Subject: bug#7164: 23.2; error in process filter: gdb-starting: Unexpected `starting' annotation

From: Tom Tromey <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 05 Oct 2010 13:29:22 -0600

Sometimes while using gdb, I get this error:

error in process filter: gdb-starting: Unexpected `starting' annotation

This seems to happen if I type too fast.
Once this happens, gud mode becomes almost useless.  I haven't found a way
to recover from it yet :-(

In GNU Emacs 23.2.1 (i386-redhat-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.20.1)
 of 2010-06-03 on x86-07.phx2.fedoraproject.org
Windowing system distributor `Fedora Project', version 11.0.10802000
configured using `configure  '--build=i386-redhat-linux-gnu' '--host=i386-redhat-linux-gnu' '--program-prefix=' '--disable-dependency-tracking' '--prefix=/usr' '--exec-prefix=/usr' '--bindir=/usr/bin' '--sbindir=/usr/sbin' '--sysconfdir=/etc' '--datadir=/usr/share' '--includedir=/usr/include' '--libdir=/usr/lib' '--libexecdir=/usr/libexec' '--localstatedir=/var' '--sharedstatedir=/var/lib' '--mandir=/usr/share/man' '--infodir=/usr/share/info' '--with-dbus' '--with-gif' '--with-jpeg' '--with-png' '--with-rsvg' '--with-tiff' '--with-xft' '--with-xpm' '--with-x-toolkit=gtk' 'build_alias=i386-redhat-linux-gnu' 'host_alias=i386-redhat-linux-gnu' 'CFLAGS=-DMAIL_USE_LOCKF -O2 -g -pipe -Wall -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fexceptions -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -m32 -march=i686 -mtune=atom -fasynchronous-unwind-tables''

Important settings:
  value of $LC_ALL: nil
  value of $LC_COLLATE: nil
  value of $LC_CTYPE: nil
  value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil
  value of $LC_MONETARY: nil
  value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil
  value of $LC_TIME: nil
  value of $LANG: en_US.UTF-8
  value of $XMODIFIERS: nil
  locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix
  default enable-multibyte-characters: t

Major mode: Fundamental

Minor modes in effect:
  diff-auto-refine-mode: t
  shell-dirtrack-mode: t
  erc-list-mode: t
  erc-menu-mode: t
  erc-autojoin-mode: t
  erc-ring-mode: t
  erc-pcomplete-mode: t
  erc-track-mode: t
  erc-track-minor-mode: t
  erc-match-mode: t
  erc-button-mode: t
  erc-fill-mode: t
  erc-stamp-mode: t
  erc-netsplit-mode: t
  erc-spelling-mode: t
  erc-truncate-mode: t
  erc-status-mode: t
  erc-services-mode: t
  erc-networks-mode: t
  erc-irccontrols-mode: t
  erc-noncommands-mode: t
  erc-move-to-prompt-mode: t
  erc-readonly-mode: t
  tooltip-mode: t
  mouse-wheel-mode: t
  file-name-shadow-mode: t
  global-font-lock-mode: t
  font-lock-mode: t
  auto-encryption-mode: t
  auto-compression-mode: t
  line-number-mode: t
  transient-mark-mode: t

Recent input:
SPC g o <M-backspace> c o l d <return> s h e ' s SPC 
m o s t l y SPC b e t t e r SPC n o w <return> C-x 
o C-z o C-z o O n c e SPC t h i s SPC h a p p e n d 
, <backspace> <backspace> s , SPC b u <M-backspace> 
g u d SPC m o d e SPC b <backspace> b e c o m e s SPC 
a l m o s t SPC u s e u l <backspace> <backspace> l 
e s s . SPC S-SPC I SPC h a v e n ' t SPC o f u n d 
SPC C-u C-b C-b C-t C-e w <backspace> a SPC w a y SPC 
t o SPC r e c o v e r SPC f r o m SPC i t SPC y e t 
SPC : - ( M-q C-/ M-q C-p C-e C-f C-f C-l C-x 1 C-/ 
<return> C-p M-b M-b <return> C-e C-f C-f C-o M-v C-o 
C-o T h i s SPC i s SPC <M-backspace> b u g SPC i s 
SPC e x C-a C-k C-k C-c C-c y e s <return> C-g C-/ 
C-/ C-/ C-/ C-/ C-/ C-/ C-/ C-/ C-SPC C-u C-p C-u C-p 
M-w C-x k <return> y e s <return> M-x r e p o r t - 
e m <tab> b <tab> <return> M-p <return> C-y C-x 1 M-< 
C-n C-n C-e C-d C-x C-g C-a C-u C-n C-u C-n C-u C-a 
C-u C-p C-p C-p C-p C-SPC C-u C-n C-n C-n C-n M-w C-x 
k <return> y e s <return> s <backspace> w i l l SPC 
d o <return> C-z o M-x M-p <return>

Recent messages:
Checking 52 files in /usr/share/emacs/23.2/lisp/emulation...
Checking 140 files in /usr/share/emacs/23.2/lisp/emacs-lisp...
Checking 24 files in /usr/share/emacs/23.2/lisp/cedet...
Checking 57 files in /usr/share/emacs/23.2/lisp/calendar...
Checking 87 files in /usr/share/emacs/23.2/lisp/calc...
Checking 39 files in /usr/share/emacs/23.2/lisp/obsolete...
Checking 1 files in /usr/share/emacs/23.2/leim...
Checking for load-path shadows...done
Mark set [3 times]
call-interactively: End of buffer

Load-path shadows:
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/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/flim/sha1 hides /usr/share/emacs/23.2/lisp/sha1
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/flim/md4 hides /usr/share/emacs/23.2/lisp/md4
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/flim/hex-util hides /usr/share/emacs/23.2/lisp/hex-util
/home/tromey/.emacs.d/elpa/css-mode-1.0/css-mode hides /usr/share/emacs/23.2/lisp/textmodes/css-mode
/home/tromey/.emacs.d/elpa/ruby-mode-1.0/ruby-mode hides /usr/share/emacs/23.2/lisp/progmodes/ruby-mode
/home/tromey/.emacs.d/elpa/nxml-mode-20041004/nxml-glyph hides /usr/share/emacs/23.2/lisp/nxml/nxml-glyph
/home/tromey/.emacs.d/elpa/nxml-mode-20041004/rng-valid hides /usr/share/emacs/23.2/lisp/nxml/rng-valid
/home/tromey/.emacs.d/elpa/nxml-mode-20041004/nxml-maint hides /usr/share/emacs/23.2/lisp/nxml/nxml-maint
/home/tromey/.emacs.d/elpa/nxml-mode-20041004/rng-cmpct hides /usr/share/emacs/23.2/lisp/nxml/rng-cmpct
/home/tromey/.emacs.d/elpa/nxml-mode-20041004/rng-loc hides /usr/share/emacs/23.2/lisp/nxml/rng-loc
/home/tromey/.emacs.d/elpa/nxml-mode-20041004/rng-dt hides /usr/share/emacs/23.2/lisp/nxml/rng-dt
/home/tromey/.emacs.d/elpa/nxml-mode-20041004/rng-parse hides /usr/share/emacs/23.2/lisp/nxml/rng-parse
/home/tromey/.emacs.d/elpa/nxml-mode-20041004/rng-uri hides /usr/share/emacs/23.2/lisp/nxml/rng-uri
/home/tromey/.emacs.d/elpa/nxml-mode-20041004/rng-util hides /usr/share/emacs/23.2/lisp/nxml/rng-util
/home/tromey/.emacs.d/elpa/nxml-mode-20041004/nxml-uchnm hides /usr/share/emacs/23.2/lisp/nxml/nxml-uchnm
/home/tromey/.emacs.d/elpa/nxml-mode-20041004/nxml-ns hides /usr/share/emacs/23.2/lisp/nxml/nxml-ns
/home/tromey/.emacs.d/elpa/nxml-mode-20041004/nxml-rap hides /usr/share/emacs/23.2/lisp/nxml/nxml-rap
/home/tromey/.emacs.d/elpa/nxml-mode-20041004/xsd-regexp hides /usr/share/emacs/23.2/lisp/nxml/xsd-regexp
/home/tromey/.emacs.d/elpa/nxml-mode-20041004/nxml-mode hides /usr/share/emacs/23.2/lisp/nxml/nxml-mode
/home/tromey/.emacs.d/elpa/nxml-mode-20041004/nxml-enc hides /usr/share/emacs/23.2/lisp/nxml/nxml-enc
/home/tromey/.emacs.d/elpa/nxml-mode-20041004/nxml-outln hides /usr/share/emacs/23.2/lisp/nxml/nxml-outln
/home/tromey/.emacs.d/elpa/nxml-mode-20041004/rng-xsd hides /usr/share/emacs/23.2/lisp/nxml/rng-xsd
/home/tromey/.emacs.d/elpa/nxml-mode-20041004/rng-nxml hides /usr/share/emacs/23.2/lisp/nxml/rng-nxml
/home/tromey/.emacs.d/elpa/nxml-mode-20041004/rng-maint hides /usr/share/emacs/23.2/lisp/nxml/rng-maint
/home/tromey/.emacs.d/elpa/nxml-mode-20041004/xmltok hides /usr/share/emacs/23.2/lisp/nxml/xmltok
/home/tromey/.emacs.d/elpa/nxml-mode-20041004/nxml-util hides /usr/share/emacs/23.2/lisp/nxml/nxml-util
/home/tromey/.emacs.d/elpa/nxml-mode-20041004/nxml-parse hides /usr/share/emacs/23.2/lisp/nxml/nxml-parse
/home/tromey/.emacs.d/elpa/nxml-mode-20041004/rng-pttrn hides /usr/share/emacs/23.2/lisp/nxml/rng-pttrn
/home/tromey/.emacs.d/elpa/nxml-mode-20041004/rng-match hides /usr/share/emacs/23.2/lisp/nxml/rng-match
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/flim/sasl-cram hides /usr/share/emacs/23.2/lisp/net/sasl-cram
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/flim/hmac-def hides /usr/share/emacs/23.2/lisp/net/hmac-def
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/flim/hmac-md5 hides /usr/share/emacs/23.2/lisp/net/hmac-md5
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/flim/sasl hides /usr/share/emacs/23.2/lisp/net/sasl
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/flim/sasl-digest hides /usr/share/emacs/23.2/lisp/net/sasl-digest
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/flim/sasl-ntlm hides /usr/share/emacs/23.2/lisp/net/sasl-ntlm
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/flim/ntlm hides /usr/share/emacs/23.2/lisp/net/ntlm
/home/tromey/.emacs.d/elpa/emms-3.0/tq hides /usr/share/emacs/23.2/lisp/emacs-lisp/tq

Features:
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hashtable-print-readable backquote make-network-process dbusbind
system-font-setting font-render-setting gtk x-toolkit x multi-tty emacs)

Tom