It's not clear whether the GTK version used has any impact on the
occurrence of the failure. So far, the failure has been observed with
-GTK+ versions 3.14.5 and and 3.18.7.
+GTK+ versions 3.4.2, 3.14.5 and 3.18.7. However, another 3.4.2 build
+does not exhibit the bug.
Some window managers (xfce) apparently work around this failure by
cropping the menu bar. With other windows managers, it's possible to
show the full menu bar (wmii) or at least cause the screen to flicker
during such resizing attempts (i3, icewm).
+See also http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=15700,
+http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=22000,
+http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=22898 and
+http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2016-07/msg00154.html.
+
*** Metacity: Resizing Emacs or ALT-Tab causes X to be unresponsive.
This happens sometimes when using Metacity. Resizing Emacs or ALT-Tab:bing