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[Alex <1200354@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for investigating, era.

You're right, my report was incomplete.  It seems to only happen when
emacs is started as root.  I just reproduced it on a fresh install from
ubuntu raring install media (ubuntu-13.04-desktop-i386.iso).  Following
install and an "apt-get dist-upgrade", I installed emacs24, sudo'ed to a
bash shell, ran emacs, and entered "M-x shell <RET>".  The emacs process
hung immediately.

However, the shell batch command you suggested runs as expected, both as
root and as an unprivileged user.  On a related note, running emacs in a
terminal window with "emacs -nw" and then entering M-x shell causes the
expected behavior.  So X is probably involved in the process getting
hung, somehow.

Best regards,
Alex

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