This problem is worse in GNOME 3, where there is no way to skip the 60-second delay on log out (except by killing the Emacs daemon, which kind of defeats the point of having a daemon).
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-session in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/778205 Title: emacs daemon inhibits logout Status in “emacs23” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in “gnome-session” package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: Binary package hint: emacs23 After using emacs in daemon mode through emacsclient -c, I get an extra prompt and long delays on logout, because GNOME decides that the running emacs daemon is “not responding”. This can be reproduced by running emacsclient -a "" -c whatever then closing the window and logging out. A screenshot of the resulting dialog box is attached. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: emacs23 23.2+1-7ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.39-0.5-generic 2.6.39-rc5 Uname: Linux 2.6.39-0-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: openafs Architecture: amd64 Date: Thu May 5 19:30:42 2011 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha amd64 (20101202) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_US:en PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_US.utf8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: emacs23 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/emacs23/+bug/778205/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp