From b49d987a8cf5f5dd7ba864e20995e21765eaefcf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eli Zaretskii Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2019 12:24:53 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] Mention font-backend related crashes in PROBLEMS * etc/PROBLEMS: Mention the crash in the Cairo build when .emacs.desktop messes with font-backend. (Bug#36835) --- etc/PROBLEMS | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/etc/PROBLEMS b/etc/PROBLEMS index 785e6e18afa..2d56cc761ae 100644 --- a/etc/PROBLEMS +++ b/etc/PROBLEMS @@ -45,6 +45,13 @@ following command may do the trick. See xrdb(1) for more information. $ xrdb -merge ~/.Xresources +** Emacs compiled with Cairo crashes when restoring session from desktop file. + +This can happen if the '.emacs.desktop' file contains setting for +'font-backend' frame parameter. A workaround is to delete the +offending '.emacs.desktop' file, or edit it to remove the setting of +'font-backend'. + ** Emacs aborts while starting up, only when run without X. This problem often results from compiling Emacs with GCC when GCC was -- 2.39.2