X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:from:to:date:subject:message-id:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:mime-version; q=dns; s=default; b=Kf2 DIW21X+C/QaxtY68MWWMClHEDg9Td7/+gwn8SOPfO5DvjVlGxD5hp4UvG6fxo9uU ED4fOdXjYpeEEIm+ZaaF0LVzJvl6Kt4MAXctUDWQePrBYebL92raBHGO4d9oiSNU 58Lp8gUGlHP9uKlJWVXlkKyJh3HQo7rnEKeXqLV8= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:from:to:date:subject:message-id:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:mime-version; s=default; bh=7EWETUT4+ OppDHNvr+tdi++Cpy0=; b=H6csmVQDgqo4vTL2+I0Z9qzEAP5rEXdbrA8MMhFOK iCMhVuEnluxouXIk8LzVRr0KCc9JkhklXB1Cr+JBKBbbYoT97aJaD5iP/2nGS/Gv IZYOsSrsSFQ6g4iEt3e1W+TmC3uZ8hj4+3+m4YgNBXjMoIcg6aFd04W8SutpnnbX ow= Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-1.2 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,KHOP_RCVD_UNTRUST,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED,RCVD_IN_HOSTKARMA_W autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 From: "Rockefeller, Harry" To: "cygwin AT cygwin DOT com" Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2013 11:41:59 -0400 Subject: emacs very slow; zombie processes eventually cleared Message-ID: <3185EFAF9C8F7B4E9DBDF56829BF7C782A5D24B00A@srv060ex01.ssd.fsi.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by delorie.com id r62FgEZT000510 When I start emacs I get this message: (emacs:192): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_distribute_natural_allocation: assertion `extra_space >= 0' failed Maybe when zombies are present (as reported by 'top') I get several of these messages: (emacs:192): Gtk-WARNING **: gtk_window_parse_geometry() called on a window with no visible children; the window should be set up before gtk_window_parse_geometry() is called. Perhaps I have too many 'helper' programs running? e.g., why are there 3 dbus-daemon processes? Here is the result of 'ps': PID PPID PGID WINPID TTY UID STIME COMMAND 6028 1 4792 3460 ? 11097 08:24:51 /usr/lib/at-spi/at-spi-bus-launcher 7632 5844 7632 3256 pty2 11097 10:07:40 /usr/bin/ps 5908 1 4792 4804 ? 11097 08:24:52 /usr/lib/at-spi/at-spi2-registryd 2480 1 2480 2480 ? 11097 08:22:47 /usr/bin/XWin 5772 6028 4792 5820 ? 11097 08:24:52 /usr/bin/dbus-daemon I 5388 1968 5388 5696 pty0 11097 08:23:02 /usr/bin/bash 192 5388 192 4688 pty0 11097 08:24:44 /usr/bin/emacs-X11 4696 5388 5388 604 pty0 11097 08:23:11 /usr/bin/xterm 1968 1 1968 1968 cons0 11097 08:23:00 /usr/bin/xterm 5844 4696 5844 228 pty2 11097 08:23:12 /usr/bin/bash 4792 1 4792 4792 ? 11097 08:24:51 /usr/bin/dbus-daemon 3436 1 192 3436 pty0 11097 08:24:51 /usr/bin/dbus-launch 5576 1 5576 5576 ? 11097 08:23:13 /usr/bin/dbus-daemon -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple