Re: crash and where is core?
On Mon, 2002-10-14 at 11:19, Peter van Summeren wrote:
Sorry to disturb you, but my XEmacs when it came up had some small
failure
"Error in init file: Symbol's value as variable is void: cache-overlay. I
checked the init file and it was empty. I have some .emacs in /etc/skel. I
am first time user of emacs. So, I had the idea that XEmacs is easier. Maybe
you can help me, although you must probably ask me precise instructions what
to do. But please answer me.
Red Hat disables core files by default, do a "ulimit -c unlimited" from
before starting up XEmacs from a shell and you should get one (it will
be named "core.<process-id>").
The init file for your XEmacs lives in ~/.emacs or ~/.xemacs/init.el.
Everything in /etc/skel will be copied by default to new users' home
dirs, so it's likely that you've got it in your home dir. Their
/etc/skel/.emacs is also somewhat buggy (already reported, no response
so far).
Just move your ~/.emacs and ~/.xemacs out of the way temporarily and see
if that helps, then try to bring them back, possibly piece by piece and
try to find the offending snippet of code.
You bug report seems to indicate that there is something wrong with your
~/.emacs though you say you don't have it...
--
\/ille Skyttä
ville.skytta at xemacs.org