Bug report
Bob Salmon
I have an insurmountable problem installing Emacs 19-31 on a i586, SCO
3.2.4.2 machine.
When I start Emacs, it displays the usual start-up screen, loads cc-mode,
and then dies, giving Fatal error(11). ../emacs Segmentation violation --
Core dumped.
I used dbxtra to produce a stack trace. Here it is:
otto:[1] > dbxtra -s emacs
dbXtra version 3.0
(C) Copyright 1989, 1990 SCO Canada, Inc.
All rights reserved.
reading symbolic information ...
[using memory image in core]
Type 'help' for help.
(dbxtra) where
kill() at 0x7f008
fatal_error_signal(sig = 11), line 181 in "emacs.c"
sigsuspend() at 0x7b859
gettimeofday(tp = 0x7ffff8b0, tzp = 0x1), line 3222 in "sysdep.c"
wait_reading_process_input(time_limit = 120, microsecs = 0, read_kbd = 1, do_display = 1), line 2030 in "process.c"
sit_for(sec = 120, usec = 0, reading = 0, display = 1), line 2391 in "dispnew.c"
Fsit_for(seconds = 120, milliseconds = 273054724, nodisp = 273054724), line 2460 in "dispnew.c"
Ffuncall(nargs = 2, args = 0x7ffff984), line 2369 in "eval.c"
Fbyte_code(bytestr = 809716628, vector = 1078153316, maxdepth = 8), line 408 in "bytecode.c"
funcall_lambda(fun = 1078152052, nargs = 1, arg_vector = 0x7ffffa68), line 2542 in "eval.c"
Ffuncall(nargs = 2, args = 0x7ffffa64), line 2412 in "eval.c"
Fbyte_code(bytestr = 809713608, vector = 1078149892, maxdepth = 5), line 408 in "bytecode.c"
funcall_lambda(fun = 1078149040, nargs = 0, arg_vector = 0x7ffffb3c), line 2542 in "eval.c"
Ffuncall(nargs = 1, args = 0x7ffffb38), line 2412 in "eval.c"
Fbyte_code(bytestr = 809711960, vector = 1078147552, maxdepth = 6), line 408 in "bytecode.c"
funcall_lambda(fun = 1078147392, nargs = 0, arg_vector = 0x7ffffbd8), line 2542 in "eval.c"
apply_lambda(fun = 1078147392, args = 273054724, eval_flag = 1), line 2466 in "eval.c"
Feval(form = 1346904148), line 1778 in "eval.c"
top_level_2(), line 1003 in "keyboard.c"
internal_condition_case(bfun = 0x17d30 <top_level_2>, handlers = 273055084, hfun = 0x17b6c <cmd_error>), line 1132 in "eval.c"
top_level_1(), line 1011 in "keyboard.c"
internal_catch(tag = 273055064, func = 0x17da0 <top_level_1>, arg = 273054724), line 907 in "eval.c"
command_loop(), line 973 in "keyboard.c"
recursive_edit_1(), line 755 in "keyboard.c"
Frecursive_edit(), line 797 in "keyboard.c"
emacs.main(argc = 1, argv = 0x7ffffdd0, envp = 0x7ffffdd8), line 1002 in "emacs.c"
(dbxtra) quit
The output of configure to the screen when I installed emacs was:
otto:[1] > ./configure --with-x=no --with-gcc --prefix=/usr4/gnu
creating cache ./config.cache
checking host system type... i586-unknown-sco3.2v4.2
checking whether ln -s works... yes
checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
checking for a BSD compatible install... /usr4/gnu/src/emacs-19.31/install.sh -c
checking for bison... no
checking for byacc... no
checking for AIX... no
checking for sys/select.h... yes
checking for sys/timeb.h... yes
checking for sys/time.h... yes
checking for unistd.h... yes
checking for utime.h... yes
checking for linux/version.h... no
checking whether cross-compiling... no
checking for ANSI C header files... yes
checking whether time.h and sys/time.h may both be included... yes
checking for sys_siglist declaration in signal.h or unistd.h... no
checking for struct utimbuf... yes
checking return type of signal handlers... void
checking for struct timeval... yes
checking whether struct tm is in sys/time.h or time.h... time.h
checking for tm_zone in struct tm... no
checking for tzname... yes
checking for working const... yes
checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... yes
checking for long file names... yes
checking for X... disabled
checking the machine- and system-dependent files to find out
- which libraries the lib-src programs will want, and
- whether the GNU malloc routines are usable
checking for -ldnet... no
checking for -lXbsd... no
checking for -lpthreads... no
checking for XFree86... no
checking whether netdb declares h_errno... no
checking for working alloca.h... no
checking for alloca... yes
checking for -lm... yes
checking for gettimeofday... no
checking for gethostname... no
checking for dup2... yes
checking for rename... yes
checking for closedir... yes
checking for mkdir... yes
checking for rmdir... yes
checking for random... no
checking for lrand48... yes
checking for bcopy... no
checking for bcmp... no
checking for logb... no
checking for frexp... yes
checking for fmod... yes
checking for ftime... yes
checking for res_init... no
checking for setsid... yes
checking for strerror... yes
checking for fpathconf... yes
checking for select... yes
checking for mktime... yes
checking for eaccess... yes
checking for getpagesize... no
checking for tzset... yes
checking for setlocale... yes
checking for -lncurses... no
checking whether localtime caches TZ... yes
checking whether gettimeofday can't accept two arguments... yes
checking for socket... no
Configured for `i586-unknown-sco3.2v4.2'.
Where should the build process find the source code? /usr4/gnu/src/emacs-19.31
What operating system and machine description files should Emacs use?
`s/sco4.h' and `m/intel386.h'
What compiler should emacs be built with? gcc -g -O
Should Emacs use the GNU version of malloc? yes
Should Emacs use the relocating allocator for buffers? yes
What window system should Emacs use? none
What toolkit should Emacs use? none
Where do we find X Windows header files? NONE
Where do we find X Windows libraries? NONE
updating cache ./config.cache
creating ./config.status
creating Makefile
creating lib-src/Makefile.c
creating oldXMenu/Makefile
creating man/Makefile
creating lwlib/Makefile
creating src/Makefile.c
creating src/config.h
creating lib-src/Makefile
creating src/Makefile
I read the note in PROBLEMS about badly installed GCC, so downloaded gcc 2.7.2
from Sun Site at Imperial College (London, U.K.). I reinstalled it, using:
configure --prefix=/usr4/gnu
make LANGUAGES=c MALLOC=gmalloc.o
(I had copied gmalloc.o from the Emacs directory). I followed all the steps
in the recommended gcc installation process (make the compiler, compile itself
twice and compare these) and everything was OK. I noticed, however, that the
gcc configure hadn't spotted the i586 and said I had an i386.
I still have the problem. (The stack trace above is actually from after
the reinstallation of gcc, but I believe it to be similar to how it was before
reinstallation: the lines immeidately after the where command are anyway.)
Help!
I have a full log of the installation of both gcc and emacs, if that will
help (they're quite long, so I haven't included them here).
Also, my terminal type is ansi-43, based on 25-line ansi. (ansi-43 is an
in-house customisation for 43-line displays). How do I go about letting Emacs
use this terminal type?
Thanks a lot,
Bob
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Bob Salmon Tel: 01223 846177 Fax: 01223 846178
Vocalis Ltd., Chaston House, Mill Court, Station Road, Great Shelford
Cambridge. CB2 5LD. UK.
Dr. Gerhard Eber
Bug-Report
GNU-Emacs Version 19.31.1 (mips-sgi-irix5.2, X-toolkit)
Indy, Operating system: IRIX 6.2
Description:
I am using Emacs from an X-Terminal (Reflection X) under Windows95.
Emacs doesn't start up and doesn't issue any error message but instead
remains in an endless loop if the font is set to the following in the
.Xresources file:
emacs*Font: -*-courier-medium-r-*--20-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
although the specified font is available in this X-Server.
It starts correctly if the above line is changed into the following
emacs*Font: -*-courier-*-r-*--20-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
Surprisingly the correct font is used in this case.
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