crashes if no X server

This bug report will be sent to the XEmacs Development Team, not to your local site managers!! Please write in English, because the XEmacs maintainers do not have translators to read other languages for them. Please describe as succinctly as possible: - What happened. - What you thought should have happened. - Precisely what you were doing at the time. Please also include any C or lisp back-traces that you may have. ================================================================ Dear Bug Team! Fatal error: assertion failed, file device-x.c, line 1119, d != NULL Lisp backtrace follows: # (unwind-protect ...) make-device(x nil) # bind (display) make-x-device(nil) init-x-win() # bind (debugger debug-on-error command-line-args-left) command-line() # (unwind-protect ...) normal-top-level() # (condition-case ... . error) # (catch top-level ...) Circumstances: I have a Windows system on my desktop, and use Putty (an SSH client) with X tunneling enabled to run xemacs remotely. If I don't start an X server on the windows system, then start xemacs, I get this error. $DISPLAY is set to localhost:10. ================================================================ System Info to help track down your bug: --------------------------------------- uname -a: Linux eeyore 2.4.19-pre5-eeyore #1 Fri Apr 5 00:42:42 EST 2002 i686 unknown ./configure '--with-sound=none,native' '--cflags=-O2 -g -Wall' '--with-x11' '--extra-verbose' '--with-site-lisp' '--statedir=/var/lib' '--infodir=/usr/share/info/xemacs-21.4.6' '--prefix=/usr' '--error-checking=none' '--debug=no' '--dynamic' '--without-postgresql' '--with-gpm=no' '--with_menubars=lucid' '--with_scrollbars=lucid' '--with_dialogs=athena' '--docdir=/usr/lib/xemacs-21.4.6/i386-debian-linux/mule/' '--with-mule' '--with-canna=no' '--with-wnn=no' '--with-xim=xlib' '--with-xfs' '--package-path=~/.xemacs:~/.xemacs/packages:~/.xemacs/xemacs-packages::/usr/share/xemacs21/packages:/usr/share/xemacs21/mule-packages:/usr/share/xemacs21/site-packages' 'i386-debian-linux' XEmacs 21.4.6 "Common Lisp" configured for `i386-debian-linux'. Compilation / Installation: Source code location: /home/dres/project/debian/current/xemacs21/xemacs-21.4.6 Installation prefix: /usr Operating system description file: `s/linux.h' Machine description file: `m/intel386.h' Compiler: gcc -O2 -g -Wall Relocating allocator for buffers: no GNU version of malloc: yes - Using Doug Lea's new malloc from the GNU C Library. Linking with `-Xlinker -znocombreloc'. - Consider configuring with --pdump. Window System: Compiling in support for the X window system: - X Windows headers location: /usr/X11R6/include - X Windows libraries location: /usr/X11R6/lib - Handling WM_COMMAND properly. Compiling in support for the Athena widget set: - Athena headers location: X11/Xaw - Athena library to link: Xaw Using Lucid menubars. Using Lucid scrollbars. Using Athena dialog boxes. Using Athena native widgets. TTY: Compiling in support for ncurses. Images: Compiling in support for GIF images (builtin). Compiling in support for XPM images. Compiling in support for PNG images. Compiling in support for JPEG images. Compiling in support for TIFF images. Compiling in support for X-Face message headers. Sound: Compiling in support for sound (native). Databases: Compiling in support for Berkeley database. Compiling in support for LDAP. Internationalization: Compiling in support for Mule (multi-lingual Emacs). Compiling in support for XIM (X11R5+ I18N input method). - Using raw Xlib to provide XIM support. - Using XFontSet to provide bilingual menubar. Mail: Compiling in support for "dot-locking" mail spool file locking method. Other Features: Inhibiting IPv6 canonicalization at startup. Compiling in support for dynamic shared object modules. Load-Path Lisp Shadows: ---------------------- (/usr/share/xemacs21/site-lisp/debian-startup /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/debian-startup /etc/emacs/site-start /usr/share/xemacs21/site-packages/lisp/site-start) Installed XEmacs Packages: ------------------------- ((ada:version 1.1 :type regular) (apel :version 1.21 :type regular) (auctex :version 1.3 :type regular) (bbdb :version 1.2 :type regular) (c-support :version 1.16 :type single-file) (calc :version 1.19 :type regular) (calendar :version 1.18 :type regular) (cc-mode :version 1.27 :type regular) (clearcase :version 1.03 :type regular) (cookie :version 1.14 :type regular) (crisp :version 1.12 :type regular) (debug :version 1.14 :type regular) (dired :version 1.11 :type regular) (edebug :version 1.14 :type regular) (ediff :version 1.39 :type regular) (edit-utils :version 1.82 :type single-file) (edt :version 1.12 :type regular) (efs :version 1.28 :type regular) (eieio :version 1.02 :type regular) (elib :version 1.1 :type single-file) 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bbdb-autoloads c-support-autoloads calc-autoloads calendar-autoloads cc-mode-autoloads clearcase-autoloads cookie-autoloads crisp-autoloads debug-autoloads dired-autoloads edebug-autoloads ediff-autoloads edit-utils-autoloads edt-autoloads efs-autoloads eieio-autoloads elib-autoloads emerge-autoloads eshell-autoloads eterm-autoloads eudc-autoloads footnote-autoloads forms-autoloads frame-icon-autoloads fsf-compat-autoloads games-autoloads gnats-autoloads gnus-autoloads hm--html-menus-autoloads ibuffer-autoloads idlwave-autoloads igrep-autoloads ilisp-autoloads ispell-autoloads jde-autoloads liece-autoloads mail-lib-autoloads mailcrypt-autoloads mew-autoloads mh-e-autoloads mine-autoloads misc-games-autoloads mmm-mode-autoloads net-utils-autoloads os-utils-autoloads pc-autoloads pcl-cvs-autoloads pcomplete-autoloads prog-modes-autoloads ps-print-autoloads psgml-autoloads reftex-autoloads rmail-autoloads scheme-autoloads semantic-autoloads sgml-autoloads sh-script-autoloads sieve-autoloads slider-autoloads sounds-au-autoloads sounds-wav-autoloads speedbar-autoloads strokes-autoloads supercite-autoloads texinfo-autoloads text-modes-autoloads textools-autoloads time-autoloads tm-autoloads tooltalk-autoloads tpu-autoloads vc-autoloads vc-cc-autoloads vhdl-autoloads view-process-autoloads viper-autoloads w3-autoloads xemacs-base-autoloads xemacs-devel-autoloads zenirc-autoloads mule-autoloads skk-autoloads mule-ucs-autoloads mule-base-autoloads lookup-autoloads locale-autoloads leim-autoloads latin-unity-autoloads egg-its-autoloads edict-autoloads xslide-autoloads vm-autoloads build-autoloads lisp-autoloads loadhist auto-show fontl-hooks x-iso8859-1 slovenian czech romanian ccl mule-help code-cmds gutter-items menubar-items x-menubar mode-motion mouse itimer auto-save lisp-mode easymenu iso8859-1 page buff-menu lib-complete cus-file derived frame text-props obsolete cus-start custom widget cl-extra mini-cl cl cl-19 packages backquote very-early-lisp 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