X-based emacs Sessions Dump Core After 7.3 to 7.4 Upgrade

Solution In Progress - Updated -

Issue

  • emacs core dumps when executed over an X11 forwarded session

    $ emacs &
    [1] 5955
    $ X protocol error: BadAccess (attempt to access private resource denied) on protocol request 129
    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.
    X protocol error: BadShmSeg (invalid shared segment parameter) on protocol request 129
    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.
    
    Backtrace:
    emacs[0x4f98c3]
    emacs[0x4deef1]
    emacs[0x4f9903]
    emacs[0x4b339b]
    emacs[0x4b560c]
    emacs[0x4b566d]
    /lib64/libX11.so.6(_XError+0x12b)[0x7f2a6055307b]
    /lib64/libX11.so.6(+0x420d7)[0x7f2a605500d7]
    /lib64/libX11.so.6(+0x42195)[0x7f2a60550195]
    /lib64/libX11.so.6(_XEventsQueued+0x55)[0x7f2a60550aa5]
    /lib64/libX11.so.6(XPending+0x4d)[0x7f2a605425dd]
    ...
    
    [1]+  Aborted                 (core dumped) emacs
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4
  • X11 forwarded SSH session

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