[Nix-dev] X server & Emacs crashes in 16.09

[Milan Zamazal]

>>>>> "LA" == Linus Arver <linusarver at gmail.com> writes:

    LA> Well, could you provide some details? Going by the template in
    LA> the Nixpkgs issue tracker (if you click on "New issue"), here's
    LA> what you can report:

OK, I'll report it once it happens again.

>>>>> "DC" == Damien Cassou <damien at cassou.me> writes:

    DC> I also face many Emacs crashes but no X crashes. I managed to
    DC> get a core dump and will investigate further. You might want to
    DC> do the same so we can compare:

    DC> $ ulimit -c unlimited
    DC> $ sudu su
    DC> # echo -n 1 > /proc/sys/fs/suid_dumpable 
    DC> # echo -n 1 > /proc/sys/fs/suid_dumpable
    DC> # exit
    DC> $ emacs

    DC> When emacs crashes, you should get a core dump in current
    DC> directory.

Enabled, I'm ready for the next crash. :-)

>>>>> "HH" == Herwig Hochleitner <hhochleitner at gmail.com> writes:

    HH> Are you running emacs 25? 

Yes (and I ran it before 16.09 without any problems).

    HH> If so, could you try
    HH> https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/20305​ ?  ​

Applied, we'll see whether it helps.

Thank you all for the hints!

Regards,
Milan