Re: segmentation fault on startup

Yes. It is. Tangent: I'd initially had trouble mounting the nfs server's disks (for unknown reasons), but when I changed my domain name, the mounts worked and the procedure each time seemed exactly the same. The problem with running xemacs however doesn't seem to me to be the root user issue. At least, that's my humble suspicion. I get slightly different output when I try running xemacs with and without the sudo command. Plus, the window flashes on the screen for a moment before the segfault (which it doesn't do via sudo as I recall). I only tried sudo when the other didn't work. I did the make (and configure) as myself and only did the make install with sudo, so I should have been able to run it as myself, shouldn't I? Plus, I can run my old version of xemacs that I copied over from my old system which was installed using Fink. Fink doesn't seem very reliable anymore, so if I can abandon it, I will. Although, I do have all my packages already installed that way, which is nice... OK, here. I've got more info for you. I just tried mv'ing my .xemacs directory to a backup and tried executing again. It got farther. The window came up and stayed, but when I tried to open a file, I got a segmentation fault again. The first line came out when the window first appeared. Everything else happened when it died upon opening a file. (Incidentally, the .xemacs directory I moved works fine with my old version and other versions on the network...) See output below. No core file was generated - I haven't turned that on... Rob thila: /home/plague2/users1/robleach>/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 (\\(?:.* \\)?__call_trapping_errors_arg__\\(?:.* \\)?)[ \n]*\\(?:(lambda \\|#<compiled-function \\)(__call_trapping_errors_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(__call_trapping_errors_arg__)\n # bind (errstr __call_trapping_errors_arg__)\n #<compiled-function (__call_trapping_errors_arg__) \"...(17)\" [__call_trapping_errors_arg__ errstr error-message-string lwarn file-mode-spec warning \"Error in %s: %s\\n\\nBacktrace follows:\\n\\n%s\" \"File mode specification\" backtrace-in-condition-handler-eliminating-handler] 8>((void-variable allow-remote-paths))\n # bind (file-name)\n file-remote-p(\"/usr/local/lib/xemacs-21.5-b9/etc/package- index.LATEST.gpg\")\n # (unwind-protect ...)\n # (unwind-protect ...)\n # bind (buf force-current db-file)\n package-get-update-base(nil nil)\n # bind (force-current)\n package-get-require-base(nil)\n # bind (force-current sym)\n package-get-package-provider(perl-mode)\n # bind (alist mode name keep-going)\n # (unwind-protect ...)\n # bind (just-from-file-name)\n set-auto-mode()\n #<compiled-function nil \"...(5)\" [set-auto-mode t] 1>()\n # (unwind-protect ...)\n call-with-condition-handler(#<compiled-function (__call_trapping_errors_arg__) \"...(17)\" [__call_trapping_errors_arg__ errstr error-message-string lwarn file-mode-spec warning \"Error in %s: %s\\n\\nBacktrace follows:\\n\\n%s\" \"File mode specification\" backtrace-in-condition-handler-eliminating-handler] 8> #<compiled-function nil \"...(5)\" [set-auto-mode t] 1>)\n # (condition-case ... . ((error)))\n # bind (find-file)\n normal-mode(t)\n # bind (nomodes after-find-file-from-revert-buffer noauto warn error)\n after-find-file(nil t)\n byte-code(\"...\" [buffer-file-number number truename buffer-file-truename buf buffer-file-name set-buffer-major-mode erase-buffer nil (byte-code \��� �\\\"���� �\\\"�\" [rawfile filename insert-file-contents-literally t insert-file-contents] 3) ((file-error (byte-code ����!���Ç\" [rawfile error filename file-exists-p file-readable-p signal file-error \"File is not readable\" t run-hook-with-args-until-success find-file-not-found-hooks] 4))) abbreviate-file-name file-name-directory make-local-variable backup-inhibited t after-find-file find-file-use-truenames default-directory backup-enable-predicate rawfile error nowarn] 3)\n # (condition-case ... . ((t (byte-code \"!�� ＠ A\\\"�\" [buf data kill-buffer signal] 3))))\n # (unwind-protect ...)\n # bind (error number truename buf rawfile nowarn filename)\n find-file-noselect(\"~/pub/autoblastpgp.pl\")\n # bind (codesys filename)\n find-file(\"~/pub/autoblastpgp.pl\" nil)\n # bind (command-debug-status)\n call-interactively(find-file)\n #<compiled-function nil \"...(4)\" [toolbar-open-function call-interactively] 2 nil nil>()\n call-interactively(toolbar-open)\n # bind (callback button event)\n release-and-activate-toolbar-button(#<buttonup-event button1up>)\n # bind (command-debug-status)\n call-interactively(release-and-activate-toolbar-button)\n # (condition-case ... . error)\n # (catch top-level ...)\n") # (unwind-protect ...) # bind (match-data bt handler-arg-name) backtrace-in-condition-handler-eliminating- handler(__call_trapping_errors_arg__) # bind (errstr __call_trapping_errors_arg__) #<compiled-function (__call_trapping_errors_arg__) "...(17)" [__call_trapping_errors_arg__ errstr error-message-string lwarn file-mode-spec warning "Error in %s: %s\n\nBacktrace follows:\n\n%s" "File mode specification" backtrace-in-condition-handler-eliminating-handler] 8>((void-variable allow-remote-paths)) # bind (file-name) file-remote-p("/usr/local/lib/xemacs-21.5-b9/etc/package- index.LATEST.gpg") # (unwind-protect ...) # (unwind-protect ...) # bind (buf force-current db-file) package-get-update-base(nil nil) # bind (force-current) package-get-require-base(nil) # bind (force-current sym) package-get-package-provider(perl-mode) # bind (alist mode name keep-going) # (unwind-protect ...) # bind (just-from-file-name) set-auto-mode() #<compiled-function nil "...(5)" [set-auto-mode t] 1>() # (unwind-protect ...) call-with-condition-handler(#<compiled-function (__call_trapping_errors_arg__) "...(17)" [__call_trapping_errors_arg__ errstr error-message-string lwarn file-mode-spec warning "Error in %s: %s\n\nBacktrace follows:\n\n%s" "File mode specification" backtrace-in-condition-handler-eliminating-handler] 8> #<compiled-function nil "...(5)" [set-auto-mode t] 1>) # (condition-case ... . ((error))) # bind (find-file) normal-mode(t) # bind (nomodes after-find-file-from-revert-buffer noauto warn error) after-find-file(nil t) byte-code("..." [buffer-file-number number truename buffer-file-truename buf buffer-file-name set-buffer-major-mode erase-buffer nil (byte-code ��� �\"���� �\"�" [rawfile filename insert-file-contents-literally t insert-file-contents] 3) ((file-error (byte-code "�\n!���\n!�����\nD\"�������!���Ç" [rawfile error filename file-exists-p file-readable-p signal file-error "File is not readable" t run-hook-with-args-until-success find-file-not-found-hooks] 4))) abbreviate-file-name file-name-directory make-local-variable backup-inhibited t after-find-file find-file-use-truenames default-directory backup-enable-predicate rawfile error nowarn] 3) # (condition-case ... . ((t (byte-code "!�� ＠ A\"�" [buf data kill-buffer signal] 3)))) # (unwind-protect ...) # bind (error number truename buf rawfile nowarn filename) find-file-noselect("~/pub/autoblastpgp.pl") # bind (codesys filename) find-file("~/pub/autoblastpgp.pl" nil) # bind (command-debug-status) call-interactively(find-file) #<compiled-function nil "...(4)" [toolbar-open-function call-interactively] 2 nil nil>() call-interactively(toolbar-open) # bind (callback button event) release-and-activate-toolbar-button(#<buttonup-event button1up>) # bind (command-debug-status) call-interactively(release-and-activate-toolbar-button) # (condition-case ... . error) # (catch top-level ...) Segmentation fault thila: /home/plague2/users1/robleach> ===================================================================== = 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 = =====================================================================