emacs21 cannot perform dired (M-x d)

[Daniel Martins]

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In GNU Emacs 21.2.1 (i386-debian-linux-gnu, X toolkit, Xaw3d scroll bars)
 of 2002-03-22 on raven, modified by Debian
configured using `configure  i386-debian-linux-gnu --prefix=/usr 
--sharedstatedir=/var/lib --libexecdir=/usr/lib --localstatedir=/var/lib 
--infodir=/usr/share/info --mandir=/usr/share/man --with-pop=yes --with-x=yes 
--with-x-toolkit=athena --without-gif'
Important settings:
  value of $LC_ALL: en_US
  value of $LC_COLLATE: nil
  value of $LC_CTYPE: 
  value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil
  value of $LC_MONETARY: nil
  value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil
  value of $LC_TIME: nil
  value of $LANG: english
  locale-coding-system: iso-latin-1
  default-enable-multibyte-characters: t

Please describe exactly what actions triggered the bug
and the precise symptoms of the bug:

I cannot open dired ie

M-x dired simply do not work with Emacs 21 Debian testing

I tried the same on emacs 20.7 without problems

Daniel


Recent input:
<help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <down-mouse-1> 
<mouse-1> C-x d <return> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> 
<help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <menu-bar> 
<help-menu> <report-emacs-bug> e m a c s 2 1 SPC c 
a n n o t SPC p e r f o r <backspace> <backspace> <backspace> 
<backspace> <backspace> <backspace> r u n SPC d i r 
e d <return> C-x k <return> C-x d <return> M-x <up> 
<down> <down-mouse-1> <mouse-1> C-x 1 <help-echo> <down-mouse-1> 
<mouse-1> C-g C-x 1 <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> 
M-x <up> C-x d <return> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> 
<help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> 
<help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> 
<help-echo> <menu-bar> <help-menu> <report-emacs-b
ug>

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