Got this from an apparently idling XEmacs. Backtrace is below, followed by Installation report. I note the sig 11. Hmm. Maybe it's time for new memory. J [jbm＠jbm new]$ gdb /usr/local/bin/xemacs core GDB is free software and you are welcome to distribute copies of it under certain conditions; type "show copying" to see the conditions. There is absolutely no warranty for GDB; type "show warranty" for details. GDB 4.16 (i386-redhat-linux), Copyright 1996 Free Software Foundation, Inc... Core was generated by `xemacs'. Program terminated with signal 11, Segmentation fault. find_solib: Can't read pathname for load map: Input/output error #0 0x40245131 in ?? () from /lib/libc.so.6 (gdb) where #0 0x40245131 in ?? () from /lib/libc.so.6 #1 0x8094451 in fatal_error_signal (sig=11) at emacs.c:260 #2 0xbfffe624 in ?? () #3 0x80780b7 in xfree (block=0xbffd8400) at alloc.c:433 #4 0x81202fc in x_finalize_image_instance (p=0x8995980) at glyphs-x.c:388 #5 0x80d2c1b in finalize_image_instance (header=0x8995980, for_disksave=0) at glyphs.c:672 #6 0x807a6f6 in sweep_lcrecords_1 (prev=0x8231b94, used=0xbfffe734) at alloc.c:3561 #7 0x807b4e8 in gc_sweep () at alloc.c:4236 #8 0x807b98d in garbage_collect_1 () at alloc.c:4557 #9 0x807bb1d in Fgarbage_collect () at alloc.c:4662 #10 0x80999c6 in funcall_recording_as (recorded_as=136734620, nargs=0, args=0xbfffebd8) at eval.c:3197 #11 0x8099b69 in Ffuncall (nargs=1, args=0xbfffebd8) at eval.c:3238 #12 0x8081676 in Fbyte_code (bytestr=136323108, vector=136323296, maxdepth=11) at bytecode.c:416 #13 0x809a3ee in funcall_lambda (fun=136323480, nargs=0, arg_vector=0xbfffedb8) at eval.c:3597 #14 0x8099b2d in funcall_recording_as (recorded_as=137583896, nargs=0, args=0xbfffedb4) at eval.c:3214 #15 0x8099b69 in Ffuncall (nargs=1, args=0xbfffedb4) at eval.c:3238 #16 0x8081676 in Fbyte_code (bytestr=136319780, vector=136319860, maxdepth=9) at bytecode.c:416 #17 0x8099511 in Feval (form=136319756) at eval.c:3063 #18 0x8097ab3 in condition_case_1 (handlers=136319984, bfun=0x8098ecc <Feval>, barg=136319756, hfun=0x8097b00 <run_condition_case_handlers>, harg=137579332) at eval.c:1653 #19 0x8097c0b in condition_case_3 (bodyform=136319756, var=137579332, handlers=136319984) at eval.c:1715 #20 0x8081a43 in Fbyte_code (bytestr=136319152, vector=136319428, maxdepth=17) at bytecode.c:576 #21 0x809a3ee in funcall_lambda (fun=136320388, nargs=1, arg_vector=0xbffff634) at eval.c:3597 #22 0x8099b2d in funcall_recording_as (recorded_as=137579136, nargs=1, args=0xbffff630) at eval.c:3214 #23 0x8099b69 in Ffuncall (nargs=2, args=0xbffff630) at eval.c:3238 #24 0x8081676 in Fbyte_code (bytestr=136322540, vector=136322608, maxdepth=11) at bytecode.c:416 #25 0x809a3ee in funcall_lambda (fun=136322692, nargs=1, arg_vector=0xbffff748) at eval.c:3597 #26 0x8099b2d in funcall_recording_as (recorded_as=137579584, nargs=1, args=0xbffff744) at eval.c:3214 #27 0x8099b69 in Ffuncall (nargs=2, args=0xbffff744) at eval.c:3238 #28 0x809a86f in call1 (fn=137579584, arg0=136733220) at eval.c:3912 #29 0x80b43e8 in execute_internal_event (event=140329044) at event-stream.c:2974 #30 0x80b5d66 in Fdispatch_event (event=140329044) at event-stream.c:4636 #31 0x8086a1a in Fcommand_loop_1 () at cmdloop.c:574 #32 0x80868ae in command_loop_1 (dummy=136733220) at cmdloop.c:494 #33 0x8097ab3 in condition_case_1 (handlers=136733332, bfun=0x8086898 <command_loop_1>, barg=136733220, hfun=0x8086458 <cmd_error>, harg=136733220) at eval.c:1653 #34 0x808652c in command_loop_3 () at cmdloop.c:256 #35 0x8086548 in command_loop_2 (dummy=136733220) at cmdloop.c:267 #36 0x80977fc in internal_catch (tag=136807620, func=0x8086540 <command_loop_2>, arg=136733220, threw=0x0) at eval.c:1328 #37 0x8086686 in initial_command_loop (load_me=136733220) at cmdloop.c:305 #38 0x8095190 in sort_args (argc=1, argv=0xbffffa48) at emacs.c:1672 #39 0x809583d in main (argc=1, argv=0xbffffa48, envp=0xbffffa50) at emacs.c:2089 uname -a: Linux jbm.dialup.access.net 2.0.31 #1 Sun Nov 9 21:45:23 EST 1997 i586 unknown ./configure '--dynamic' '--with-database=gnudbm' '--with-xpm' '--gung-ho' '--error-checking=none' XEmacs 21.0-b37 "Pygmy" configured for `i586-pc-linux'. Where should the build process find the source code? /usr/local/src/xemacs-20.5-b33 What installation prefix should install use? /usr/local What operating system and machine description files should XEmacs use? `s/linux.h' and `m/intel386.h' What compiler should XEmacs be built with? gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wno-switch Should XEmacs use the GNU version of malloc? yes (Using Doug Lea's new malloc from the GNU C Library.) Should XEmacs use the relocating allocator for buffers? yes What window system should XEmacs use? x11 Where do we find X Windows header files? /usr/X11R6/include Where do we find X Windows libraries? /usr/X11R6/lib Compiling in support for XAUTH. Compiling in support for XPM images. Compiling in support for X-Face message headers. Compiling in support for GIF image conversion. Compiling in support for JPEG image conversion. Compiling in support for PNG image conversion. Compiling in support for TIFF image conversion. Compiling in native sound support. Compiling in support for GNU DBM. Compiling in support for ncurses. Compiling in support for GPM (General Purpose Mouse). Compiling in support for OffiX. Compiling in support for proper session-management. Using Lucid menubars. Using Lucid scrollbars. Using Athena dialog boxes. Compiling in DLL support. movemail will use "dot-locking" for locking mail spool files. Using Lisp_Objects with minimal tagbits. Using indexed lrecord implementation. Compiling in extra code for debugging. Compiling in code for checking XEmacs memory usage. -- #!/usr/bin/perl $dot="\x2e";$lt="\x3c";$gt="\x3e";$at="\x40"; print "J Mignault ${lt}mignault${at}nytimes${dot}com${gt}\n";