Re: Crash with xemacs 21.4.4

Thomas Achmann <achmann(a)aiss.com&gt; wrote (originally, in xemacs-patches): FYI, Any time the crash occurs in x_delete_device() ... CleanupOnDisplayClose(), this is an indication of the "Motif progress widget" bug. I don't know if this is an XEmacs or a Motif bug, but I'm starting to think that this is a Motif bug. What seems to be happening is that RemoveMatchingEntries() is freeing a block of memory, and then DestroyImageCacheEntry() is referencing the freed block. [ What's really strange is that I can't find any reference to RemoveMatchingEntries() in any of my Motif sources. This bug occurs on more than one platform, and so RemoveMatchingEntries() is not some vendor-specific optimization. ] The workaround appears to be to disable the Motif progress widget, and go back to the old minibuffer-text-based progress indicator, by placing the following into ~/.xemacs/init.el: (setq progress-feedback-use-echo-area t) -- Darryl Okahata darrylo(a)soco.agilent.com DISCLAIMER: this message is the author's personal opinion and does not constitute the support, opinion, or policy of Agilent Technologies, or of the little green men that have been following him all day.