I experienced a similar problem, but on Solaris 2.7 Hrvoje> When I click on the "Edit->Search..." menu entry, I get a nice little Hrvoje> dialog. However, although the dialog gets WM focus, I can't type Hrvoje> anything because the characters end up inserted into the XEmacs frame. I had no problem typing characters into the dialog. Hrvoje> I managed to trick XEmacs by selecting some characters with the mouse Hrvoje> and button2-pasting them into the dialog box. At that point, when I Hrvoje> press RET nothing happens. When I click on the "Find next" button a Hrvoje> few times, XEmacs crashes. When I selected "Find next", it crashed. In XEmacs 21.2 (beta32) "Kastor & Polydeukes" [Lucid] (sparc-sun-solaris2.7) of Wed Apr 19 2000 on rhea configured using `configure --prefix=/export/users/hamishm/xemacs --site-prefixes=/export/users/hamishm/gnome:/export/users/hamishm --pdump --with-athena=xaw --with-menubars=lucid --with-scrollbars=lucid --with-dialogs=athena --with-widgets=athena --with-dragndrop=no --with-tooltalk=no' C and lisp backtraces follow: (gdb) where full #0 0xff0b615c in XrmStringToQuark () from /usr/lib/libX11.so.4 No symbol table info available. #1 0xff1879f0 in GetValues () from /usr/lib/libXt.so.4 No symbol table info available. #2 0xff187798 in XtGetValues () from /usr/lib/libXt.so.4 No symbol table info available. #3 0x1e6f70 in xaw_update_one_value (instance=0x0, widget=0x121ec00, val=0x1133fc0) at lwlib-Xaw.c:233 al = {{name = 0x33def5 "string", value = -4269356}, { name = 0x6000000 <Address 0x6000000 out of bounds>, value = 0}} buf = 0x0 old_wv = (widget_value *) 0x0 #4 0x1e4ea4 in lw_get_some_values (id=0, val_out=0x1133fc0) at lwlib.c:1188 widget = 0x121ec00 instance = (widget_instance *) 0x1020aa0 val = (widget_value *) 0x1133fc0 info = (widget_info *) 0x0 instance = (widget_instance *) 0x1020aa0 val = (widget_value *) 0x1133fc0 result = 0 '\000' #5 0x1e5864 in lw_get_all_values (id=76712) at lwlib.c:1223 info = (widget_info *) 0x0 val = (widget_value *) 0x1133fc0 #6 0x1c52c0 in x_widget_property (image_instance=15638656, prop=-22711608) at glyphs-x.c:2525 No locals. #7 0x119db4 in Fimage_instance_property (image_instance=15638656, prop=-22711608) at glyphs.c:1365 type = -22617624 ret = 15638656 meths = (struct image_instantiator_methods *) 0xeea080 #8 0xa11dc in Ffuncall (nargs=2, args=0xffbedde0) at eval.c:3218 PF_fn = (void (*)()) 0x119cdc <Fimage_instance_property> max_args = -22711608 spacious_args = {-22601496, 1, 3422208, 4, 655360, 644096, 3422208, 2108416} fun = 1154268 val = 2 backtrace = {next = 0xffbedfb8, function = 0xffbedde0, args = 0xffbedde4, nargs = 2, pdlcount = 5, evalargs = 0 '\000', debug_on_exit = 0 '\000'} fun_nargs = 2 fun_args = (Lisp_Object *) 0xffbedde4 #9 0x70b94 in execute_optimized_program ( program=0xfe4feb "!\210ÎÏ\224Ï\225\"*\207§ èþ§ è", stack_depth=2, constants_data=0xfeafe13c) at bytecode.c:747 n = 2 opcode = 2 program_ptr = (Opbyte *) 0xfe4feb "!\210ÎÏ\224Ï\225\"*\207§ èþ§ è" stack_ptr = (Lisp_Object *) 0xffbedde0 speccount = 3 gcpro1 = {next = 0xffbedf28, var = 0xffbedddc, nvars = 6} stack_beg = (Lisp_Object *) 0xffbeddd8 stack_end = (Lisp_Object *) 0xffbeddf0 #10 0x706f4 in funcall_compiled_function (fun=-21853300, nargs=1, args=0xffbedf08) at bytecode.c:519 value = -22601496 symbol = 3389440 tail = -22601496 speccount = 2 i = 1 optional = 0 #11 0xa0cd8 in Feval (form=23152372) at eval.c:3077 gcpro1 = {next = 0xffbee040, var = 0xffbedf08, nvars = 1} args = (Lisp_Object *) 0xffbedf08 p = (Lisp_Object *) 0xffbedf0c fun = -21853300 val = 23152372 original_fun = -22711512 original_args = 23152384 nargs = 1 backtrace = {next = 0xffbee200, function = 0xffbedf18, args = 0xffbedf08, nargs = 1, pdlcount = 2, evalargs = 0 '\000', debug_on_exit = 0 '\000'} #12 0x9c02c in Fprogn (args=20089148) at eval.c:772 obj = 20089148 tailform = 20089148 form = 23152372 val = 3399420 gcpro1 = {next = 0xffbee340, var = 0xffbee0a4, nvars = 1} #13 0x9c9b8 in Flet (args=20089136) at eval.c:937 var = 20089124 tail = -22601496 varlist = 20089136 body = 20089148 speccount = 1 temps = (Lisp_Object *) 0xffbee0c0 idx = 1 gcpro1 = {next = 0xffbee340, var = 0xffbee0c0, nvars = 1} #14 0xa088c in Feval (form=20089172) at eval.c:2990 max_args = -1 fun = -22573872 val = 20089172 original_fun = -22606224 original_args = 20089160 nargs = 2 backtrace = {next = 0xffbee2b0, function = 0xffbee160, args = 0xffbee15c, nargs = -1, pdlcount = 1, evalargs = 0 '\000', debug_on_exit = 0 '\000'} #15 0xa11c8 in Ffuncall (nargs=1, args=0xffbee338) at eval.c:3218 PF_fn = (void (*)()) 0xa0280 <Feval> max_args = 3389440 spacious_args = {-22764000, 3389440, 1, 27729920, 0, 5139500, -4267280, 912656} fun = 656000 val = 1 backtrace = {next = 0x0, function = 0xffbee338, args = 0xffbee33c, nargs = 1, pdlcount = 1, evalargs = 0 '\000', debug_on_exit = 0 '\000'} fun_nargs = 1 fun_args = (Lisp_Object *) 0xffbee33c #16 0xa4bbc in call1 (fn=-22615800, arg0=20089172) at eval.c:3867 gcpro1 = {next = 0xffbee3c0, var = 0xffbee338, nvars = 2} args = {-22615800, 20089172} #17 0xdc788 in execute_command_event (command_builder=0x3ef840, event=26732008) at event-stream.c:3832 old_kbd_macro = 0 gcpro1 = {next = 0xffbee4d0, var = 0xffbee428, nvars = 1} #18 0xdd1cc in Fdispatch_event (event=26732008) at event-stream.c:4203 console = 3672832 channel = -22612320 #19 0x7c090 in Fcommand_loop_1 () at cmdloop.c:575 event = 26732008 old_loop = -22601496 gcpro1 = {next = 0xffbee5d8, var = 0xffbee4cc, nvars = 1} gcpro2 = {next = 0xffbee4e0, var = 0xffbee4c8, nvars = 1} was_locked = 0 #20 0x7c334 in command_loop_1 (dummy=-22601496) at cmdloop.c:490 No locals. #21 0x9d728 in condition_case_1 (handlers=2572288, bfun=0x7c2e8 <command_loop_1>, barg=-22601496, hfun=0x7c394 <cmd_error>, harg=-22601496) at eval.c:1644 obj = 508648 speccount = 0 c = {tag = 17635692, val = -22601496, next = 0xffbee730, gcpro = 0x0, jmp = {0, -4266640, 644788, 1056, 256, 0 <repeats 11 times>, -4997120, 737280, 0}, backlist = 0x0, lisp_eval_depth = 0, pdlcount = 0} gcpro1 = {next = 0x0, var = 0xffbee6b4, nvars = 1} #22 0x7c4a4 in command_loop_2 (dummy=-22601496) at cmdloop.c:252 No locals. #23 0xa52fc in internal_catch (tag=-22769328, func=0x7c458 <command_loop_2>, arg=-22601496, threw=0x0) at eval.c:1310 c = {tag = -22769328, val = -22601496, next = 0x0, gcpro = 0x0, jmp = { 0, -4266288, 676552, 3665408, 3397632, 0, -4265272, 2013265920, -4266032, 529116, 0, 3659776, -22601496, 3659776, 0, 3393536, -4497408, 237568, 0}, backlist = 0x0, lisp_eval_depth = 0, pdlcount = 0} #24 0x7b7ec in initial_command_loop (load_me=-22601496) at cmdloop.c:301 No locals. #25 0x995c4 in sort_args (argc=2161664, argv=0xffbee9a4) at emacs.c:1873 stack_bottom_variable = -8 'ø' skip_args = 0 load_me = -22601496 inhibit_window_system = 0 (gdb) call Fbacktrace(Qexternal_debugging_output, Qt) image-instance-property(#<image-instance (widget) on #<x-device on ":0.0" 0x4b6> (#<face default "default face">) 105x22 on #<x-frame > 0x121ec00 0xad58d> :text) # (unwind-protect ...) # bind (ssf62094 parent) search-dialog-callback(#<x-frame "gnus" 0x40ab>) # bind (widget-callback-current-channel) (let ((widget-callback-current-channel #<x-frame "XEmacs" 0xad2c5>)) (search-dialog-callback #<x-frame "gnus" 0x40ab>)) ) eval((let ((widget-callback-current-channel #<x-frame "XEmacs" 0xad2c5>)) (search-dialog-callback #<x-frame "gnus" 0x40ab>))) # (condition-case ... . error) # (catch top-level ...) $3 = -22601496 (gdb)