trying to resize emacs window locks up desktop

[Robert P. J. Day]

On Wed, 22 Aug 2007, Robert P. J. Day wrote:

>   i didn't immediately see a bugzilla entry for this:  i can start
> an emacs editor window and work there without any problem, but the
> instant i try to resize that window, my entire desktop locks up, and
> i need to Ctrl-Alt-BS to kill it.
>
>    at other times, simply starting emacs causes the same lockup.
> thoughts?
>
> rday
>
> p.s.  starting emacs produces a warning that's already been logged
> in bugzilla -- missing gnomebreakpad shared library.

as a short followup, most of the time, i can start the emacs session
and work in it reliably.  i can also move that window around the
desktop, and i can full-screen the window, then return it to its
original size without any difficulty.

however, the instant i left-click on the border of the emacs session
window, the mouse cursor will change to one of the arrows to denote
resizing, at which point it will stay that way and, while i can move
the cursor around the screen, there's no other response from any other
window on the desktop.  i can't change focus, i can't move to another
virtual desktop, but i can switch to a virtual console to kill the
emacs client, at which point the entire graphical login session is
killed and i need to log in again.

this is a thoroughly reproducible problem, at least on this system.

rday
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