Re: emacs-w32/X11 24.3-7 aborts frequently

[Ken Brown <kbrown@cornell.edu>]

On 11/21/2013 3:46 AM, SDS wrote:
> Thanks for the assistance Ken, I appreciate it. I was able to uninstall
> Symantec Endpoint Protection, so the only piece of software that I may
> have from the BLODA list is now NVIDIA Geforce. I took your advice about
> experimentation, and I discovered some more information.

[...]

>> Debugger entered--Lisp error: (wrong-type-argument characterp [nil
>> 21130 37499 445325 0.5 blink-cursor-timer-function nil nil 100000])
>
>> Debugger entered--Lisp error: (wrong-type-argument vectorp [timer 1 2
>> 3 8])
>>   timer--time([t 21130 40941 448254 0.5 blink-cursor-timer-function
>> nil nil 200000])
>>   timer-inc-time([t 21130 40941 448254 0.5 blink-cursor-timer-function
>> nil nil 200000] 0.5 0)
>>   timer-event-handler([t 21130 40941 448254 0.5
>> blink-cursor-timer-function nil nil 200000])

I'm afraid I still have no explanation (except possible BLODA) for the 
aborts that you're getting.  After about six days of experimentation on 
my system, here's what I see:

1. No aborts or crashes.

2. Lisp errors involving timers, similar to yours, but only on 64-bit 
Cygwin and only when using Tramp.

3. With a build from the emacs trunk, the Lisp errors are gone.

In a few days I'll have time to make a build from the trunk available to 
you in case you want to see if that solves your problem.

Ken


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