HEre is a stack trace. I can give you args for whatever function, etc. Just ask. I posted a hack to unix_canonicalize_host_name() that gets rid of the problem for me in another email. Stack Trace _kevent, FP=7fff5fbfbe60 __mdns_query_mDNSResponder, FP=7fff5fbfbe60 __mdns_search, FP=7fff5fbfbf20 __mdns_addrinfo, FP=7fff5fbfc080 _search_addrinfo, FP=7fff5fbfc110 _si_addrinfo, FP=7fff5fbfc1f0 _getaddrinfo, FP=7fff5fbfc270 C unix_canonicalize_host_name, FP=7fff5fbfc3e0 C canonicalize_host_name, FP=7fff5fbfc400 C x_canonicalize_console_connection, FP=7fff5fbfc4a0 C x_canonicalize_device_connection, FP=7fff5fbfc540 C canonicalize_device_connection, FP=7fff5fbfc580 C Ffind_device, FP=7fff5fbfc610 C Fmake_device, FP=7fff5fbfc700 C Ffuncall, FP=7fff5fbfc830 C execute_optimized_program, FP=7fff5fbfcb70 C funcall_compiled_function, FP=7fff5fbfcc70 C Feval, FP=7fff5fbfcf20 C condition_case_1, FP=7fff5fbfd0b0 C condition_case_3, FP=7fff5fbfd130 C execute_rare_opcode, FP=7fff5fbfd230 C execute_optimized_program, FP=7fff5fbfd580 C funcall_compiled_function, FP=7fff5fbfd680 C Feval, FP=7fff5fbfd930 C condition_case_1, FP=7fff5fbfdac0 C top_level_1, FP=7fff5fbfdae0 C internal_catch, FP=7fff5fbfdc10 C initial_command_loop, FP=7fff5fbfdc30 C ...21_5_b29_i386_apple_darwin10_4_0, FP=7fff5fbfdd00 On Jul 24, 2010, at 8:14 AM, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote: -- ✐Richard Cook ✇ Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Bldg-453 Rm-4024, Mail Stop L-557 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, CA, 94550, USA ☎ (office) (925) 423-9605 ☎ (fax) (925) 423-6961 --- Information Management & Graphics Grp., Services & Development Div., Integrated Computing & Communications Dept. (opinions expressed herein are mine and not those of LLNL) _______________________________________________ XEmacs-Beta mailing list XEmacs-Beta(a)xemacs.org http://calypso.tux.org/mailman/listinfo/xemacs-beta