Hi Simon, what does xemacs -vanilla -debug-paths give you? See `-debug-paths' Displays information on how XEmacs constructs the various paths into its hierarchy on startup. (See also *note Startup Paths::.) accessible via (Info-goto-node "(xemacs)Command Switches") Hope this helps, Adrian Simon> My XEmacs 21.2 (no gtk, no gnome, but mule) says this on startup: Simon> WARNING: Simon> Couldn't find obvious defaults for: Simon> doc-directory Simon> exec-directory Simon> mule-lisp-directory Simon> lisp-directory Simon> Perhaps some directories don't exist, or the XEmacs executable, Simon> /usr/local/bin/xemacs Simon> is in a strange place? Simon> and it seems pretty broken, M-x rmail RET in "xemacs -q" says: Simon> Signaling: (file-error "Cannot open load file" "alist") Simon> signal(file-error ("Cannot open load file" "alist")) Simon> load("alist" nil t nil) Simon> si:require(alist nil) Simon> require(alist) Simon> load-internal("tl-list" nil t nil binary) Simon> load("tl-list" nil t nil) Simon> si:require(tl-list nil) Simon> require(tl-list) Simon> byte-code("..." [require emu tl-list] 2) Simon> load-internal("tl-str" nil t nil binary) Simon> load("tl-str" nil t nil) Simon> require(tl-str) Simon> byte-code(... Simon> load-internal("tm-view" nil t nil binary) Simon> load("tm-view" nil t nil) Simon> require(tm-view) Simon> byte-code("..." [rmail-show-mime-method rmail-show-mime rmail-support-mime current-load-list require tm-view t boundp rmail-show-mime-message] 2) Simon> load-internal("rmail" nil nil nil binary) Simon> load("rmail" nil nil nil) Simon> command-execute(rmail t) Simon> execute-extended-command(nil) Simon> call-interactively(execute-extended-command) Simon> CVS updated a few minutes ago. Any ideas? Thanks. Simon> uname -a: Linux sjosefsson-lap 2.2.17-14 #1 Mon Feb 5 16:02:20 EST 2001 i686 unknown Simon> ./configure '--with-mule' Simon> XEmacs 21.2-b46 "Urania" configured for `i686-pc-linux'. Simon> Compilation / Installation: Simon> Source code location: /home/jas/src/xemacs-21.2 Simon> Installation prefix: /usr/local Simon> Operating system description file: `s/linux.h' Simon> Machine description file: `m/intel386.h' Simon> Compiler: gcc -g -O3 -Wall -Wno-switch -Winline -Wmissing-prototypes -Wshadow Simon> Relocating allocator for buffers: no Simon> GNU version of malloc: yes Simon> - Using Doug Lea's new malloc from the GNU C Library. Simon> Window System: Simon> Compiling in support for the X window system: Simon> - X Windows headers location: /usr/X11R6/include Simon> - X Windows libraries location: /usr/X11R6/lib Simon> - Handling WM_COMMAND properly. Simon> Using Lucid menubars. Simon> Using Lucid scrollbars. Simon> Using Motif dialog boxes. Simon> Using Motif native widgets. Simon> TTY: Simon> Compiling in support for ncurses. Simon> Compiling in support for GPM (General Purpose Mouse). Simon> Images: Simon> Compiling in support for GIF images (builtin). Simon> Compiling in support for XPM images. Simon> Compiling in support for PNG images. Simon> Compiling in support for JPEG images. Simon> Compiling in support for TIFF images. Simon> Sound: Simon> Compiling in support for sound (native). Simon> Compiling in support for ESD (Enlightened Sound Daemon). Simon> Databases: Simon> Compiling in support for Berkeley database. Simon> Compiling in support for LDAP. Simon> Compiling in support for PostgreSQL. Simon> - Using PostgreSQL header file: pgsql/libpq-fe.h Simon> - Using PostgreSQL V7 bindings. Simon> Internationalization: Simon> Compiling in support for Mule (multi-lingual Emacs). Simon> Compiling in support for XIM (X11R5+ I18N input method). Simon> - Using raw Xlib to provide XIM support. Simon> Mail: Simon> Compiling in support for "dot-locking" mail spool file locking method. Simon> Other Features: Simon> Compiling in support for dynamic shared object modules. Simon> Compiling in support for extra debugging code. Simon> WARNING: --------------------------------------------------------- Simon> WARNING: Compiling in support for runtime error checking. Simon> WARNING: XEmacs will run noticeably more slowly as a result. Simon> WARNING: Error checking is on by default for XEmacs beta releases. Simon> WARNING: --------------------------------------------------------- -- Adrian Aichner mailto:adrian＠xemacs.org http://www.xemacs.org/

Simon> My XEmacs 21.2 (no gtk, no gnome, but mule) says this on startup: Simon> WARNING: Simon> Couldn't find obvious defaults for: [...] Simon> and it seems pretty broken, M-x rmail RET in "xemacs -q" says: It _is_ broken. I can't replicate this with an installed xemacs, but I am using srcdir which may be important. You are probably getting a binary in a strange place, since it can't find any of the directories. OK, let's see: (1) It claims to be /usr/local/bin/xemacs, and you have prefix=/usr/local. Are you in fact running an installed xemacs? Not in-place in the source tree? (2) Are you sure the installation succeeded, and everything's where it should be under /usr/local? (3) If you're running in place, watch out for broken symlinks (or any symlinks at all, since you didn't use --srcdir). And I'll reiterate Adrian's suggestion of running with --debug-paths. -- University of Tsukuba Tennodai 1-1-1 Tsukuba 305-8573 JAPAN Institute of Policy and Planning Sciences Tel/fax: +81 (298) 53-5091 _________________ _________________ _________________ _________________ What are those straight lines for? "XEmacs rules."