Dear Sir or Madam, I tried to install the 'current stable' version xemacs-12.1.14 on Red Hat Linux 7.3 with kernel version 2.4.18-3smp using ./configure ./make ./make install ./make clean in the top xemacs directory. This seemed to work. Then I tried to run 'xemacs' for the first time by typing xemacs & This produced a segmentation fault. Output and stack (as per instructions from the crash message) are attached to this mail. Could you please let me know whether it was the right version for my kernel, and what I can do to get a working installation? Are there any rpm's for use with Red Hat 7.3? Thanks, Thomas von Schroeter ======================================================================== Thomas von Schroeter Mail: Dept of Earth Science and Engineering E-mail: ts9(a)ic.ac.uk Imperial College Phone: +44 (20) 7594 7486 Prince Consort Road Fax: +44 (20) 7594 7444 London SW7 2BP ======================================================================== [ts9＠tomschpc ts9]$ 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: # bind (frame-being-created) make-frame(nil #<x-device on ":0.0" 0x1a34>) frame-initialize() # bind (debugger debug-on-error command-line-args-left) command-line() # (unwind-protect ...) normal-top-level() # (condition-case ... . error) # (catch top-level ...) [2] Segmentation fault xemacs (core dumped) [ts9＠tomschpc ts9]$ gdb /usr/local/bin/xemacs core.6800 GNU gdb Red Hat Linux (5.2-2) Copyright 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc. GDB is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License, and you are welcome to change it and/or 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. This GDB was configured as "i386-redhat-linux"... warning: core file may not match specified executable file. Core was generated by `xemacs'. Program terminated with signal 11, Segmentation fault. Reading symbols from /usr/X11R6/lib/libXm.so.3...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/X11R6/lib/libXm.so.3 Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libtiff.so.3...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libtiff.so.3 Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libpng.so.2...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libpng.so.2 Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libjpeg.so.62...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libjpeg.so.62 Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libz.so.1...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libz.so.1 Reading symbols from /usr/X11R6/lib/libXpm.so.4...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/X11R6/lib/libXpm.so.4 Reading symbols from /usr/X11R6/lib/libXmu.so.6...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/X11R6/lib/libXmu.so.6 Reading symbols from /usr/X11R6/lib/libXt.so.6...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/X11R6/lib/libXt.so.6 Reading symbols from /usr/X11R6/lib/libXext.so.6...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/X11R6/lib/libXext.so.6 Reading symbols from /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6 Reading symbols from /usr/X11R6/lib/libSM.so.6...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/X11R6/lib/libSM.so.6 Reading symbols from /usr/X11R6/lib/libICE.so.6...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/X11R6/lib/libICE.so.6 Reading symbols from /lib/libdl.so.2...done. Loaded symbols for /lib/libdl.so.2 Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libgpm.so.1...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libgpm.so.1 ---Type <return> to continue, or q <return> to quit--- Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libncurses.so.5...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libncurses.so.5 Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libldap.so.2...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libldap.so.2 Reading symbols from /lib/i686/libm.so.6...done. Loaded symbols for /lib/i686/libm.so.6 Reading symbols from /lib/i686/libc.so.6...done. Loaded symbols for /lib/i686/libc.so.6 Reading symbols from /usr/X11R6/lib/libXp.so.6...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/X11R6/lib/libXp.so.6 Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libsasl.so.7...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libsasl.so.7 Reading symbols from /lib/libssl.so.2...done. Loaded symbols for /lib/libssl.so.2 Reading symbols from /lib/libcrypto.so.2...done. Loaded symbols for /lib/libcrypto.so.2 Reading symbols from /usr/lib/liblber.so.2...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/liblber.so.2 Reading symbols from /lib/ld-linux.so.2...done. Loaded symbols for /lib/ld-linux.so.2 Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libgdbm.so.2...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libgdbm.so.2 Reading symbols from /lib/libcrypt.so.1...done. Loaded symbols for /lib/libcrypt.so.1 Reading symbols from /lib/libpam.so.0...done. Loaded symbols for /lib/libpam.so.0 Reading symbols from /lib/libresolv.so.2...done. Loaded symbols for /lib/libresolv.so.2 Reading symbols from /lib/libnss_files.so.2...done. Loaded symbols for /lib/libnss_files.so.2 Reading symbols from /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/locale/common/xlcDef.so.2...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/locale/common/xlcDef.so.2 Reading symbols from /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/locale/common/ximcp.so.2...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/locale/common/ximcp.so.2 #0 0x42029331 in kill () from /lib/i686/libc.so.6 (gdb) where #0 0x42029331 in kill () from /lib/i686/libc.so.6 #1 0x080a01a6 in fatal_error_signal (sig=11) at emacs.c:264 #2 <signal handler called> #3 0x4031070e in XtInitializeWidgetClass () from /usr/X11R6/lib/libXt.so.6 #4 0x40310a6e in XtInitializeWidgetClass () from /usr/X11R6/lib/libXt.so.6 #5 0x40310c47 in XtInitializeWidgetClass () from /usr/X11R6/lib/libXt.so.6 #6 0x40311587 in _XtCreatePopupShell () from /usr/X11R6/lib/libXt.so.6 #7 0x4031161d in XtCreatePopupShell () from /usr/X11R6/lib/libXt.so.6 #8 0x08145b68 in x_create_widgets (f=0x842ac40, lisp_window_id=136863796, parent=136863796) at frame-x.c:1952 #9 0x08146cd4 in x_init_frame_1 (f=0x842ac40, props=136863796) at frame-x.c:2183 #10 0x080e6f1d in Fmake_frame (props=136863796, device=138145736) at frame.c:383 #11 0x080a37cf in funcall_recording_as (recorded_as=136960044, nargs=2, args=0xbfffe7d0) at eval.c:3197 #12 0x080a6f40 in Ffuncall (nargs=3, args=0xbfffe7d0) at eval.c:3238 #13 0x080856a9 in Fbyte_code (bytestr=136133672, vector=136133744, maxdepth=11) at bytecode.c:416 #14 0x080a4521 in funcall_lambda (fun=136133832, nargs=0, arg_vector=0xbfffeb04) at eval.c:3607 #15 0x080a38b8 in funcall_recording_as (recorded_as=137231628, nargs=0, args=0xbfffeb00) at eval.c:3214 ---Type <return> to continue, or q <return> to quit--- #16 0x080a6f40 in Ffuncall (nargs=1, args=0xbfffeb00) at eval.c:3238 #17 0x080856a9 in Fbyte_code (bytestr=136268948, vector=136269064, maxdepth=9) at bytecode.c:416 #18 0x080a4521 in funcall_lambda (fun=136269284, nargs=0, arg_vector=0xbfffef34) at eval.c:3607 #19 0x080a38b8 in funcall_recording_as (recorded_as=137518528, nargs=0, args=0xbfffef30) at eval.c:3214 #20 0x080a6f40 in Ffuncall (nargs=1, args=0xbfffef30) at eval.c:3238 #21 0x080856a9 in Fbyte_code (bytestr=136266820, vector=136267004, maxdepth=13) at bytecode.c:416 #22 0x080a4521 in funcall_lambda (fun=136267524, nargs=0, arg_vector=0xbffff020) at eval.c:3607 #23 0x080a40b2 in apply_lambda (fun=136267524, numargs=0, unevalled_args=136863796) at eval.c:3511 #24 0x080a32e4 in Feval (form=137259236) at eval.c:3085 #25 0x080a1469 in condition_case_1 (handlers=136863908, bfun=0x80a2944 <Feval>, barg=137259236, hfun=0x808be40 <cmd_error>, harg=136863796) at eval.c:1653 #26 0x0808bfab in top_level_1 (dummy=136863796) at cmdloop.c:206 #27 0x080a133d in internal_catch (tag=136938168, func=0x808bf7c <top_level_1>, arg=136863796, threw=0x0) at eval.c:1328 #28 0x0808b81b in initial_command_loop (load_me=136863796) at cmdloop.c:285 #29 0x0809edbc in sort_args (argc=1, argv=0xbffff534) at emacs.c:1725 ---Type <return> to continue, or q <return> to quit--- #30 0x0809f448 in main (argc=1, argv=0xbffff534, envp=0xbffff53c) at emacs.c:2142 #31 0x42017589 in __libc_start_main () from /lib/i686/libc.so.6 (gdb) quit