From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/62535 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Dave Love Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: [sdl.web@gmail.com: gnus makes emacs lose response] Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2006 19:30:21 +0100 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1144265260 8237 80.91.229.2 (5 Apr 2006 19:27:40 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2006 19:27:40 +0000 (UTC) Cc: ding@gnus.org Original-X-From: ding-owner+m11062@lists.math.uh.edu Wed Apr 05 21:27:36 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ding-account@gmane.org Original-Received: from malifon.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.13]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FRDf0-00028v-QT for ding-account@gmane.org; Wed, 05 Apr 2006 21:27:23 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.math.uh.edu ident=lists) by malifon.math.uh.edu with smtp (Exim 3.20 #1) id 1FRDeu-0006UC-00; Wed, 05 Apr 2006 14:27:16 -0500 Original-Received: from nas02.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.40]) by malifon.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 3.20 #1) id 1FRCm0-00060R-00 for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Wed, 05 Apr 2006 13:30:32 -0500 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by nas02.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1FRClw-0006VD-Su for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Wed, 05 Apr 2006 13:30:31 -0500 Original-Received: from s2.ukfsn.org ([217.158.120.143] helo=mail.ukfsn.org) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1FRClr-0008GC-00 for ; Wed, 05 Apr 2006 20:30:23 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (84-45-211-153.no-dns-yet.enta.net [84.45.211.153]) by mail.ukfsn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 51230E711D; Wed, 5 Apr 2006 19:27:39 +0100 (BST) Original-Received: from fx by localhost with local (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1FRClp-0006KA-SR; Wed, 05 Apr 2006 19:30:21 +0100 Original-To: rms@gnu.org X-Draft-From: ("nntp+news.gmane.org:gmane.emacs.gnus.general" 62439) In-Reply-To: (Richard Stallman's message of "Wed, 29 Mar 2006 18:02:24 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) X-Spam-Score: -2.6 (--) Precedence: bulk Original-Sender: ding-owner@lists.math.uh.edu Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:62535 Archived-At: Richard Stallman writes: > Would someone please take a look? > > ------- Start of forwarded message ------- > To: emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org > From: Leon > Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 03:44:12 +0100 > Mime-Version: 1.0 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Subject: gnus makes emacs lose response > X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=failed > version=3.0.4 > > Dear all, > > If I am using gnus and disconnect the network cable, after a while > emacs will lose response. C-g won't work. I have to `killall emacs'. I > think this is due to demon trying to fetch news/emails. This is a longstanding problem with background processes. I sent a test case maybe two years ago, but as far as I know it never got fixed and I couldn't follow the process code to fix it confidently. I can't find the test case, but I seem to remember it involved the timeout on `accept-process-output' not being obeyed. If you're on a tty, C-g in this state stops Emacs and gives you the `abort or auto-save' question. Non-keyboard input is still processed, so that you can get out of it by invoking `top-level' with the `gnudoit' program or having bound that to a user signal and sending the signal.