Re: assertion failed, file eval.c, line 1877, abort()

Marc> I have since upgraded to 21.4.8, where it happened again. Marc> This is using the RedHat compiled version within Marc> xemacs-21.4.8-13.i386.rpm Marc> I was scrolling down using <down-arrow> in a gnus *Article* Marc> window, when I hit the bottom, the following happened: Marc> tamsky＠hermes(598)$ Fatal error: assertion failed, file eval.c, line 1885, abort() That apparently means that Lisp managed to get called and generate an error while in redisplay or garbage collection---neither of which is supposed to happen. And your stack is completely smashed, so the problem could be anywhere. Not much we can do with this. The only thing I can suggest is running under the debugger so that you have a chance to get a better backtrace. Or if you can find some way to get it to happen often, then we can try to reproduce it. Sorry. -- Institute of Policy and Planning Sciences http://turnbull.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp University of Tsukuba Tennodai 1-1-1 Tsukuba 305-8573 JAPAN My nostalgia for Icon makes me forget about any of the bad things. I don't have much nostalgia for Perl, so its faults I remember. Scott Gilbert c.l.py