Re: X protocol error

[Po Lu]

Colin Baxter <m43cap@yandex.com> writes:

> On a fresh git clone of emacs and after a seemingly successful make
> bootstrap I get the message
>
> X protocol error: XI_BadDevice (invalid Device parameter) on protocol request 
> 131
> Serial no: 54
>
> when I attempt to launch emacs. I have no idea what the message means.
>
> Best wishes,

Please run Emacs under a debugger like this:

  (gdb) run -q -xrm "Emacs.synchronous: true"

and show the resulting backtrace once the breakpoint on the X error
handler is hit.

Thanks.