Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ncar!mephisto!prism!sun13!langley From: langley@ds16.scri.fsu.edu (Randolph Langley) Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix Subject: Re: emacs: bad address Message-ID: Date: 24 Sep 90 20:48:09 GMT References: <6502@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU> Sender: news@sun13.scri.fsu.edu Distribution: usa Organization: FSU Supercomputer Computations Research Institute Lines: 26 In-reply-to: barrett@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU's message of 24 Sep 90 13:01:48 GMT > Why does GNU Emacs (18.55) sometimes refuse to start up, printing >the error message: > > $ emacs > /usr/local/bin/emacs: bad address > >This is a DECstation 3100 running Ultrix 4.0. It has 12 MB RAM and >50 MB swap. Am I running out of RAM? Contiguous RAM? ??? This is >happening on ALL of our DECstations. Anybody else seen this? Absolutely. We get it on 5000's also. We are in the process of doing some upgrade, but no word as to if this one is fixed. If you run any other program, then emacs, it usually disappears. Ah yes, DEC has it now. God only knows what it is. rdl -- sdflkds =----= asdflsdkj ///// .