Re: Crash when starting an external process

[Nick Roberts]

Robert Woodworth writes:
 > Help!
 > 
 > Ubuntu 7.04
 > 
 > My emacs is suddenly crashing every time I start an external process.  
 > I've tried "shell" "compile" "gdb" etc...
 > The entire emacs process crashes with an "exit normally" return.  ??
 > 
 > Just for kicks, I uninstalled the Ubuntu dpkg and re-installed it.  -no fix-
 > I also uninstalled the dpkg and compiled emacs 22.1 from source and *HAD 
 > THE SAME PROBLEM*
 > 
 > 
 > 
 > So....
 > I must have a link, env var or some other system thing wrong.
 > 
 > What debug items can I turn on so that I know what is happening when I 
 > try to start an external process??

Follow the instructions in report-emacs-bug, i.e. start Emacs in GDB and
then start an external process to get it to crash:

   If Emacs crashed, and you have the Emacs process in the gdb debugger,
   please include the output from the following gdb commands:
       `bt full' and `xbacktrace'.

Please do this with the most up to date version of Emacs that you have.

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Nick                                           http://www.inet.net.nz/~nickrob