it is the first time in many years that I have a crash on xemacs. following your instructions I send you some documentation greetings paolo maurenzig To: xemacs(a)xemacs.org Subject: crash --text follows this line-- 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. In XEmacs 21.1 (patch 12) "Channel Islands" [Lucid] (i386-redhat-linux) of Thu Aug 24 2000 on porky.devel.redhat.com configured using `configure i386-redhat-linux --prefix=/usr --exec-prefix=/usr --bindir=/usr/bin --datadir=/usr/share --libdir=/usr/lib --mandir=/usr/share/man/man1 --infodir=/usr/share/info --with-gpm=no --with-sound=none --with-pop --mail-locking=lockf --with-clash-detection --debug=no --error-checking=none --lockdir=/var/lock/xemacs --with-mule=no --with-menubars=lucid --with-scrollbars=lucid --with-dialogs=athena3d --with-database=no' Please describe exactly what actions triggered the bug and the precise symptoms of the bug: I was just moving the cursor when xemacs crashed I include the terminal messages. If you want I can mail also the core file (5MB). Recent keystrokes: button2 button2up button2 button2up button2 button2up button2 button2up button2 button2up button2 button2up prior prior prior prior prior prior prior prior prior prior prior prior prior prior prior prior prior prior prior prior prior prior prior next misc-user Recent messages (most recent first): Loading mail-abbrevs... Loading emacsbug...done Loading emacsbug... Loading 8bits-mode...done Loading 8bits-mode... Paren mode is blink-paren Loading paren...done Loading paren... Loading big-menubar...done Loading big-menubar... *********************** terminal messages after crash: fiascd{/fiascd/mcarlo/phos/zig/simphi/zanket}1013> fg xemacs -l ibm-keys Fatal error (11). Your files have been auto-saved. Use `M-x recover-session' to recover them. If you have access to the PROBLEMS file that came with your version of XEmacs, please check to see if your crash is described there, as there may be a workaround available. Otherwise, please report this bug by running the send-pr script included with XEmacs, or selecting `Send Bug Report' from the help menu. As a last resort send ordinary email to `crashes(a)xemacs.org&#39;. *MAKE SURE* to include the information in the command M-x describe-installation. If at all possible, *please* try to obtain a C stack backtrace; it will help us immensely in determining what went wrong. To do this, locate the core file that was produced as a result of this crash (it's usually called `core' and is located in the directory in which you started the editor, or maybe in your home directory), and type gdb /usr/bin/xemacs core then type `where' when the debugger prompt comes up. (If you don't have GDB on your system, you might have DBX, or XDB, or SDB. A similar procedure should work for all of these. Ask your system administrator if you need more help.) Lisp backtrace follows: Segmentation fault (core dumped) fiascd{/fiascd/mcarlo/phos/zig/simphi/zanket}1014> gdb /usr/bin/xemacs core GNU gdb 5.0 Copyright 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc. GDB is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License, and you are welcome to change it and/or distribute copies of it under certain conditions. Type "show copying" to see the conditions. There is absolutely no warranty for GDB. Type "show warranty" for details. This GDB was configured as "i386-redhat-linux"...(no debugging symbols found)... Core was generated by `xemacs -l ibm-keys'. Program terminated with signal 11, Segmentation fault. Reading symbols from /usr/X11R6/lib/libXaw.so.7...(no debugging symbols found)...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/X11R6/lib/libXaw.so.7 Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libtiff.so.3...(no debugging symbols found)...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libtiff.so.3 Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libpng.so.2...(no debugging symbols found)...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libpng.so.2 Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libjpeg.so.62...(no debugging symbols found)...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libjpeg.so.62 Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libz.so.1...(no debugging symbols found)...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libz.so.1 Reading symbols from /usr/X11R6/lib/libXpm.so.4...(no debugging symbols found)...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/X11R6/lib/libXpm.so.4 Reading symbols from /usr/X11R6/lib/libXmu.so.6...(no debugging symbols found)...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/X11R6/lib/libXmu.so.6 Reading symbols from /usr/X11R6/lib/libXt.so.6...(no debugging symbols found)...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/X11R6/lib/libXt.so.6 Reading symbols from /usr/X11R6/lib/libXext.so.6...(no debugging symbols found)...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/X11R6/lib/libXext.so.6 Reading symbols from /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6...(no debugging symbols found)...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6 Reading symbols from /usr/X11R6/lib/libSM.so.6...(no debugging symbols found)...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/X11R6/lib/libSM.so.6 Reading symbols from /usr/X11R6/lib/libICE.so.6...(no debugging symbols found)...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/X11R6/lib/libICE.so.6 Reading symbols from /lib/libdl.so.2...done. Loaded symbols for /lib/libdl.so.2 Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libncurses.so.5...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libncurses.so.5 Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libldap.so.1...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libldap.so.1 Reading symbols from /usr/lib/liblber.so.1...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/liblber.so.1 Reading symbols from /lib/libm.so.6...done. Loaded symbols for /lib/libm.so.6 Reading symbols from /lib/libc.so.6...done. Loaded symbols for /lib/libc.so.6 Reading symbols from /lib/ld-linux.so.2...done. Loaded symbols for /lib/ld-linux.so.2 Reading symbols from /lib/libnss_files.so.2...done. Loaded symbols for /lib/libnss_files.so.2 ---Type <return> to continue, or q <return> to quit--- #0 0x403274e1 in __kill () from /lib/libc.so.6 (gdb) where #0 0x403274e1 in __kill () from /lib/libc.so.6 #1 0x809a984 in fatal_error_signal () #2 <signal handler called> #3 0x75662026 in ?? () #4 0x807a28c in refill_memory_reserve () #5 0x807c896 in staticpro () #6 0x807a28c in refill_memory_reserve () #7 0x807c896 in staticpro () #8 0x807a28c in refill_memory_reserve () #9 0x807c896 in staticpro () #10 0x807a28c in refill_memory_reserve () #11 0x807c896 in staticpro () #12 0x812228a in emacs_strftime () #13 0x807c896 in staticpro () #14 0x80c9f94 in complex_vars_of_extents () #15 0x807c896 in staticpro () #16 0x80fd580 in Flist_fonts () #17 0x811d334 in kill_specifier_buffer_locals () #18 0x807c896 in staticpro () #19 0x807a28c in refill_memory_reserve () #20 0x807c896 in staticpro () #21 0x807a81e in make_float () #22 0x807c896 in staticpro () #23 0x807a28c in refill_memory_reserve () #24 0x807c896 in staticpro () #25 0x811d2e4 in kill_specifier_buffer_locals () #26 0x807c896 in staticpro () #27 0x80e42b4 in Fimage_specifier_p () #28 0x807c896 in staticpro () ---Type <return> to continue, or q <return> to quit--- #29 0x807a28c in refill_memory_reserve () #30 0x807c896 in staticpro () #31 0x8122264 in emacs_strftime () #32 0x807c896 in staticpro () #33 0x807a81e in make_float () #34 0x807c896 in staticpro () #35 0x8122264 in emacs_strftime () #36 0x807c896 in staticpro () #37 0x807a81e in make_float () #38 0x807c896 in staticpro () #39 0x807dd13 in garbage_collect_1 () #40 0x80a0a60 in funcall_recording_as () #41 0x80a0f16 in Ffuncall () #42 0x80a1efb in call4 () #43 0x80fc4b3 in Fall_completions () #44 0x80fc4f9 in clear_echo_area () #45 0x80bbcc4 in event_stream_quit_p () #46 0x80bd7cf in Fnext_event () #47 0x8089dd0 in Fcommand_loop_1 () #48 0x809e882 in condition_case_1 () #49 0x8089816 in Freally_early_error_handler () #50 0x808983b in Freally_early_error_handler () #51 0x809e54c in internal_catch () #52 0x808999f in initial_command_loop () #53 0x809b868 in Finvocation_directory () #54 0x809bfe0 in main () #55 0x40316b65 in __libc_start_main (main=0x809bed0 <main>, argc=3, ubp_av=0xbffff994, init=0x80778fc <_init>, fini=0x8153d68 <_fini>, rtld_fini=0x4000df24 <_dl_fini>, stack_end=0xbffff98c) at ../sysdeps/generic/libc-start.c:111 (gdb) (gdb) quit