Two possibilities come to mind: 1. You've configured XEmacs to use native audio under HP-UX, and you have an /opt/audio/lib/libAlib.sl newer than (somewhere around) December 1988. I'm not sure, but I think the audio patch PHSS_17121 (or a superceeding one, like PHSS_17554, PHSS_17971, or PHSS_18777, etc.) will trigger this. To check if your audio library will cause problems for XEmacs, run "chatr /opt/audio/lib/libAlib.sl". If "libdce" appears in the displayed shared library list, XEmacs will encounter problems if audio is enabled (this is because libdce drags in threads, which overrides crt0.o and prevents XEmacs from properly reinitializing the brk value in the dumped executable). Unfortunately, there's no workaround except to disable native audio. 2. You have the old compiler patch PHSS_17507 (from February, 1999), and do not have a newer one (I believe at least two others have been released since then). If you have a newer patch, you're OK, but you're screwed if PHSS_17507 is the latest one you have. -- Darryl Okahata darrylo(a)sr.hp.com DISCLAIMER: this message is the author's personal opinion and does not constitute the support, opinion, or policy of Hewlett-Packard, or of the little green men that have been following him all day.

Marcus> Richard Cognot writes: Marcus> Does Darryl's workaround Marcus> Marcus> http://www.xemacs.org/list-archives/xemacs-beta/9907/msg00092.html Marcus> help somehow? Not sure if you have seen this message. It sure does, thanks. Not sure how to fix the problem though. Richard. -- |-------------------------------------------------------------| | Richard Cognot | Proceed, with fingers crossed... | | | /\^^/\ | | <cognot(a)ensg.u-nancy.fr&gt; | `' | |-------------------------------------------------------------| | http://www.ensg.u-nancy.fr/~cognot | |-------------------------------------------------------------|

Richard Cognot writes: I can't help since I am on HP-UX 11.x with no access to 10.20 anymore. --Marcus