From unknown Sat Sep 06 07:59:13 2025 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MIME-tools 5.509 (Entity 5.509) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 From: bug#4573 <4573@debbugs.gnu.org> To: bug#4573 <4573@debbugs.gnu.org> Subject: Status: Regular emacs freeze-ups Reply-To: bug#4573 <4573@debbugs.gnu.org> Date: Sat, 06 Sep 2025 14:59:13 +0000 retitle 4573 Regular emacs freeze-ups reassign 4573 emacs submitter 4573 David Pleydell severity 4573 normal thanks From d_pleydell@yahoo.com Mon Sep 28 02:24:33 2009 Received: (at submit) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 28 Sep 2009 09:24:34 +0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 (2008-06-10) on rzlab.ucr.edu X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. X-Spam-Status: No, score=1.3 required=4.0 tests=IMPRONONCABLE_1, MURPHY_WRONG_WORD1,MURPHY_WRONG_WORD2 autolearn=no version=3.2.5-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [199.232.76.165]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id n8S9OWb5030128 for ; Mon, 28 Sep 2009 02:24:33 -0700 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MsCT9-0002Nc-Tt for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 28 Sep 2009 05:24:31 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MsCT5-0002Kz-Jb for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 28 Sep 2009 05:24:31 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=33323 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MsCT5-0002Kv-Fj for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 28 Sep 2009 05:24:27 -0400 Received: from web57607.mail.re1.yahoo.com ([66.196.100.89]:39866) by monty-python.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MsCT4-0006us-ST for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 28 Sep 2009 05:24:27 -0400 Received: (qmail 50246 invoked by uid 60001); 28 Sep 2009 09:24:25 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yahoo.com; s=s1024; t=1254129865; bh=i+8Cbsf4yKeGpGJTZawC06GyY1Y8VZb9cIkZQugK3oo=; h=Message-ID:X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Date:From:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=jNAQbreBLzomswjmsAkU+PghLrsrNABB6vRxn4fUz7ybCV2Ph0IM8+CTO5O72AY82Yg3VHg1rsC37H/bm8xFE2XtNmsj1305sSS5OVgCCqkcU85Z0W/wZgNe3/lGU2bcm7MutMaK0WH5zA/AK0Yu28cndHJGK/T8OhaTup7oAjQ= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=Message-ID:X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Date:From:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=dDY5vl50O4Kwf4Rjmy1VrXoKS54wzOmgfiifTMQQqdCJ2AnrKL9WIOuXVZo5oKtXKzIlVMUZYfYkASitGDPr68hJ6edleXsBxBNr5xIbJX51XC5017vUWNcK5FN4E/HZsamNQGFos6RhUD8hNgGIpOaCS3uDcf79GDB8v40is2E=; Message-ID: <872368.50038.qm@web57607.mail.re1.yahoo.com> X-YMail-OSG: cq1_xFYVM1lql1mI78tjTwNLcbjWmPs1CPsWhBgXljLyvSOd9ANnO32_yQXooJzF7ryjbHNj307WGL6CQF7y5QeWeAZI6CQQ3q7vHMZsYY0weVVIqsLUKuy6hYMYJ.ehnu4z3SMLj5DoSl73kwIWyZ52sysaxJu7WHZmWKlIbzWTlhCPigndfsYciqzTQbPrLBjOC.9hXOCFt_D6nzLHxxo.wNBThOlMTJMUfvJ0zECFUJ.58Fdg0IlO0beIQESX6qrxHFwVROIusYAkaQrA.8QcELGCxL2Ndvj19LC_uMOCbqmXvN5tfHim7mhBkVergGvu7MquVtI- Received: from [194.254.138.179] by web57607.mail.re1.yahoo.com via HTTP; Mon, 28 Sep 2009 02:24:25 PDT X-Mailer: YahooMailClassic/7.0.14 YahooMailWebService/0.7.347.3 Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2009 02:24:25 -0700 (PDT) From: David Pleydell Subject: Regular emacs freeze-ups To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: FreeBSD 6.x (1) I have a problem with emacs sporadically freezing up on me when I access th= e electric-buffer-list. Every now and then (but certainly not always) when = I execute C-x C-b the screen freezes, the message <<> displays at the bottom but no buffer-list is displayed and= my only way out is to xkill emacs. Obviously this disrupts the work flow s= omewhat.=0A=0AThere is another, possibly related, bug. Occasionally the cur= sor starts behaving strangely. When I type or scroll left or right the curs= or leaves a trail of identical character such as bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb. Th= is is purely visual, if I switch to another buffer and back again the artef= act is no longer there (except right next to the cursor). Again this is far= from desirable. I believe this is a related bug because it seems once it s= tarts doing this and I call the electric buffer list then the freeze bug is= guaranteed.=0A=0AI have no idea what triggers these bugs, sometimes I can = use emacs for several hours without the bugs occuring, sometimes they occur= many times an hour. I always launch emacs in full-screen mode and wonder i= f that might be related (I'll test this possibility and post the result).= =0A=0AI am running Ubuntu (Jaunty) installed on an external USB drive conne= cted to on a Dell laptop with 2Gb RAM. My emacs version is 22 obtained from= the Ubuntu repositories and a recent reinstall did not solve the problem.= =0A=0Aany ideas?=0A=0A=0A=0A From lennart.borgman@gmail.com Mon Sep 28 12:31:59 2009 Received: (at 4573) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 28 Sep 2009 19:31:59 +0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 (2008-06-10) on rzlab.ucr.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.7 required=4.0 tests=AWL,HAS_BUG_NUMBER, IMPRONONCABLE_1,MURPHY_WRONG_WORD1,MURPHY_WRONG_WORD2 autolearn=ham version=3.2.5-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 Received: from mail-yw0-f179.google.com (mail-yw0-f179.google.com [209.85.211.179]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id n8SJVwis024626 for <4573@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>; Mon, 28 Sep 2009 12:31:59 -0700 Received: by ywh9 with SMTP id 9so4957423ywh.19 for <4573@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>; Mon, 28 Sep 2009 12:31:52 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :from:date:message-id:subject:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=giQwzUXQw0IUXoUzdqdXKnLarpf+pO64dTohxfSe8Fw=; b=v3ojbigDdZDJFbD9G3LPTX7k2OATh+9f3zVGQGY7I80dbXo5wcXIYiGR1yeYsY1ZSO t6WymCiaVNjiFLc2IxNwUVfBz/j38LqS1KBSHhEVkJOEVbdxPrM2yfOpht8BJiE/2FVk vInTsdSSOoC/qBRkaE6FtygD8R1T1OGehWSF0= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=xhudcrsJcQXFRLLSJSsVCOykUvuBdnTQfY6nUaYqHCCPWzMlXHAEvmValXnKyphoS3 3h3sld0m17rtDKJhRA8ZPZ9xr2oOTrbYoal+CygVa1+Olf87myNhoLB5ncmxrRc0cKcB i0RRBoXpFAdYOWXYVcNZ6IVL9Q9thsIdmlNbQ= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.101.88.12 with SMTP id q12mr3451069anl.117.1254166310913; Mon, 28 Sep 2009 12:31:50 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <872368.50038.qm@web57607.mail.re1.yahoo.com> References: <872368.50038.qm@web57607.mail.re1.yahoo.com> From: Lennart Borgman Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2009 21:31:27 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: bug#4573: Regular emacs freeze-ups To: David Pleydell , 4573@debbugs.gnu.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 11:24 AM, David Pleydell wro= te: > I have a problem with emacs sporadically freezing up on me when I access = the electric-buffer-list. Every now and then (but certainly not always) whe= n I execute C-x C-b the screen freezes, the message <<> displays at the bottom but no buffer-list is displayed a= nd my only way out is to xkill emacs. Obviously this disrupts the work flow= somewhat. > > There is another, possibly related, bug. Occasionally the cursor starts b= ehaving strangely. When I type or scroll left or right the cursor leaves a = trail of identical character such as bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb. This is purely= visual, if I switch to another buffer and back again the artefact is no lo= nger there (except right next to the cursor). Again this is far from desira= ble. I believe this is a related bug because it seems once it starts doing = this and I call the electric buffer list then the freeze bug is guaranteed. > > I have no idea what triggers these bugs, sometimes I can use emacs for se= veral hours without the bugs occuring, sometimes they occur many times an h= our. I always launch emacs in full-screen mode and wonder if that might be = related (I'll test this possibility and post the result). > > I am running Ubuntu (Jaunty) installed on an external USB drive connected= to on a Dell laptop with 2Gb RAM. My emacs version is 22 obtained from the= Ubuntu repositories and a recent reinstall did not solve the problem. > > any ideas? Did you try Emacs 23? From bounces@nabble.com Thu Oct 1 08:09:09 2009 Received: (at submit) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 1 Oct 2009 15:09:09 +0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 (2008-06-10) on rzlab.ucr.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.5 required=4.0 tests=AWL,HAS_BUG_NUMBER autolearn=ham version=3.2.5-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [199.232.76.165]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id n91F97Wb014431 for ; Thu, 1 Oct 2009 08:09:09 -0700 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MtNHH-0002Ka-5S for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 01 Oct 2009 11:09:07 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MtNHA-0002Gk-MO for Bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 01 Oct 2009 11:09:05 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=33829 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MtNHA-0002Ge-4b for Bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 01 Oct 2009 11:09:00 -0400 Received: from kuber.nabble.com ([216.139.236.158]:38540) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MtNH9-0004Et-Fb for Bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 01 Oct 2009 11:08:59 -0400 Received: from isper.nabble.com ([192.168.236.156]) by kuber.nabble.com with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1MtNH7-00045v-TY for Bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 01 Oct 2009 08:08:57 -0700 Message-ID: <25696924.post@talk.nabble.com> Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2009 08:08:57 -0700 (PDT) From: McDave To: Bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Subject: Re: bug#4573: Regular emacs freeze-ups In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Nabble-From: d_pleydell@yahoo.com References: <872368.50038.qm@web57607.mail.re1.yahoo.com> X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) > Did you try Emacs 23? Thanks for the reply, I am now running emacs 23 from the CVS and the instability issues are over. However, I do have one remaining annoyance with emacs, a apparent clash between gdb and ess which prevents navigating the command history. Voila the link to the thread http://www.nabble.com/gdb-command-history-doesn't-work-with-emacs-speaks-statistics-to25696920.html -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/bug-4573%3A-Regular-emacs-freeze-ups-tp25651424p25696924.html Sent from the Emacs - Bugs mailing list archive at Nabble.com. From rgm@gnu.org Fri Oct 2 17:15:07 2009 Received: (at control) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 3 Oct 2009 00:15:07 +0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 (2008-06-10) on rzlab.ucr.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. 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