From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: dieter@schoen.or.at Subject: Re: still seeing semi-regular lockups Date: Wed, 14 May 2014 11:06:58 +0000 (GMT) Message-ID: <250dd56.13e01bb690b94b560fd2531e28e9279c@afterlogic.edis.at> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: Quoted-Printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:50488) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WkX1h-00042n-Nm for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 14 May 2014 07:07:15 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WkX1a-0003Zf-Se for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 14 May 2014 07:07:09 -0400 Received: from postrelay210.edis.at ([91.227.204.210]:41641) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WkX1a-0003ZX-Em for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 14 May 2014 07:07:02 -0400 Received: from mailrelay.edis.at (postrelay210.edis.at [91.227.204.210]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by postrelay210.edis.at (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DC46C200211B for ; Wed, 14 May 2014 13:07:00 +0200 (CEST) List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org hi, on my machine wanderlust hangs from time to time when i am inside the co= mpany net and the proxy has hiccups. then C-g (sometimes several) usually help. in the link below i found an interesting variable, debug-on-quit. when it is set, emacs enters the debugger when you hit C-g. sendings signal to emacs from external usually only kills it. the only signal which i am aware of that can be caught is SIGUSR1. i used to use it to notify emacs about network changes. hope this helps, dieter [1] http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/elisp/Infinite-Lo= ops.html#Infinite-Loops >---- Original Message ---- >From: Eric Abrahamsen >To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org >Sent: Wed, May 14, 2014, 10:36 AM >Subject: [O] still seeing semi-regular lockups > >Hey there, > >After Nicolas made the last round of improvements to the caching >mechanism I got far fewer hangs with Org, but they are still happening.= >Maybe once a day or so, on average, editing something in an Org buffer >causes emacs to hang, and my fans to spin up, and there we are until I >kill emacs. > >It happens often enough that I guess it's worth running emacs under som= e >kind of debugger -- at least, I assume that's the best way of catching >the bug. I'm not really sure how to go hunting, though, so if anyone ha= d >any advice in this direction, that would be great. > >In the meantime, is there any way of interrupting emacs so it quits >whatever its doing, without having to kill it? I've played around with >sending different signals using "kill", just for fun, but everything >I've tried either does nothing, or kills emacs altogether. > >Cheers, >Eric