emacs-w32, version 24.3.1, crashes constantly

Fri May 2 02:01:00 GMT 2014

On 5/1/2014 11:11 AM, Zdzislaw Meglicki wrote:
> Emacs-w32, version 24.3.1, has been crashing constantly,
> so much so I learnt how to use "recover-session." Most
> recently I finally forced myself to run gdb on its sadly
> expired body and listed the following stack:
> (gdb) bt
> #0 0x00007ff9174a9e3b in KERNELBASE!DebugBreak ()
> from /cygdrive/c/WINDOWS/system32/KERNELBASE.dll
> #1 0x000000010056f32b in emacs_abort ()
> at /usr/src/debug/emacs-24.3-7/src/w32fns.c:7714
> #2 0x0000000100500ac5 in set_internal (symbol=<optimized out>,
> newval=25771452141, where=<optimized out>, bindflag=<optimized out>)
> at /usr/src/debug/emacs-24.3-7/src/data.c:1259
> #3 0x000000010054750f in exec_byte_code (bytestr=6815056, vector=4302324285,
> maxdepth=5181184, args_template=4303920544, nargs=0, args=0x0)
> at /usr/src/debug/emacs-24.3-7/src/bytecode.c:827
> #4 0x0000000100512343 in funcall_lambda (fun=4302324197, nargs=nargs@entry=1,
> arg_vector=arg_vector@entry=0x439808)
> at /usr/src/debug/emacs-24.3-7/src/eval.c:3010
> #5 0x000000010051267b in Ffuncall (nargs=nargs@entry=2,
> args=args@entry=0x439800) at /usr/src/debug/emacs-24.3-7/src/eval.c:2839
> #6 0x00000001005129dd in call1 (fn=<optimized out>,
> arg1=arg1@entry=25771452141) at /usr/src/debug/emacs-24.3-7/src/eval.c:2572
> #7 0x00000001004a6b34 in timer_check_2 (idle_timers=<optimized out>,
> timers=<optimized out>) at /usr/src/debug/emacs-24.3-7/src/keyboard.c:4387
> #8 timer_check () at /usr/src/debug/emacs-24.3-7/src/keyboard.c:4454
> #9 0x00000001004a6f6a in readable_events (flags=1)
> at /usr/src/debug/emacs-24.3-7/src/keyboard.c:3351
> #10 0x00000001004a7e85 in get_input_pending (flags=flags@entry=1)
> at /usr/src/debug/emacs-24.3-7/src/keyboard.c:6680
> #11 0x00000001004aa2ad in detect_input_pending_run_timers (
> do_display=do_display@entry=true)
> at /usr/src/debug/emacs-24.3-7/src/keyboard.c:10273
> #12 0x0000000100551406 in wait_reading_process_output (
> time_limit=<optimized out>, nsecs=0, read_kbd=read_kbd@entry=-1,
> do_display=do_display@entry=true, wait_for_cell=4304630834,
> wait_proc=wait_proc@entry=0x0, just_wait_proc=just_wait_proc@entry=0)
> at /usr/src/debug/emacs-24.3-7/src/process.c:4743
> #13 0x0000000100409f6a in sit_for (timeout=<optimized out>,
> reading=reading@entry=true, display_option=display_option@entry=1)
> at /usr/src/debug/emacs-24.3-7/src/dispnew.c:5978
> #14 0x00000001004ac694 in read_char (commandflag=1, nmaps=2, maps=0x43a1c0,
> prev_event=4304630834, used_mouse_menu=0x43a2e7,
> end_time=end_time@entry=0x0)
> at /usr/src/debug/emacs-24.3-7/src/keyboard.c:2669
> #15 0x00000001004ad463 in read_key_sequence (keybuf=keybuf@entry=0x43a430,
> prompt=<optimized out>, dont_downcase_last=dont_downcase_last@entry=false,
> can_return_switch_frame=can_return_switch_frame@entry=true,
> fix_current_buffer=fix_current_buffer@entry=true, bufsize=30)
> at /usr/src/debug/emacs-24.3-7/src/keyboard.c:9231
> #16 0x00000001004af75e in command_loop_1 ()
> at /usr/src/debug/emacs-24.3-7/src/keyboard.c:1459
> #17 0x0000000100510cde in internal_condition_case (
> bfun=bfun@entry=0x1004af540 <command_loop_1>, handlers=4304832354,
> hfun=hfun@entry=0x1004a58a0 <cmd_error>)
> at /usr/src/debug/emacs-24.3-7/src/eval.c:1289
> #18 0x00000001004a09da in command_loop_2 (ignore=ignore@entry=4304630834)
> at /usr/src/debug/emacs-24.3-7/src/keyboard.c:1168
> #19 0x0000000100510b9f in internal_catch (tag=<optimized out>,
> func=func@entry=0x1004a09b0 <command_loop_2>, arg=4304630834)
> at /usr/src/debug/emacs-24.3-7/src/eval.c:1060
> #20 0x00000001004a5374 in command_loop ()
> at /usr/src/debug/emacs-24.3-7/src/keyboard.c:1147
> #21 recursive_edit_1 () at /usr/src/debug/emacs-24.3-7/src/keyboard.c:779
> #22 0x00000001004a56a7 in Frecursive_edit ()
> at /usr/src/debug/emacs-24.3-7/src/keyboard.c:843
> #23 0x00000001005ab7d3 in main (argc=<optimized out>, argv=<optimized out>)
> at /usr/src/debug/emacs-24.3-7/src/emacs.c:1532

Please try the bugfix build I announced here, and let me know if it 
works better for you:
 http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2014-04/msg00468.html
And please start emacs with the -Q option when you test.
Ken
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