Isaac> I can reproduce this core in both 21.2.38 and 21.2.39.
Isaac> Pretty simple to reproduce on my system: C-x C-c :-( This
Isaac> is RedHat 6.2+OpenMotif+XFree86 4.0.1...
Stephen> How _nice_ of OpenMotif to be creating and destroying input methods
Stephen> and input contexts when we haven't even asked it to, or set a locale,
Stephen> or anything. That's my guess. (Pure guess, but XIM has historically
Stephen> had bugs galore.)
Indeed. I rebuilt with
./configure '--with-menubars=lucid' '--with-scrollbars=lucid'
'--with-dialogs=lucid' '--with-widgets=athena' '--extra-verbose'
'--site-includes=/usr/include/gdbm' '-debug'
'--cache-file=/dev/null'
and lo and behold the problem is gone.
Time to check for OpenMotif patches...
Isaac