barrett@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU (Dan Barrett) (09/24/90)
Why does GNU Emacs (18.55) sometimes refuse to start up, printing
the error message:
$ emacs
/usr/local/bin/emacs: bad address
This is a DECstation 3100 running Ultrix 4.0. It has 12 MB RAM and
50 MB swap. Am I running out of RAM? Contiguous RAM? ??? This is
happening on ALL of our DECstations. Anybody else seen this?
Dan
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> Why does GNU Emacs (18.55) sometimes refuse to start up, printing >the error message: > > $ emacs > /usr/local/bin/emacs: bad address > >This is a DECstation 3100 running Ultrix 4.0. It has 12 MB RAM and >50 MB swap. Am I running out of RAM? Contiguous RAM? ??? This is >happening on ALL of our DECstations. Anybody else seen this? Absolutely. We get it on 5000's also. We are in the process of doing some upgrade, but no word as to if this one is fixed. If you run any other program, then emacs, it usually disappears. Ah yes, DEC has it now. God only knows what it is. rdl -- sdflkds =----= asdflsdkj ///// .
frank@croton.enet.dec.com (Frank Wortner) (09/26/90)
There is a patch available for this problem. Call Digital's Customer Support Center and describe your problem. If that doesn't ring a bell with the person at the end of the line, tell her/him that you want the "kern_exec.o" patch. Frank