On 17/11/15 23:53, Rob Browning wrote: > George Dunlap <george.dun...@citrix.com> writes: > >> Two months ago I switched from Ubuntu to Debian Jessie, using the >> default install (Gnome 3, systemd, &c). Since that time, every few >> days the emacs UI freezes and becomes completely unresponsive. > > If possible, could you try emacs24-lucid instead of emacs24 and see if > that helps? I'm wondering this migh be a known GTK+ bug. From the > emacs24-lucid description: > > This package contains a version of Emacs with support for a graphical > user interface based on the Lucid toolkit (instead of the GTK+ > interface provided by the emacs24 package). Until some known GTK+ > problems are fixed, this version may help avoid crashing Emacs during > an emacsclient disconnect. See > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=567934 and > https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=85715 for more information.
Thanks -- I installed this in November (when you suggested it), and it does actually make things better -- but it still occasionally freezes and becomes completely unresponsive. Let me know if there's any more information you'd like me to gather, or anything you'd like me to try. Thanks, -George
