Package: emacs;
Reported by: Joseph Tam <tam <at> math.ubc.ca>
Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2010 07:54:02 UTC
Severity: normal
Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
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(Sat, 16 Jan 2010 07:54:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.Joseph Tam <tam <at> math.ubc.ca>:bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org.
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From: Joseph Tam <tam <at> math.ubc.ca> To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org Subject: Something in splash page causes Emacs to crash? Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2010 19:11:32 -0800 (PST)
Under certain circumstances, emacs crashes on startup. I hope I have
provided enough details for you to figure it out, or at least, so that
you can refer me for more diagnostics.
Using a X11 thin client, I could not recreate this problem by using
emacs directly on the installed host, but rather, I ssh -X from an
intermediary host, then ran emacs:
thin client <- X11 -> intermediary host <- "ssh -X" -> emacs
I have looked at etc/PROBLEMS, and none of those cases seem to apply (but
truthfully, the file is so overwhelmingly large I might have missed
the correct one while skimming).
Hmm, I notice something weird. It won't crash if I do "emacs -v" or
some other flag it doesn't understand. If I avoid the splash-page,
it also doesn't crash:
# Does not crash
emacs -blah
emacs --no-splash
emacs --version
GNU Emacs 23.1.1
Copyright (C) 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
GNU Emacs comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
You may redistribute copies of Emacs
under the terms of the GNU General Public License.
For more information about these matters, see the file named COPYING.
uname -a of host running emacs:
SunOS zap 5.10 Generic_137111-08 sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-2
Configure options:
configure \
--mandir=/usr/local/man \
--infodir=/usr/local/info \
--with-x \
--with-x-toolkit=athena \
--without-gif \
--without-jpeg \
--without-png \
--without-tiff \
--without-xpm \
--without-xim
Output of Emacs
Fatal error (6)Abort
Backtrace and value dumps
(gdb) run
Starting program: /nfs/build/Emacs/emacs-23.1/src/emacs
Breakpoint 1, abort () at emacs.c:432
432 kill (getpid (), SIGABRT);
(gdb) bt
#0 abort () at emacs.c:432
#1 0x0017ef30 in font_parse_xlfd (name=0x8 <Address 0x8 out of bounds>, font=-2138962232) at font.c:1131
#2 0x001c8130 in xfont_list_pattern (display=0x7c5a80,
pattern=0xffbfc198 "-adobe-helvetica-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1", registry=540807248, script=540533584)
at xfont.c:414
#3 0x001c86b4 in xfont_list (frame=536870911, spec=-2143545280) at xfont.c:525
#4 0x00185adc in font_list_entities (frame=-2138889936, spec=-2138978624) at font.c:2855
#5 0x001862a8 in font_find_for_lface (f=0x832130, attrs=0xffbfc7a8, spec=-2139935872, c=-1) at font.c:3406
#6 0x001868f4 in font_load_for_lface (f=0x1fffffff, attrs=0xffbfc7a8, spec=2) at font.c:3476
#7 0x000ce94c in realize_face (cache=0x80d078, attrs=0xffbfc7a8, former_face_id=8518864) at xfaces.c:5893
#8 0x000cfaf0 in lookup_face (f=0x0, attr=0xffbfc7a8) at xfaces.c:4723
#9 0x000d13d8 in face_at_buffer_position (w=0x0, pos=5, region_beg=-1, region_end=-1, endptr=0xffbfc874,
limit=8617312, mouse=0, base_face_id=0) at xfaces.c:6360
#10 0x0005ea3c in handle_face_prop (it=0xffbfd430) at xdisp.c:3447
#11 0x000614e0 in handle_stop (it=0xffbfd430) at xdisp.c:3134
#12 0x000644e8 in next_element_from_buffer (it=0xffbfd430) at xdisp.c:6499
#13 0x00062760 in get_next_display_element (it=0xffbfd430) at xdisp.c:5676
#14 0x0006c318 in display_line (it=0xffbfd430) at xdisp.c:16624
#15 0x0006d708 in try_window (window=8594104, pos={charpos = 1, bytepos = 1}, check_margins=1) at xdisp.c:14075
#16 0x00075160 in redisplay_window (window=-2138889544, just_this_one_p=0) at xdisp.c:13698
#17 0x00076e3c in redisplay_window_0 (window=-2138889544) at xdisp.c:12293
#18 0x0016cee0 in internal_condition_case_1 (bfun=0x76e0c <redisplay_window_0>, arg=-2138889544,
handlers=-1606920816, hfun=0x689b8 <redisplay_window_error>) at eval.c:1560
#19 0x00068700 in redisplay_windows (window=-2138889544) at xdisp.c:12272
#20 0x00078ee0 in redisplay_internal (preserve_echo_area=3612672) at xdisp.c:11844
#21 0x001082b8 in read_char (commandflag=1, nmaps=3, maps=0xffbff548, prev_event=540533584,
used_mouse_menu=0xffbff570, end_time=0x0) at keyboard.c:2709
#22 0x0010ba2c in read_key_sequence (keybuf=0xffbff6e0, bufsize=30, prompt=540533584, dont_downcase_last=0,
can_return_switch_frame=1, fix_current_buffer=1) at keyboard.c:9460
#23 0x0010de80 in command_loop_1 () at keyboard.c:1642
#24 0x0016d1a8 in internal_condition_case (bfun=0x10dc94 <command_loop_1>, handlers=540595464,
hfun=0x105990 <cmd_error>) at eval.c:1512
#25 0x000ff120 in command_loop_2 () at keyboard.c:1359
#26 0x0016cdc4 in internal_catch (tag=540591592, func=0xff0fc <command_loop_2>, arg=540533584) at eval.c:1248
#27 0x000fee80 in command_loop () at keyboard.c:1338
#28 0x000fef78 in recursive_edit_1 () at keyboard.c:953
#29 0x000ff0dc in Frecursive_edit () at keyboard.c:1015
#30 0x000fe9dc in main (argc=1, argv=0xffbffc54) at emacs.c:1852
(gdb) up
#1 0x0017ef30 in font_parse_xlfd (name=0x8 <Address 0x8 out of bounds>,
font=-2142319328) at font.c:1131
1131 font_assert (FONT_SPEC_P (font));
(gdb) pr font
The history is empty.
(gdb) call debug_print(font)
#<font-entity nil adobe helvetica x iso8859-1 medium r normal nil nil nil nil nil>
strace -otrace.out emacs; emacs; grep -E '^open' trace.out
open("/var/ld/ld.config", O_RDONLY) = 3
open("/usr/local/lib/libXaw3d.so.6.1", O_RDONLY) = 3
open("/usr/openwin/lib/libXmu.so.4", O_RDONLY) = 3
open("/usr/openwin/lib/libXt.so.4", O_RDONLY) = 3
open("/usr/openwin/lib/libSM.so.6", O_RDONLY) = 3
open("/usr/openwin/lib/libICE.so.6", O_RDONLY) = 3
open("/usr/openwin/lib/libXext.so.0", O_RDONLY) = 3
open("/usr/openwin/lib/libX11.so.4", O_RDONLY) = 3
open("/lib/libresolv.so.2", O_RDONLY) = 3
open("/lib/libsocket.so.1", O_RDONLY) = 3
open("/lib/libnsl.so.1", O_RDONLY) = 3
open("/lib/libkstat.so.1", O_RDONLY) = 3
open("/lib/libcurses.so.1", O_RDONLY) = 3
open("/lib/libm.so.2", O_RDONLY) = 3
open("/lib/libc.so.1", O_RDONLY) = 3
open("/platform/SUNW,Ultra-2/lib/libc_psr.so.1", O_RDONLY) = 3
open("/etc/netconfig", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = 3
open("/dev/udp", O_RDONLY) = 3
open64("/var/run/name_service_door", O_RDONLY) = 3
open("/etc/default/nss", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = 4
open("/nfs/tam/.Xauthority", O_RDONLY) = 5
open64("/usr/local/share/emacs/23.1/site-lisp/subdirs.el", O_RDONLY) = 4
open64("/usr/local/share/emacs/23.1/site-lisp/subdirs.el", O_RDONLY) = 4
open64("/usr/local/share/emacs/23.1/site-lisp/subdirs.el", O_RDONLY) = 4
openat(-3041965, "/usr/local/share/emacs/23.1/site-lisp", O_RDONLY|O_NDELAY|O_LARGEFILE) = 4
open64("/usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp/subdirs.el", O_RDONLY) = 4
open64("/usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp/subdirs.el", O_RDONLY) = 4
open64("/usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp/subdirs.el", O_RDONLY) = 4
openat(-3041965, "/usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp", O_RDONLY|O_NDELAY|O_LARGEFILE) = 4
openat(-3041965, "/usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp/auctex", O_RDONLY|O_NDELAY|O_LARGEFILE) = 4
openat(-3041965, "/usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp/auctex/images", O_RDONLY|O_NDELAY|O_LARGEFILE) = 4
open64("/usr/local/share/emacs/23.1/lisp/subdirs.el", O_RDONLY) = 4
open64("/usr/local/share/emacs/23.1/lisp/subdirs.el", O_RDONLY) = 4
open64("/usr/local/share/emacs/23.1/lisp/subdirs.el", O_RDONLY) = 4
open64("/usr/local/share/emacs/23.1/leim/leim-list.el", O_RDONLY) = 4
open64("/usr/local/share/emacs/23.1/leim/leim-list.el", O_RDONLY) = 4
open64("/usr/local/share/emacs/23.1/leim/leim-list.el", O_RDONLY) = 4
open("/nfs/tam/.Xauthority", O_RDONLY) = 5
open("/nfs/tam/.Xauthority", O_RDONLY) = 5
open("/usr/openwin/lib/locale/locale.alias", O_RDONLY) Err#2 ENOENT
open("/usr/openwin/lib/locale/locale.dir", O_RDONLY) Err#2 ENOENT
open("/usr/openwin/lib/locale/locale.alias", O_RDONLY) Err#2 ENOENT
open("/usr/openwin/lib/locale/locale.alias", O_RDONLY) Err#2 ENOENT
open("/usr/openwin/lib/locale/locale.dir", O_RDONLY) Err#2 ENOENT
open("/nfs/tam/.Xdefaults-zap", O_RDONLY) Err#2 ENOENT
open("/usr/X11/lib/libXcursor.so.1", O_RDONLY) = 5
open("/usr/openwin/sfw/lib/libXrender.so.1", O_RDONLY) = 5
open("/nfs/tam/.icons/default/cursors/sb_v_double_arrow", O_RDONLY) Err#2 ENOENT
open("/nfs/tam/.icons/default/index.theme", O_RDONLY) Err#2 ENOENT
open("/usr/share/icons/default/cursors/sb_v_double_arrow", O_RDONLY) Err#2 ENOENT
open("/usr/share/icons/default/index.theme", O_RDONLY) Err#2 ENOENT
open("/usr/share/pixmaps/default/cursors/sb_v_double_arrow", O_RDONLY) Err#2 ENOENT
open("/usr/share/pixmaps/default/index.theme", O_RDONLY) Err#2 ENOENT
open("/nfs/tam/.Xdefaults-zap", O_RDONLY) Err#2 ENOENT
open64("/usr/local/share/emacs/23.1/etc/charsets/MULE-tibetan.map", O_RDONLY) = 5
open64("/usr/local/share/emacs/23.1/etc/charsets/MULE-ethiopic.map", O_RDONLY) = 5
open64("/usr/local/share/emacs/23.1/etc/charsets/MULE-ipa.map", O_RDONLY) = 5
open64("/usr/local/share/emacs/23.1/etc/charsets/symbol.map", O_RDONLY) = 5
open64("/usr/local/share/emacs/23.1/lisp/simple.elc", O_RDONLY) = 5
open("/usr/openwin/lib/X11/Xcms.txt", O_RDONLY) = 5
open64("/usr/local/share/emacs/23.1/etc/charsets/8859-15.map", O_RDONLY) = 5
open("/nfs/tam/.icons/default/cursors/xterm", O_RDONLY) Err#2 ENOENT
open("/nfs/tam/.icons/default/index.theme", O_RDONLY) Err#2 ENOENT
open("/usr/share/icons/default/cursors/xterm", O_RDONLY) Err#2 ENOENT
open("/usr/share/icons/default/index.theme", O_RDONLY) Err#2 ENOENT
open("/usr/share/pixmaps/default/cursors/xterm", O_RDONLY) Err#2 ENOENT
open("/usr/share/pixmaps/default/index.theme", O_RDONLY) Err#2 ENOENT
open("/nfs/tam/.icons/default/cursors/left_ptr", O_RDONLY) Err#2 ENOENT
open("/nfs/tam/.icons/default/index.theme", O_RDONLY) Err#2 ENOENT
open("/usr/share/icons/default/cursors/left_ptr", O_RDONLY) Err#2 ENOENT
open("/usr/share/icons/default/index.theme", O_RDONLY) Err#2 ENOENT
open("/usr/share/pixmaps/default/cursors/left_ptr", O_RDONLY) Err#2 ENOENT
open("/usr/share/pixmaps/default/index.theme", O_RDONLY) Err#2 ENOENT
open("/nfs/tam/.icons/default/cursors/watch", O_RDONLY) Err#2 ENOENT
open("/nfs/tam/.icons/default/index.theme", O_RDONLY) Err#2 ENOENT
open("/usr/share/icons/default/cursors/watch", O_RDONLY) Err#2 ENOENT
open("/usr/share/icons/default/index.theme", O_RDONLY) Err#2 ENOENT
open("/usr/share/pixmaps/default/cursors/watch", O_RDONLY) Err#2 ENOENT
open("/usr/share/pixmaps/default/index.theme", O_RDONLY) Err#2 ENOENT
open("/nfs/tam/.icons/default/cursors/xterm", O_RDONLY) Err#2 ENOENT
open("/nfs/tam/.icons/default/index.theme", O_RDONLY) Err#2 ENOENT
open("/usr/share/icons/default/cursors/xterm", O_RDONLY) Err#2 ENOENT
open("/usr/share/icons/default/index.theme", O_RDONLY) Err#2 ENOENT
open("/usr/share/pixmaps/default/cursors/xterm", O_RDONLY) Err#2 ENOENT
open("/usr/share/pixmaps/default/index.theme", O_RDONLY) Err#2 ENOENT
open("/nfs/tam/.icons/default/cursors/hand2", O_RDONLY) Err#2 ENOENT
open("/nfs/tam/.icons/default/index.theme", O_RDONLY) Err#2 ENOENT
open("/usr/share/icons/default/cursors/hand2", O_RDONLY) Err#2 ENOENT
open("/usr/share/icons/default/index.theme", O_RDONLY) Err#2 ENOENT
open("/usr/share/pixmaps/default/cursors/hand2", O_RDONLY) Err#2 ENOENT
open("/usr/share/pixmaps/default/index.theme", O_RDONLY) Err#2 ENOENT
open("/nfs/tam/.icons/default/cursors/sb_h_double_arrow", O_RDONLY) Err#2 ENOENT
open("/nfs/tam/.icons/default/index.theme", O_RDONLY) Err#2 ENOENT
open("/usr/share/icons/default/cursors/sb_h_double_arrow", O_RDONLY) Err#2 ENOENT
open("/usr/share/icons/default/index.theme", O_RDONLY) Err#2 ENOENT
open("/usr/share/pixmaps/default/cursors/sb_h_double_arrow", O_RDONLY) Err#2 ENOENT
open("/usr/share/pixmaps/default/index.theme", O_RDONLY) Err#2 ENOENT
open("/nfs/tam/.icons/default/cursors/sb_v_double_arrow", O_RDONLY) Err#2 ENOENT
open("/nfs/tam/.icons/default/index.theme", O_RDONLY) Err#2 ENOENT
open("/usr/share/icons/default/cursors/sb_v_double_arrow", O_RDONLY) Err#2 ENOENT
open("/usr/share/icons/default/index.theme", O_RDONLY) Err#2 ENOENT
open("/usr/share/pixmaps/default/cursors/sb_v_double_arrow", O_RDONLY) Err#2 ENOENT
open("/usr/share/pixmaps/default/index.theme", O_RDONLY) Err#2 ENOENT
open("/nfs/tam/.icons/default/cursors/sb_h_double_arrow", O_RDONLY) Err#2 ENOENT
open("/nfs/tam/.icons/default/index.theme", O_RDONLY) Err#2 ENOENT
open("/usr/share/icons/default/cursors/sb_h_double_arrow", O_RDONLY) Err#2 ENOENT
open("/usr/share/icons/default/index.theme", O_RDONLY) Err#2 ENOENT
open("/usr/share/pixmaps/default/cursors/sb_h_double_arrow", O_RDONLY) Err#2 ENOENT
open("/usr/share/pixmaps/default/index.theme", O_RDONLY) Err#2 ENOENT
open("/nfs/tam/.icons/default/cursors/sb_left_arrow", O_RDONLY) Err#2 ENOENT
open("/nfs/tam/.icons/default/index.theme", O_RDONLY) Err#2 ENOENT
open("/usr/share/icons/default/cursors/sb_left_arrow", O_RDONLY) Err#2 ENOENT
open("/usr/share/icons/default/index.theme", O_RDONLY) Err#2 ENOENT
open("/usr/share/pixmaps/default/cursors/sb_left_arrow", O_RDONLY) Err#2 ENOENT
open("/usr/share/pixmaps/default/index.theme", O_RDONLY) Err#2 ENOENT
open("/nfs/tam/.icons/default/cursors/sb_up_arrow", O_RDONLY) Err#2 ENOENT
open("/nfs/tam/.icons/default/index.theme", O_RDONLY) Err#2 ENOENT
open("/usr/share/icons/default/cursors/sb_up_arrow", O_RDONLY) Err#2 ENOENT
open("/usr/share/icons/default/index.theme", O_RDONLY) Err#2 ENOENT
open("/usr/share/pixmaps/default/cursors/sb_up_arrow", O_RDONLY) Err#2 ENOENT
open("/usr/share/pixmaps/default/index.theme", O_RDONLY) Err#2 ENOENT
open("/nfs/tam/.icons/default/cursors/sb_down_arrow", O_RDONLY) Err#2 ENOENT
open("/nfs/tam/.icons/default/index.theme", O_RDONLY) Err#2 ENOENT
open("/usr/share/icons/default/cursors/sb_down_arrow", O_RDONLY) Err#2 ENOENT
open("/usr/share/icons/default/index.theme", O_RDONLY) Err#2 ENOENT
open("/usr/share/pixmaps/default/cursors/sb_down_arrow", O_RDONLY) Err#2 ENOENT
open("/usr/share/pixmaps/default/index.theme", O_RDONLY) Err#2 ENOENT
open("/nfs/tam/.icons/default/cursors/sb_right_arrow", O_RDONLY) Err#2 ENOENT
open("/nfs/tam/.icons/default/index.theme", O_RDONLY) Err#2 ENOENT
open("/usr/share/icons/default/cursors/sb_right_arrow", O_RDONLY) Err#2 ENOENT
open("/usr/share/icons/default/index.theme", O_RDONLY) Err#2 ENOENT
open("/usr/share/pixmaps/default/cursors/sb_right_arrow", O_RDONLY) Err#2 ENOENT
open("/usr/share/pixmaps/default/index.theme", O_RDONLY) Err#2 ENOENT
open64("/usr/local/share/emacs/23.1/etc/HELLO", O_RDONLY) = 5
open("/nfs/tam/.icons/default/cursors/right_ptr", O_RDONLY) Err#2 ENOENT
open("/nfs/tam/.icons/default/index.theme", O_RDONLY) Err#2 ENOENT
open("/usr/share/icons/default/cursors/right_ptr", O_RDONLY) Err#2 ENOENT
open("/usr/share/icons/default/index.theme", O_RDONLY) Err#2 ENOENT
open("/usr/share/pixmaps/default/cursors/right_ptr", O_RDONLY) Err#2 ENOENT
open("/usr/share/pixmaps/default/index.theme", O_RDONLY) Err#2 ENOENT
open64("/usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp/site-start.el", O_RDONLY) = 5
open64("/usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp/site-start.el", O_RDONLY) = 5
open64("/usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp/site-start.el", O_RDONLY) = 5
open64("/usr/local/share/emacs/23.1/etc/images/splash.pbm", O_RDONLY) = 5
open64("/usr/local/share/emacs/23.1/etc/images/splash.pbm", O_RDONLY) = 5
open64("/usr/local/share/emacs/23.1/etc/images/splash.pbm", O_RDONLY) = 5
open64("/usr/local/share/emacs/23.1/etc/images/splash.pbm", O_RDONLY) = 5
open64("/usr/local/share/emacs/23.1/etc/images/splash.pbm", O_RDONLY) = 5
open64("/usr/local/share/emacs/23.1/etc/images/splash.pbm", O_RDONLY) = 5
open64("/usr/local/share/emacs/23.1/etc/images/splash.pbm", O_RDONLY) = 5
open64("/usr/local/share/emacs/23.1/etc/images/splash.pbm", O_RDONLY) = 5
open64("/usr/local/share/emacs/23.1/etc/tutorials/TUTORIAL", O_RDONLY) = 5
open("/usr/share/lib/zoneinfo/Canada/Pacific", O_RDONLY) = 5
open64("/usr/local/share/emacs/23.1/etc/HELLO", O_RDONLY) = 5
open64("/usr/local/share/emacs/23.1/etc/images/new.pbm", O_RDONLY) = 5
open64("/usr/local/share/emacs/23.1/etc/images/new.pbm", O_RDONLY) = 5
open64("/usr/local/share/emacs/23.1/etc/images/new.pbm", O_RDONLY) = 5
open64("/usr/local/share/emacs/23.1/etc/images/open.pbm", O_RDONLY) = 5
open64("/usr/local/share/emacs/23.1/etc/images/open.pbm", O_RDONLY) = 5
open64("/usr/local/share/emacs/23.1/etc/images/open.pbm", O_RDONLY) = 5
open64("/usr/local/share/emacs/23.1/etc/images/diropen.pbm", O_RDONLY) = 5
open64("/usr/local/share/emacs/23.1/etc/images/diropen.pbm", O_RDONLY) = 5
open64("/usr/local/share/emacs/23.1/etc/images/diropen.pbm", O_RDONLY) = 5
open64("/usr/local/share/emacs/23.1/etc/images/close.pbm", O_RDONLY) = 5
open64("/usr/local/share/emacs/23.1/etc/images/close.pbm", O_RDONLY) = 5
open64("/usr/local/share/emacs/23.1/etc/images/close.pbm", O_RDONLY) = 5
open64("/usr/local/share/emacs/23.1/etc/images/save.pbm", O_RDONLY) = 5
open64("/usr/local/share/emacs/23.1/etc/images/save.pbm", O_RDONLY) = 5
open64("/usr/local/share/emacs/23.1/etc/images/save.pbm", O_RDONLY) = 5
open64("/usr/local/share/emacs/23.1/etc/images/saveas.pbm", O_RDONLY) = 5
open64("/usr/local/share/emacs/23.1/etc/images/saveas.pbm", O_RDONLY) = 5
open64("/usr/local/share/emacs/23.1/etc/images/saveas.pbm", O_RDONLY) = 5
open64("/usr/local/share/emacs/23.1/etc/images/undo.pbm", O_RDONLY) = 5
open64("/usr/local/share/emacs/23.1/etc/images/undo.pbm", O_RDONLY) = 5
open64("/usr/local/share/emacs/23.1/etc/images/undo.pbm", O_RDONLY) = 5
open64("/usr/local/share/emacs/23.1/etc/images/cut.pbm", O_RDONLY) = 5
open64("/usr/local/share/emacs/23.1/etc/images/cut.pbm", O_RDONLY) = 5
open64("/usr/local/share/emacs/23.1/etc/images/cut.pbm", O_RDONLY) = 5
open64("/usr/local/share/emacs/23.1/etc/images/copy.pbm", O_RDONLY) = 5
open64("/usr/local/share/emacs/23.1/etc/images/copy.pbm", O_RDONLY) = 5
open64("/usr/local/share/emacs/23.1/etc/images/copy.pbm", O_RDONLY) = 5
open64("/usr/local/share/emacs/23.1/etc/images/paste.pbm", O_RDONLY) = 5
open64("/usr/local/share/emacs/23.1/etc/images/paste.pbm", O_RDONLY) = 5
open64("/usr/local/share/emacs/23.1/etc/images/paste.pbm", O_RDONLY) = 5
open64("/usr/local/share/emacs/23.1/etc/images/search.pbm", O_RDONLY) = 5
open64("/usr/local/share/emacs/23.1/etc/images/search.pbm", O_RDONLY) = 5
open64("/usr/local/share/emacs/23.1/etc/images/search.pbm", O_RDONLY) = 5
open64("/usr/local/share/emacs/23.1/etc/images/print.pbm", O_RDONLY) = 5
open64("/usr/local/share/emacs/23.1/etc/images/print.pbm", O_RDONLY) = 5
open64("/usr/local/share/emacs/23.1/etc/images/print.pbm", O_RDONLY) = 5
open64("/usr/local/share/emacs/23.1/etc/images/preferences.pbm", O_RDONLY) = 5
open64("/usr/local/share/emacs/23.1/etc/images/preferences.pbm", O_RDONLY) = 5
open64("/usr/local/share/emacs/23.1/etc/images/preferences.pbm", O_RDONLY) = 5
open64("/usr/local/share/emacs/23.1/etc/images/help.pbm", O_RDONLY) = 5
open64("/usr/local/share/emacs/23.1/etc/images/help.pbm", O_RDONLY) = 5
open64("/usr/local/share/emacs/23.1/etc/images/help.pbm", O_RDONLY) = 5
open64("/nfs/tam/.emacs.d/auto-save-list/.saves-10614-zap~", O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_TRUNC, 0666) Err#2 ENOENT
Misc. details
- no user ~/.emacs* installed
- some site-lisp packages (like AUCTeX) installed.
Hopefully, the process trace output of open() calls will
give you an idea of what's been installed (not much).
Joseph Tam <tam <at> math.ubc.ca>
owner <at> debbugs.gnu.org, bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org:bug#5396; Package emacs.
(Wed, 27 Jan 2010 06:12:01 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.Message #8 received at 5396 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):
From: Kenichi Handa <handa <at> m17n.org> To: Joseph Tam <tam <at> math.ubc.ca> Cc: tam <at> math.ubc.ca, 5396 <at> debbugs.gnu.org Subject: Re: bug#5396: Something in splash page causes Emacs to crash? Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2010 15:11:40 +0900
In article <Pine.GSO.4.64.1001151908220.10853 <at> mnc.zngu.hop.pn>, Joseph Tam <tam <at> math.ubc.ca> writes: > Under certain circumstances, emacs crashes on startup. I hope I have > provided enough details for you to figure it out, or at least, so that > you can refer me for more diagnostics. > Using a X11 thin client, I could not recreate this problem by using > emacs directly on the installed host, but rather, I ssh -X from an > intermediary host, then ran emacs: > thin client <- X11 -> intermediary host <- "ssh -X" -> emacs [...] > (gdb) run > Starting program: /nfs/build/Emacs/emacs-23.1/src/emacs > Breakpoint 1, abort () at emacs.c:432 > 432 kill (getpid (), SIGABRT); > (gdb) bt > #0 abort () at emacs.c:432 > #1 0x0017ef30 in font_parse_xlfd (name=0x8 <Address 0x8 out of bounds>, font=-2138962232) at font.c:1131 > #2 0x001c8130 in xfont_list_pattern (display=0x7c5a80, > pattern=0xffbfc198 "-adobe-helvetica-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1", registry=540807248, script=540533584) > at xfont.c:414 [...] > (gdb) up > #1 0x0017ef30 in font_parse_xlfd (name=0x8 <Address 0x8 out of bounds>, > font=-2142319328) at font.c:1131 > 1131 font_assert (FONT_SPEC_P (font)); > (gdb) pr font > The history is empty. > (gdb) call debug_print(font) > #<font-entity nil adobe helvetica x iso8859-1 medium r normal nil nil nil nil nil> Hmm, it seems that the contents of `name' argument to font_parse_xlfd is broken or invalid. In the same gdb session, following the above, please do: (gdb) up (gdb) p buf --- Kenichi Handa handa <at> m17n.org
owner <at> debbugs.gnu.org, bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org:bug#5396; Package emacs.
(Fri, 29 Jan 2010 03:00:03 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.Message #11 received at 5396 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):
From: Joseph Tam <tam <at> math.ubc.ca> To: Kenichi Handa <handa <at> m17n.org> Cc: 5396 <at> debbugs.gnu.org Subject: Re: bug#5396: Something in splash page causes Emacs to crash? Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2010 18:57:41 -0800 (PST)
On Wed, 27 Jan 2010, Kenichi Handa wrote: > Hmm, it seems that the contents of `name' argument to > font_parse_xlfd is broken or invalid. > > In the same gdb session, following the above, please do: > > (gdb) up > (gdb) p buf Thanks for looking into this. Here are the results: (gdb) up #2 0x003470d4 in xfont_list_pattern (display=0x958020, pattern=0xffbfc938 "-adobe-helvetica-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1", registry=542395320, script=542121656) at xfont.c:414 414 if (font_parse_xlfd (buf, entity) < 0) (gdb) p buf $1 = "-adobe-helvetica-medium-r-normal-x-x-x-12-120-p-67-iso8859-1\0009-1\0006.\330\000\000\000\005\000\313l\210\000\000\000m\000f\324(\000\313l\210", '\0' <repeats 17 times>, "6.\370", '\0' <repeats 17 times>, "6.\240\000\000\000\002\000\306\030\230", '\0' <repeats 16 times>, "\377\277\311f\377\277\307\354", '\0' <repeats 23 times>, "\001", '\0' <repeats 11 times>, "\001\000\000\000\000\377\277\307\350\000\000\000\001", '\0' <repeats 16 times>, "\377\277\307\210\000\000\000\003`_@\370 P\036\350"... Enlightening? Joseph Tam <tam <at> math.ubc.ca>
owner <at> debbugs.gnu.org, bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org:bug#5396; Package emacs.
(Fri, 29 Jan 2010 06:34:01 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.Message #14 received at 5396 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):
From: Kenichi Handa <handa <at> m17n.org> To: Joseph Tam <tam <at> math.ubc.ca> Cc: 5396 <at> debbugs.gnu.org Subject: Re: bug#5396: Something in splash page causes Emacs to crash? Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2010 15:33:34 +0900
In article <Pine.GSO.4.64.1001281856410.16457 <at> mnc.zngu.hop.pn>, Joseph Tam <tam <at> math.ubc.ca> writes: > (gdb) up > #2 0x003470d4 in xfont_list_pattern (display=0x958020, pattern=0xffbfc938 "-adobe-helvetica-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1", > registry=542395320, script=542121656) at xfont.c:414 > 414 if (font_parse_xlfd (buf, entity) < 0) > (gdb) p buf > $1 = "-adobe-helvetica-medium-r-normal-x-x-x-12-120-p-67-iso8859-1\0009-1\0006.\330\000\000\000\005\000\313l\210\000\000\000m\000f\324(\000\313l\210", '\0' <repeats 17 times>, "6.\370", '\0' <repeats 17 times>, "6.\240\000\000\000\002\000\306\030\230", '\0' <repeats 16 times>, "\377\277\311f\377\277\307\354", '\0' <repeats 23 times>, "\001", '\0' <repeats 11 times>, "\001\000\000\000\000\377\277\307\350\000\000\000\001", '\0' <repeats 16 times>, "\377\277\307\210\000\000\000\003`_@\370 P\036\350"... Ah! Very strange XLFD font name; PIXEL_SIZE="x", POINT_SIZE="x", RESX="12", RESY="120"! Perhaps Emacs should just ignore such a font. Which font is actually opened when you do: % xfd -fn -adobe-helvetica-medium-r-normal-x-x-x-12-120-p-67-iso8859-1 --- Kenichi Handa handa <at> m17n.org
owner <at> debbugs.gnu.org, bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org:bug#5396; Package emacs.
(Sat, 30 Jan 2010 02:48:01 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.Message #17 received at 5396 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):
From: Joseph Tam <tam <at> math.ubc.ca> To: Kenichi Handa <handa <at> m17n.org> Cc: 5396 <at> debbugs.gnu.org Subject: Re: bug#5396: Something in splash page causes Emacs to crash? Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2010 18:47:26 -0800 (PST)
On Fri, 29 Jan 2010, Kenichi Handa wrote: > Ah! Very strange XLFD font name; PIXEL_SIZE="x", > POINT_SIZE="x", RESX="12", RESY="120"! Perhaps Emacs should > just ignore such a font. Which font is actually opened when > you do: > % xfd -fn -adobe-helvetica-medium-r-normal-x-x-x-12-120-p-67-iso8859-1 Under the test conditions X11 thin client -> intermediary host (Xubuntu) -> emacs/xfd (Solaris): the above command reports this font at the top of the window: -Adobe-Helvetica-Medium-R-Normal--12-120-75-75-P-67-iso8859-15 I couldn't find any of these strings in the font server's repository, but I did find this font alias on the thin client's font repository: # Found in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/fonts.alias: 75dpi/fonts.alias:"-adobe-helvetica-medium-r-normal-x-x-x-12-120-p-67-iso8859-1" "-adobe-helvetica-medium-r-normal--12-120-75-75-p-67-iso8859-15" Joseph Tam <tam <at> math.ubc.ca>
owner <at> debbugs.gnu.org, bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org:bug#5396; Package emacs.
(Sun, 31 Jan 2010 11:16:01 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.Message #20 received at 5396 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):
From: Kenichi Handa <handa <at> m17n.org> To: Joseph Tam <tam <at> math.ubc.ca> Cc: 5396 <at> debbugs.gnu.org Subject: Re: bug#5396: Something in splash page causes Emacs to crash? Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2010 20:15:22 +0900
In article <Pine.GSO.4.64.1001291824190.17681 <at> mnc.zngu.hop.pn>, Joseph Tam <tam <at> math.ubc.ca> writes:
> I couldn't find any of these strings in the font server's repository,
> but I did find this font alias on the thin client's font repository:
> # Found in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/fonts.alias:
> 75dpi/fonts.alias:"-adobe-helvetica-medium-r-normal-x-x-x-12-120-p-67-iso8859-1" "-adobe-helvetica-medium-r-normal--12-120-75-75-p-67-iso8859-15"
I see. As it's an alias, this correct font name:
-adobe-helvetica-medium-r-normal--12-120-75-75-p-67-iso8859-15
should be included in the list returned by
xfont_list_pattern even if we ignore that alias. So, I've
just installed a fix to ginore such an errornous name.
Could you please try again with the latest code?
By the way, it seems that the alias name should be actually:
-adobe-helvetica-medium-r-normal-x-12-120-x-x-p-67-iso8859-1
^^^^^^^^^^
---
Kenichi Handa
handa <at> m17n.org
owner <at> debbugs.gnu.org, bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org:bug#5396; Package emacs.
(Wed, 03 Feb 2010 03:21:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.Message #23 received at 5396 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):
From: Joseph Tam <tam <at> math.ubc.ca> To: Kenichi Handa <handa <at> m17n.org> Cc: 5396 <at> debbugs.gnu.org Subject: Re: bug#5396: Something in splash page causes Emacs to crash? Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2010 19:20:00 -0800 (PST)
On Sun, 31 Jan 2010, Kenichi Handa wrote: >> I couldn't find any of these strings in the font server's repository, >> but I did find this font alias on the thin client's font repository: > >> # Found in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/fonts.alias: >> 75dpi/fonts.alias:"-adobe-helvetica-medium-r-normal-x-x-x-12-120-p-67-iso8859-1" "-adobe-helvetica-medium-r-normal--12-120-75-75-p-67-iso8859-15" > > I see. As it's an alias, this correct font name: > -adobe-helvetica-medium-r-normal--12-120-75-75-p-67-iso8859-15 > should be included in the list returned by > xfont_list_pattern even if we ignore that alias. So, I've > just installed a fix to ginore such an errornous name. > > Could you please try again with the latest code? I can confirm that the latest patch does indeed prevent crashing due to a bad font alias designation. Thanks, Kenichi. Joseph Tam <tam <at> math.ubc.ca>
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