
libz.so.1 => /usr/lib/libz.so.1 (0x00007f645cf0d000)
libresolv.so.2 => /usr/lib/libresolv.so.2 (0x00007f645ccf6000)
libbz2.so.1.0 => /usr/lib/libbz2.so.1.0 (0x00007f645cae6000)
libexpat.so.1 => /usr/lib/libexpat.so.1 (0x00007f645c8bb000)
libuuid.so.1 => /usr/lib/libuuid.so.1 (0x00007f645c6b6000)
liblzma.so.5 => /usr/lib/liblzma.so.5 (0x00007f645c493000)
libxcb.so.1 => /usr/lib/libxcb.so.1 (0x00007f645c274000)
libcroco-0.6.so.3 => /usr/lib/libcroco-0.6.so.3 (0x00007f645c039000)
liblcms2.so.2 => /usr/lib/liblcms2.so.2 (0x00007f645bde5000)
liblqr-1.so.0 => /usr/lib/liblqr-1.so.0 (0x00007f645bbd1000)
libXt.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXt.so.6 (0x00007f645b96b000)
libltdl.so.7 => /usr/lib/libltdl.so.7 (0x00007f645b761000)
/lib/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00007f6464d2d000)
libdbus-glib-1.so.2 => /usr/lib/libdbus-glib-1.so.2 (0x00007f645b53a000)
libp11-kit.so.0 => /usr/lib/libp11-kit.so.0 (0x00007f645b326000)
libtasn1.so.6 => /usr/lib/libtasn1.so.6 (0x00007f645b115000)
libnettle.so.4 => /usr/lib/libnettle.so.4 (0x00007f645aeef000)
libhogweed.so.2 => /usr/lib/libhogweed.so.2 (0x00007f645acdc000)
libgmp.so.10 => /usr/lib/libgmp.so.10 (0x00007f645aa6d000)
libharfbuzz.so.0 => /usr/lib/libharfbuzz.so.0 (0x00007f645a7e4000)
libpixman-1.so.0 => /usr/lib/libpixman-1.so.0 (0x00007f645a55e000)
libxcb-shm.so.0 => /usr/lib/libxcb-shm.so.0 (0x00007f645a35b000)
libxcb-render.so.0 => /usr/lib/libxcb-render.so.0 (0x00007f645a151000)
libXau.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXau.so.6 (0x00007f6459f4d000)
libXdmcp.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXdmcp.so.6 (0x00007f6459d47000)
libicule.so.49 => /usr/lib/libicule.so.49 (0x00007f6459b05000)
libicuuc.so.49 => /usr/lib/libicuuc.so.49 (0x00007f645978e000)
libicudata.so.49 => /usr/lib/libicudata.so.49 (0x00007f645846e000)
libstdc++.so.6 => /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6 (0x00007f645816b000)
libgcc_s.so.1 => /usr/lib/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x00007f6457f55000)

Yes, i was asking because the emacs-git script is supposed to build against gtk2 by default.
Build against gtk3 is obvious in the ldd output above. Also m17n-lib was added.
Even if you dont have an .xsession-errors the output from the gui applications you run should be outputed somewhere, even the console. try running emacs from an xterm (or any other terminal of your choice).

I also don't get an error on the console or anything. It just hangs.

However, I dug deeper and it might really be a toolkit issue, because when I start the server from emacs started in a terminal ('emacs -nw -q -f server-start') everything works fine. When I start the daemon in a background GUI-less session, it's also working well. Only when I start the server from a gtk3 window, then it will consistently crash.

Thats why i asked earlier if you built emacs-git with gtk3 instead of gtk2 which is the default build option.

Ok. Got some kind of trace when making it crash with the -nw option:

--

X protocol error: BadWindow (invalid Window parameter) on protocol request 42
When compiled with GTK, Emacs cannot recover from X disconnects.
This is a GTK bug: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=85715
For details, see etc/PROBLEMS.
Fatal error 6: Aborted
Backtrace:
emacs[0x4f964b]
emacs[0x4de850]
emacs[0x4f9693]
emacs[0x4b3aeb]
emacs[0x4b5b02]
emacs[0x4b5b55]
/usr/lib/libX11.so.6(_XError+0x126)[0x7f9b1f129956]
/usr/lib/libX11.so.6(+0x41ba1)[0x7f9b1f126ba1]
/usr/lib/libX11.so.6(+0x41be5)[0x7f9b1f126be5]
/usr/lib/libX11.so.6(_XReply+0x1e8)[0x7f9b1f1277d8]
/usr/lib/libX11.so.6(XSync+0x3d)[0x7f9b1f12318d]
...
Aborted

--

It apparently is a known problem with gtk and it occurs with gtk2 as well. I compiled emacs-git and it uses gtk2, still the problem occurs.

Is there a possibility to compile emacs with a different toolkit until this bug is resolved? It makes emacs completely unusable with emacsclient in the arch releases.

I wonder though, why it wasn't a problem with the emacs-24.1 package.

I tried the emacs-lucid package from AUR and it doesn't cause the described problem. For me this is resolved (=> I won't use the extra/emacs package), however, you might want to decide what to do with the package, since it's in arch's stable branch and has a known annoying bug.

I can't reproduce the error. I don't know why it works for me.

Is the bug still present in emacs 24.3-3 ?

Doesn't happen anymore.