To: XEmacs Beta <xemacs-beta(a)xemacs.org&gt; Subject: [Bug: 21.4.21] failure writing file --text follows this line-- ================================================================ Dear Bug Team! xemacs is not saving files reliably. Some files save as normal, others not. xemacs is set up to launch at boot by the session manager The first attempt to save a modified buffer(whether choosing to save via menu 'save' and 'save some buffers' commands, or when prompted prior to compilation) returns "Error in dired-find-file-place". And in fact the file's dirent seems to have been deleted(ls etc cannot see it). A second attempt will save the file, although some files will still report "Error in dired-find-file-place", others a successful save. Another attempt will report "nothing needs to be saved". Predicting which files and indeed whether any files will be affected in a particular session doesn't seem possible, though some files seem more prone than others. A second session seems more prone than the first. my system hardware: hp compaq nc6220 with 1G RAM johno＠foobuntu:~/Desktop/stupidword$ uname -a Linux foobuntu 2.6.24-23-generic #1 SMP Mon Jan 26 00:13:11 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux johno＠foobuntu:~/Desktop/stupidword$ xemacs --version Loading /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/debian-startup... Loading 00debian... Loading site-start... Loading 00debian-vars... Loading 50autoconf... Loading 50dictionaries-common... Loading debian-ispell... Loading /var/cache/dictionaries-common/emacsen-ispell-default.el... Loading /var/cache/dictionaries-common/emacsen-ispell-dicts.el... Loading 50psvn... XEmacs 21.4 (patch 21) "Educational Television" [Lucid] (i486-linux-gnu, Mule) of Sat May 3 2008 on terranova Sorry the information is so vague. The bug is pretty troubling, because of the possibility of inadvertently losing files, though at least it is aware it has unsaved data, but if the system should crash at a bad moment, or xemacs should for whatever reason be killed that won't help. Please let me know if I can supply further information of value thankyou John O'Driscoll the following was generated by xemacs via M-x report-xemacs-bug ================================================================ System Info to help track down your bug: --------------------------------------- uname -a: Linux terranova 2.6.15.7 #1 SMP Thu Jul 12 14:27:56 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux ./configure '--with-sound=none,native' '--with-x11' '--extra-verbose' '--with-site-lisp' '--with-database=berkdb' '--statedir=/var/lib' '--infodir=/usr/share/info/xemacs21' '--infopath=/usr/share/info/xemacs21' '--prefix=/usr' '--dynamic' '--error-checking=none' '--debug=no' '--with-pop' '--with-file-coding' '--pdump' '--with-system-malloc' '--with_menubars=lucid' '--with_scrollbars=lucid' '--with_dialogs=athena' '--docdir=/usr/lib/xemacs-21.4.21/i486-linux-gnu/mule/' '--with-mule' '--with-canna=no' '--with-wnn=no' '--with-xim=xlib' '--with-xfs' '--package-path=~/.xemacs:~/.xemacs/packages:~/.xemacs/xemacs-packages::/usr/share/xemacs21/site-packages:/usr/share/xemacs21/mule-packages:/usr/share/xemacs21/xemacs-packages' 'i486-linux-gnu' XEmacs 21.4.21 "Educational Television" configured for `i486-pc-linux'. Compilation / Installation: Source code location: /build/buildd/xemacs21-21.4.21 Installation prefix: /usr Operating system description file: `s/linux.h' Machine description file: `m/intel386.h' Compiler: gcc -g -O2 Compiler version: gcc (GCC) 4.2.3 (Ubuntu 4.2.3-2ubuntu7) Compiler specs file: specs. Relocating allocator for buffers: no GNU version of malloc: no - User chose not to use GNU allocators. Need to guess glibc1/2/etc here Window System: Compiling in support for the X window system: - X Windows headers location: - X Windows libraries location: - Handling WM_COMMAND properly. Compiling in support for the Athena widget set: - Athena headers location: X11/Xaw - Athena library to link: Xaw Using Lucid menubars. Using Lucid scrollbars. Using Athena dialog boxes. Using Athena native widgets. TTY: Compiling in support for ncurses. Compiling in support for GPM (General Purpose Mouse). Images: Compiling in support for GIF images (builtin). Compiling in support for XPM images. Compiling in support for PNG images. Compiling in support for JPEG images. Compiling in support for TIFF images. Compiling in support for X-Face message headers. Sound: Compiling in support for sound (native). Databases: Compiling in support for Berkeley database. Compiling in support for LDAP. Internationalization: Compiling in support for Mule (multi-lingual Emacs). Compiling in support for file coding. Compiling in support for XIM (X11R5+ I18N input method). - Using raw Xlib to provide XIM support. - Using XFontSet to provide bilingual menubar. Mail: Compiling in support for POP mail retrieval. Compiling in support for "dot-locking" mail spool file locking method. Other Features: Inhibiting IPv6 canonicalization at startup. Compiling in support for dynamic shared object modules. Using the new portable dumper. 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