Running a recent CVS Gnus, went to the next article and XEmacs
crashed. Transcript, some host information and describe-installation
output below.
ttfn/rjk
chiark$ mesg n && xemacs21 -nw
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'.
*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/xemacs21 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:
# (unwind-protect ...)
# (unwind-protect ...)
# (catch #<INTERNAL EMACS BUG (opaque, size=4) 0x8285918> ...)
# (unwind-protect ...)
# (unwind-protect ...)
# bind (inhibit-quit)
# (unwind-protect ...)
sit-for(0)
gnus-summary-recenter()
# bind (all-header article)
gnus-summary-display-article(17238)
# bind (push backward subject unread)
gnus-summary-next-article(t nil)
gnus-summary-next-unread-article()
# bind (article article-window endp stop circular lines)
gnus-summary-next-page(nil)
# bind (command-debug-status)
call-interactively(gnus-summary-next-page)
# (condition-case ... . error)
# (catch top-level ...)
Segmentation fault (core dumped)
chiark$
chiark$
chiark$
chiark$ gdb /usr/bin/xemacs21 core
GNU gdb 19990928
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GDB is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License, and you are
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Type "show copying" to see the conditions.
There is absolutely no warranty for GDB. Type "show warranty" for details.
This GDB was configured as "i686-pc-linux-gnu"...
(no debugging symbols found)...
Core was generated by `xemacs21 -nw'.
Program terminated with signal 11, Segmentation fault.
Reading symbols from /usr/X11R6/lib/libXaw.so.6...
(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libcompface.so.1...
(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libtiff.so.3...(no debugging symbols found)...
done.
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libpng.so.2...(no debugging symbols found)...
done.
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libjpeg.so.62...(no debugging symbols found)...
done.
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libz.so.1...(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Reading symbols from /usr/X11R6/lib/libXpm.so.4...
(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Reading symbols from /usr/X11R6/lib/libXmu.so.6...
(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Reading symbols from /usr/X11R6/lib/libXt.so.6...
(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Reading symbols from /usr/X11R6/lib/libXext.so.6...
(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Reading symbols from /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6...
(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Reading symbols from /usr/X11R6/lib/libSM.so.6...
(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Reading symbols from /usr/X11R6/lib/libICE.so.6...
(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Reading symbols from /lib/libdl.so.2...(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Reading symbols from /lib/libdb.so.3...(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Reading symbols from /lib/libncurses.so.5...(no debugging symbols found)...
done.
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libopenldap.so.1...
(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/liblber-openldap.so.1...
(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Reading symbols from /lib/libm.so.6...(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Reading symbols from /lib/libc.so.6...(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Reading symbols from /lib/ld-linux.so.2...(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Reading symbols from /lib/libnss_files.so.2...(no debugging symbols found)...
done.
Reading symbols from /lib/libnss_compat.so.2...(no debugging symbols found)...
done.
Reading symbols from /lib/libnsl.so.1...(no debugging symbols found)...done.
#0 0x402fe921 in kill () from /lib/libc.so.6
(gdb) where
#0 0x402fe921 in kill () from /lib/libc.so.6
#1 0x8099067 in fatal_error_signal ()
#2 0x402fe858 in sigaction () from /lib/libc.so.6
#3 0xc8080dee in ?? ()
Cannot access memory at address 0xddbfffd7.
(gdb) chiark$
chiark$ uname -a
Linux chiark 2.2.22 #3 SMP Sat Nov 2 00:14:14 GMT 2002 i686 unknown
chiark$ ls -l /lib/libc.so.6
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Aug 13 13:31 /lib/libc.so.6 ->
libc-2.1.3.so*
chiark$
uname -a: Linux pandora 2.2.16 #1 Thu Jun 8 16:10:27 CEST 2000 i686 unknown
./configure '--with-sound=native' '--with_menubars=lucid'
'--with_scrollbars=lucid' '--with_dialogs=athena'
'--site-includes=/usr/include/db' '--cflags=-O2 -g -Wall'
'--with-x11' '--extra-verbose' '--with-site-lisp'
'--statedir=/var/lib' '--infodir=/usr/share/info/xemacs-21.1.10'
'--prefix=/usr' '--lockdir=/var/lib/emacs/lock'
'--with-session=yes' '--gung-ho' '--error-checking=none'
'--debug=no' '--const-is-losing=no' '--dynamic'
'--with-gpm=no'
'--docdir=/usr/lib/xemacs-21.1.10/i386-debian-linux/nomule/'
'--package-path=~/.xemacs::/usr/share/xemacs21/packages:/usr/share/xemacs21/site-packages'
'i386-debian-linux'
XEmacs 21.1.10 "Capitol Reef" configured for `i386-debian-linux'.
Where should the build process find the source code?
/home/dres/xemacs21/xemacs21-21.1.10
What installation prefix should install use? /usr
What operating system and machine description files should XEmacs use?
`s/linux.h' and `m/intel386.h'
What compiler should XEmacs be built with? gcc -O2 -g -Wall
Should XEmacs use the GNU version of malloc? yes
(Using Doug Lea's new malloc from the GNU C Library.)
Should XEmacs use the relocating allocator for buffers? yes
What window system should XEmacs use? x11
Where do we find X Windows header files? /usr/X11R6/include
Where do we find X Windows libraries? /usr/X11R6/lib
Additional header files: /usr/include/db
Compiling in support for XAUTH.
Compiling in support for XPM images.
Compiling in support for PNG image handling.
Compiling in support for (builtin) GIF image handling.
Compiling in support for JPEG image handling.
Compiling in support for TIFF image handling.
Compiling in support for X-Face message headers.
Compiling in native sound support.
Compiling in support for Berkeley DB.
Compiling in support for LDAP.
Compiling in support for ncurses.
Compiling in support for proper session-management.
Using Lucid menubars.
Using Lucid scrollbars.
Using Athena dialog boxes.
Compiling in DLL support.
movemail will use "dot-locking" for locking mail spool files.
Using Lisp_Objects with minimal tagbits.
Using indexed lrecord implementation.