eric@CSE.OGC.EDU (Eric Hanchrow) (07/26/89)
Emacs dumped core on me. I doubt if I can give enough information to be useful, but it can't hurt to try. The version of Emacs was 18.51; I was using a Sun386i under SunOS 4.0.1. In my `config.h' file, I used s-bsd4-2.h and m-sun386.h. I marked a part of my *shell* buffer, and then did `write-region', giving as filename `tmp'. I already had a buffer looking at a file called `tmp'; emacs asked me something to the effect of `do you really want to edit this buffer?'. I said yes, and then Unix said `illegal instruction'. Unfortunately, since this computer has hardly any available disk space, I don't have source available (I got rid of it after I made emacs). But in the spirit of adventure, I ran dbx over the remains and at least got a stack trace, which I present for your entertainment: (dbxtool) debug /usr/local/bin/emacs Reading symbolic information... Read 2340 symbols warning: core file read error: data space address too high error while reading shared library warning: object file read error: text address not found warning: object file read error: text address not found warning: object file read error: text address not found (dbxtool) where unlock_file(0x3120580, 0x5) at 0x13d14 Fwrite_region(0x355, 0x5c6, 0x3120580, 0x1076808, 0x1076808) at 0x182bc Ffuncall(0x4, 0xfbfff8b0) at 0x2a075 Fcall_interactively(0x107f598, 0x1076830) at 0x27752 Fcommand_execute(0x107f598, 0x1076830) at 0xe47e Fexecute_extended_command(0x1076808, 0x1) at 0xe6b8 Ffuncall(0x2, 0xfbfffb18) at 0x29ff5 Fcall_interactively(0x107f81c, 0x1076808) at 0x27752 Fcommand_execute(0x107f81c, 0x1076808) at 0xe47e command_loop_1() at 0xd643 internal_condition_case(0xd15d, 0x10768f8, 0xcda3) at 0x28cab command_loop_2(0x1076808, 0x10768e4) at 0xd04b warning: object file read error: text address not found internal_catch(0x10768e4, 0xd035, 0x1076808) at 0x288c5 command_loop() at 0xd013 Frecursive_edit() at 0xcd35 main(0x3, 0xfbfffde4, 0xfbfffdf4) at 0xc81c start1() at 0x111c warning: object file read error: text address not found warning: object file read error: text address not found (dbxtool) If this letter is more an annoyance than a help, or whatever, please let me know and I will cease sending every little gripe... Perhaps in the future I'll have enough disk space to hold the source, and I can debug it myself... Perhaps also I'll be able to log in to Ohio State successfully and get the latest distribution and won't need to fuss with all this.