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On 12/3/2012 1:50 PM, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote:
> I started emacs, exited, then started it again. the second time I got
> this same stuff, as if the dbus-daemon had crashed:
>
> (emacs:1672): GLib-WARNING **: In call to g_spawn_sync(), exit status
> of a child process was requested but SIGCHLD action was set to SIG_IGN
> and ECHILD was received by waitpid(), so exit status can't be
> returned. This is a bug in the program calling g_spawn_sync(); either
> don't request the exit status, or don't set the SIGCHLD action.
>
> ** (emacs:1672): WARNING **: Abnormal program termination spawning
> command line `dbus-launch
> --autolaunch=3f052ecf1e24145e3fdb40554f55370e --binary-syntax
> --close-stderr':
>
> When I start my X server, I see one dbus-daemon.exe process running.

That's the way it should be.

> As soon as I start "emacs" the first time, there is a second
> dbus-daemon.exe as well as a dbus-launch.exe.

That shouldn't happen.  Can you show me the contents of ~/.startxwinrc? 
  And exactly how are you starting emacs?  Is it from an xterm that is 
started in ~/.startxwinrc?  If not, then the method I suggested for 
starting a D-Bus daemon might not work for you.

Ken

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