Thanks for the strace, unfortunately it doesn't tell me much about what's going wrong. Emacs seems to be starting up normally, then can be seen talking with the X server over your X socket.
Does it also happen with -Q (not -q)? -- emacs-snapshot-gtk hangs on startup in intrepid https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/274239 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs