Re: segmentation fault on startup

Hi, Thanks for the response. Yeah, I figured out that my root user can't do anything to my home directory on the network. I ran into a similar problem setting up cpan. It wanted to create a .cpan directory and got permission denied. Sounds like it's something similar here. Although I'd be mildly surprised if root couldn't run the xwindows server... Maybe root tried to write necessary files to my home directory during installation and couldn't, hence I'm unable to run it? I copied an older version of xemacs from my old computer and it runs fine... What I did was I copied over all of /sw (an old version of Fink made this - couldn't get the new version of Fink to work) from my old computer. It can run its version of xemacs just fine, so the xwindows server seems OK. After I copied it over, I tried your version again just out of curiosity and I still get the same behavior. Thanks, Rob thila: /usr/local/bin>./xemacs _XF86BigfontQueryFont: could not attach shm segment 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/local/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: # (unwind-protect ...) # (unwind-protect ...) # (unwind-protect ...) # (unwind-protect ...) # (unwind-protect ...) # (unwind-protect ...) # (unwind-protect ...) string-match("bind (\\(?:.* \\)?__load_init_file_arg__\\(?:.* \\)?)[ \n]*\\(?:(lambda \\|#<compiled-function \\)(__load_init_file_arg__).*\n\\(\\(?:.\\|\n\\)*\\)$" " backtrace(nil t)\n # bind (standard-output)\n # (unwind-protect ...)\n # bind (handler-arg-name)\n backtrace-in-condition-handler-eliminating- handler(__load_init_file_arg__)\n # bind (errstr __load_init_file_arg__)\n #<compiled-function (__load_init_file_arg__) \"...(26)\" [init-file-had-error user-init-file __load_init_file_arg__ errstr error-message-string message \"Error in init file: %s\" lwarn initialization error \"An error has occurred while loading %s:\\n\\n%s\\n\\nBacktrace follows:\\n\\n%s\\n\\nTo ensure normal operation, you should investigate the cause of the error\\nin your initialization file and remove it. Use the `-debug-init' option\\nto XEmacs to enter the debugger when the error occurs and investigate the\\nexact problem.\" backtrace-in-condition-handler-eliminating-handler t] 8>((file-error \"Cannot open load file\" \"pending-del\"))\n signal(file-error (\"Cannot open load file\" \"pending-del\"))\n # bind (path handler filename nosuffix nomessage noerror file)\n load(\"pending-del\" nil t nil)\n # (unwind-protect ...)\n require(pending-del)\n mapc-internal(require (pending-del))\n # bind (cl-rest cl-seq cl-func)\n mapc(require (pending-del))\n # bind (set comment requests now value symbol entry immediate args theme)\n custom-theme-set-variables(user (bar-cursor 2) (pending-delete-mode t nil (pending-del)) (user-mail-address \&quot;robleach(a)telomere.lanl.gov\&quot;) (query-user-mail-address nil) (font-lock-mode t nil (font-lock)))\n apply(custom-theme-set-variables user ((bar-cursor 2) (pending-delete-mode t nil (pending-del)) (user-mail-address \&quot;robleach(a)telomere.lanl.gov\&quot;) (query-user-mail-address nil) (font-lock-mode t nil (font-lock))))\n # bind (args)\n custom-set-variables((bar-cursor 2) (pending-delete-mode t nil (pending-del)) (user-mail-address \&quot;robleach(a)telomere.lanl.gov\&quot;) (query-user-mail-address nil) (font-lock-mode t nil (font-lock)))\n # bind (current-load-list)\n # (unwind-protect ...)\n # bind (load-file-name)\n # (unwind-protect ...)\n # (unwind-protect ...)\n # (unwind-protect ...)\n # (unwind-protect ...)\n # (unwind-protect ...)\n # (unwind-protect ...)\n load-internal(\"/home/plague2/users1/robleach/.xemacs/custom.el\" t t t raw-text)\n # bind (path handler filename nosuffix nomessage noerror file)\n load(\"/home/plague2/users1/robleach/.xemacs/custom.el\" t t t)\n load-user-init-file()\n #<compiled-function nil \"...(10)\" [init-file-had-error load-user-init-file-p load-user-init-file nil] 2>()\n # (unwind-protect ...)\n call-with-condition-handler(#<compiled-function (__load_init_file_arg__) \"...(26)\" [init-file-had-error user-init-file __load_init_file_arg__ errstr error-message-string message \"Error in init file: %s\" lwarn initialization error \"An error has occurred while loading %s:\\n\\n%s\\n\\nBacktrace follows:\\n\\n%s\\n\\nTo ensure normal operation, you should investigate the cause of the error\\nin your initialization file and remove it. Use the `-debug-init' option\\nto XEmacs to enter the debugger when the error occurs and investigate the\\nexact problem.\" backtrace-in-condition-handler-eliminating-handler t] 8> #<compiled-function nil \"...(10)\" [init-file-had-error load-user-init-file-p load-user-init-file nil] 2>)\n # (condition-case ... . ((error)))\n # bind (debug-on-error debug-on-error-from-init-file debug-on-error-should-be-set debug-on-error-initial)\n load-init-file()\n # bind (command-line-args-left)\n command-line()\n # (condition-case ... . ((t (byte-code \" \" [error-data data nil] 1))))\n # bind (error-data)\n normal-top-level()\n # (condition-case ... . error)\n # (catch top-level ...)\n") # (unwind-protect ...) # bind (match-data bt handler-arg-name) backtrace-in-condition-handler-eliminating- handler(__load_init_file_arg__) # bind (errstr __load_init_file_arg__) #<compiled-function (__load_init_file_arg__) "...(26)" [init-file-had-error user-init-file __load_init_file_arg__ errstr error-message-string message "Error in init file: %s" lwarn initialization error "An error has occurred while loading %s:\n\n%s\n\nBacktrace follows:\n\n%s\n\nTo ensure normal operation, you should investigate the cause of the error\nin your initialization file and remove it. Use the `-debug-init' option\nto XEmacs to enter the debugger when the error occurs and investigate the\nexact problem." backtrace-in-condition-handler-eliminating-handler t] 8>((file-error "Cannot open load file" "pending-del")) signal(file-error ("Cannot open load file" "pending-del")) # bind (path handler filename nosuffix nomessage noerror file) load("pending-del" nil t nil) # (unwind-protect ...) require(pending-del) mapc-internal(require (pending-del)) # bind (cl-rest cl-seq cl-func) mapc(require (pending-del)) # bind (set comment requests now value symbol entry immediate args theme) custom-theme-set-variables(user (bar-cursor 2) (pending-delete-mode t nil (pending-del)) (user-mail-address &quot;robleach(a)telomere.lanl.gov&quot;) (query-user-mail-address nil) (font-lock-mode t nil (font-lock))) apply(custom-theme-set-variables user ((bar-cursor 2) (pending-delete-mode t nil (pending-del)) (user-mail-address &quot;robleach(a)telomere.lanl.gov&quot;) (query-user-mail-address nil) (font-lock-mode t nil (font-lock)))) # bind (args) custom-set-variables((bar-cursor 2) (pending-delete-mode t nil (pending-del)) (user-mail-address &quot;robleach(a)telomere.lanl.gov&quot;) (query-user-mail-address nil) (font-lock-mode t nil (font-lock))) # bind (current-load-list) # (unwind-protect ...) # bind (load-file-name) # (unwind-protect ...) # (unwind-protect ...) # (unwind-protect ...) # (unwind-protect ...) # (unwind-protect ...) # (unwind-protect ...) load-internal("/home/plague2/users1/robleach/.xemacs/custom.el" t t t raw-text) # bind (path handler filename nosuffix nomessage noerror file) load("/home/plague2/users1/robleach/.xemacs/custom.el" t t t) load-user-init-file() #<compiled-function nil "...(10)" [init-file-had-error load-user-init-file-p load-user-init-file nil] 2>() # (unwind-protect ...) call-with-condition-handler(#<compiled-function (__load_init_file_arg__) "...(26)" [init-file-had-error user-init-file __load_init_file_arg__ errstr error-message-string message "Error in init file: %s" lwarn initialization error "An error has occurred while loading %s:\n\n%s\n\nBacktrace follows:\n\n%s\n\nTo ensure normal operation, you should investigate the cause of the error\nin your initialization file and remove it. Use the `-debug-init' option\nto XEmacs to enter the debugger when the error occurs and investigate the\nexact problem." backtrace-in-condition-handler-eliminating-handler t] 8> #<compiled-function nil "...(10)" [init-file-had-error load-user-init-file-p load-user-init-file nil] 2>) # (condition-case ... . ((error))) # bind (debug-on-error debug-on-error-from-init-file debug-on-error-should-be-set debug-on-error-initial) load-init-file() # bind (command-line-args-left) command-line() # (condition-case ... . ((t (byte-code " " [error-data data nil] 1)))) # bind (error-data) normal-top-level() # (condition-case ... . error) # (catch top-level ...) Segmentation fault thila: /usr/local/bin>sudo ./xemacs Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server Xlib: No protocol specified Gui error: X server not responding , ":0.0" thila: /usr/local/bin>sudo ./xemacs Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server Xlib: No protocol specified Gui error: X server not responding , ":0.0" thila: /usr/local/bin> On Tuesday, April 29, 2003, at 09:40 PM, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote: ===================================================================== = Robert W. Leach = = Los Alamos National Lab = = Bioscience Division: Bioinformatics & Computational Biology Group = = MS M888 = = Los Alamos, NM 87545 = = robleach(a)lanl.gov = = 505-667-2307 = =====================================================================