Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!MITVMA.MIT.EDU!olaf%soda.UUCP%TUB.BITNET From: olaf%soda.UUCP%TUB.BITNET@MITVMA.MIT.EDU (Olaf Heimburger) Newsgroups: gnu.emacs Subject: emacs hangs when invoke from a subshell Message-ID: <8911300733.AA07621@soda.UUCP> Date: 30 Nov 89 07:33:18 GMT References: <8911290316.AA17359@soulcatcher.uk.oracle.com> Sender: daemon@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu Distribution: gnu Organization: GNUs Not Usenet Lines: 23 >>>>> On Tue, 28 Nov 89 19:16:58 PST, Croaker the Physician said: Croaker> We are running GNU emacs 18.55 on both SUN SPARC SUNOS 4.0.3 and DEC Croaker> 3100 Ultrix workstations. When emacs is invoked from a subshell on Croaker> these machines, it hangs; PS shows it to be in state "T" (stopped on Croaker> tty output?). When the same emacs is invoked with the DISPLAY Croaker> environment variable set appropriately, it creates an X window and all Croaker> is well. We have exactly the same problem here on our Integrated Solutions Optimum V machine. I've tried the -nw flag but it doesn't help anything. Emacs hangs after evaluating the startup files (~/.emacs, etc.) and typing the first character. --olaf * Olaf Heimburger, The ISOTEXT Project, TELES Telematic Services, Berlin (West) * uucp: ...!pyramid!tub!olaf (US) ...!mcvax!unido!tub!olaf (Europe) * FAX: +49 30 3128045 * >>> Have you hugged your Computer today? Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com