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From: jgk@demo.COM (Joe Keane)
Newsgroups: comp.emacs
Subject: Re: RISC Ultrix- Emacs problems
Summary: Fix the kernel.
Keywords: ultrix
Message-ID: <3011@demo.COM>
Date: 7 Jul 90 02:05:01 GMT
References: <113@gordon.UUCP>
Reply-To: jgk@osc.COM (Joe Keane)
Organization: Object Sciences Corp., Menlo Park, CA
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In article <113@gordon.UUCP> jpd@gordon.UUCP (Jim Drummey) writes:
>We're running emacs 18.54 on an Ultrix Risc Decsystem 5400. Three times
>we've had the machine hang with the following message:
>
>  panic: tblmod on invalid pte
>
>Ultrix support tells us this is caused by emacs. Has anyone experienced
>this? DEC says it only happens on RISC boxes.

Caused by Emacs?  That's a good one.  Aggravated, maybe.  The kernel should
not panic, period.  It's broken; tell them to fix it.