Re: Error Starting VM in XEmacs 21.2 b36

Andy Piper writes: > Should be fixed. > > andy Thanks, this problem seemed to have been fixed a couple of days ago. Now XEmacs just picks what seems to be a random time and freezes. Does anyone have an idea of how I might track this down? I'm running: XEmacs 21.2 b37 updated from CVS yesterday (11/29) morning Red Hat Linux 6.2 Linux Kernel 2.4.0-test10 Craig > At 09:27 AM 11/8/00 -0500, Craig Lanning wrote: > >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 21.2 (beta36) "Notus" [Lucid] (i686-pc-linux) of Wed Nov 8 > >2000 on lanning > >configured using `configure --prefix=/usr --with-file-coding' > > > >Please describe exactly what actions triggered the bug > >and the precise symptoms of the bug: > > > >I updated from CVS this morning and built a new XEmacs. > > > >When I started the new image and attempted to run VM by pressing the > >"Mail" icon on the toolbar, an error was signaled. > > > > > >Recent keystrokes: > > > >misc-user misc-user button1 button1up misc-user > > > > > >Recent messages (most recent first): > > > >Loading mail-abbrevs... > >Loading emacsbug...done > >Loading emacsbug... > >Entering debugger... > >Loading debug...done > >Loading debug... > >Loading vm-motion...done > >Loading vm-motion... > >Sorting... done > >Sorting... > > > > > >Lisp Backtrace: > > > >Signaling: (error "Must be string or vector" #<x-frame "emacs" 0x515d>) > > check-valid-instantiator(#<x-frame "emacs" 0x515d> image) > > canonicalize-spec(#<x-frame "emacs" 0x515d> image nil) > > byte-code("..." [spec-list nil result rest noerror throw cann-spec-list > > t signal error "Invalid list format" canonicalize-spec specifier-type res2] 5) > > canonicalize-spec-list((#<x-frame "emacs" 0x515d> . [tab-control > > :descriptor "Buffers" :face buffers-tab :orientation top :pixel-width > > (gutter-pixel-width) :items nil]) image) > > set-specifier(#<image-specifier global=<unspecified> fallback=((nil . > > ...)) 0x32fd> [tab-control :descriptor "Buffers" :face buffers-tab > > :orientation top :pixel-width (gutter-pixel-width) :items nil] #<x-frame > > "emacs" 0x515d> nil nil) > > set-glyph-property(#<glyph (buffer) #<image-specifier > > global=<unspecified> fallback=(...) 0x32fd>0x32fc> image [tab-control > > :descriptor "Buffers" :face buffers-tab :orientation top :pixel-width > > (gutter-pixel-width) :items nil] #<x-frame "emacs" 0x515d> nil nil) > > set-glyph-image(#<glyph (buffer) #<image-specifier global=<unspecified> > > fallback=(...) 0x32fd>0x32fc> [tab-control :descriptor "Buffers" :face > > buffers-tab :orientation top :pixel-width (gutter-pixel-width) :items > > nil] #<x-frame "emacs" 0x515d>) > > update-tab-in-gutter(#<x-frame "emacs" 0x515d> t) > > #<compiled-function (frame) "...(8)" [frame gutter-buffers-tab > > update-tab-in-gutter t] 3>(#<x-frame "emacs" 0x515d>) > > make-frame(nil) > > vm-goto-new-frame(primary-folder folder) > > apply(vm-goto-new-frame (primary-folder folder)) > > vm-goto-new-folder-frame-maybe(primary-folder folder) > > apply(vm-goto-new-folder-frame-maybe (primary-folder folder)) > > byte-code("..." [first-time totals-blurb folder file full-startup > > buffer-file-coding-system bufferp nil expand-file-name file-directory-p > > error "%s is a directory" vm-get-file-buffer t no-conversion message > > "Reading %s..." find-file-noselect "Reading %s... done" > > set-buffer-multibyte get-coding-system no-conversion-unix > > no-conversion-dos no-conversion-mac binary buffer-modified-p > > ((set-buffer-modified-p omodified)) encode-coding-region > > set-buffer-file-coding-system decode-coding-region coding-system-base > > ((set-buffer-modified-p omodified)) vm-check-for-killed-summary > > vm-check-for-killed-presentation 0 vm-mode file-newer-than-file-p > > make-auto-save-file-name default-value vm-folder-read-only > > buffer-disable-undo abbrev-mode auto-fill-mode vm-mode-internal > > vm-read-index-file-maybe vm-assimilate-new-messages > > vm-gobble-visible-header-variables vm-gobble-bookmark > > vm-gobble-pop-retrieved vm-gobble-imap-retrieved ...] 7) > > #<compiled-function (&optional folder read-only) "...(7)" > > [vm-session-initialization done (byte-code > > "=c6\n!?=c7=89=89=89=89＠HB=c6\n!=ab=83\n=aa=d9\n=ae=86=c8IC\"=c9!=ab=86=ca=cb\"=aa=c3=cc!=ae=beC=ab=86=c8C!=ae=82J=cd=c7=89=ceQRSTJ=cf=d0\"=88=d1!\n=ae=82I=89KD＠=9a=ac=87KDBD)=cf=d2\"=88-)=89Hq=88L=ab=88U=ab=84=d3=c7!=88V=ab=bf=d4!=d4=d5!==ac=b6=d4!=d4=d6!==ac=ad=d4!=d4=d7!==ac=a4=d4!=d4=d8!==ac=9b=c7=d9 > > ME=da=8e=dbed#=88=dc=ce=c7\"=88=dded#=88+L=ab=ad=de!=de=ce!==ac=a4=de!=de=d8!==ac=9b=c7=d9 > > ME=df=8e=dbed#=88=dc=ce=c7\"=88=dded#=88+=e0 =88=e1 =88=d9 > > =ac=83=e2WX=e3=?F=ad=8b=d9 ?=ad=86=e4=e5 > > F\"=89＠=ae=8eY=ae=8a=e6=e7!=ae=85=ad=82E'=ab=97=e8p!=88=e9=e2!=88=ea=e2!=88=eb > > =88=d9 =ac=84=ec B=ed=c7B?=c7#=88=ab=96B=ac=92=ee =88=ef =88=f0 =88=f1 > > =88=f2 =88=f3 =88=ab=83=f4 > > =88=ab=8fA=ab=8b=f5=f6\n=ab=83=f7=aa=81=f8\"=88=ab=a3G=ae=85N=ae=81pO=f9O=89ACA=ae=81=fa=fbD$=88P=ab=83=fc > > =88)=ab=83=fd =fe =88=ff =88=! > >81c > >es any contents of the system mailbox to\nbe moved and appended to the > >resulting buffer.\n\nAll the messages can be read by repeatedly pressing > >SPC. Use `n'ext and\n`p'revious to move about in the folder. Messages > >are marked for\ndeletion with `d', and saved to another folder with > >`s'. Quitting VM\nwith `q' expunges deleted messages and saves the > >buffered folder to\ndisk.\n\nSee the documentation for vm-mode for more > >information." (list nil current-prefix-arg)>(nil nil) > > call-interactively(vm) > > #<compiled-function nil "...(27)" [toolbar-mail-reader > > toolbar-mail-commands-alist command error "Uknown mail reader %s" > > call-interactively eval] 4 1063173 nil>() > > call-interactively(toolbar-mail) > > release-and-activate-toolbar-button(#<buttonup-event button1up>) > > call-interactively(release-and-activate-toolbar-button)