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authorEli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>2021-11-06 10:49:54 +0200
committerEli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>2021-11-06 10:49:54 +0200
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; * etc/PROBLEMS: Describe a crash in xwidgets due to Bubblewrap.
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@@ -178,6 +178,14 @@ The relevant bug report is here:
A workaround is to set XLIB_SKIP_ARGB_VISUALS=1 in the environment
before starting Emacs, or run Emacs as root.
+** Emacs crashes with SIGTRAP when trying to start a WebKit xwidget.
+
+This could happen if the version of WebKitGTK installed on your system
+is buggy, and errors out trying to start a subprocess through
+Bubblewrap sandboxing. You can avoid the crash by setting the
+environment variables SNAP, SNAP_NAME and SNAP_REVISION, which will
+make WebKit use GLib to launch subprocesses instead.
+
** Emacs crashes when you try to view a file with complex characters.
One possible reason for this could be a bug in the libotf or the