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Re: idlwave segfault [message #69369 is a reply to message #69329]

Fri, 15 January 2010 14:26

JDS
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On Jan 13, 4:23 pm, Bruce Bowler <bbow...@bigelow.org> wrote:
> On Wed, 13 Jan 2010 20:32:28 +0000, Bruce Bowler wrote:
>> On Wed, 13 Jan 2010 09:11:18 -0700, savoie wrote:
>
>>> Bruce Bowler <bbow...@bigelow.org> writes:
>
>>>> On Wed, 13 Jan 2010 07:53:23 -0700, savoie wrote:
>>>> > I'm just taking wild stabs in the dark, but are you starting emacs
>>>> > from the command line? The same one that your running IDL
>>>> > successfully from?
>
>>>> Wild stabs are fine at this point, it's what I'm doing too... Yes,
>>>> same command line, same environment
>
>>> Can you compare your environmental variables before starting emacs with
>>> those in a shell started in emacs (M-x shell)? What are the
>>> differences?
>
>>> Matt
>
>> in the shell TERM=xterm while in emacs M-x shell it's dumb.
>
>> In shell LS_COLORS has a litany of things, in emacs it's empty
>
>> in emacs, EMACS=t and INSIDE_EMACS=22.3.1,comint also in emacs, TERMCAP=
>> and COLUMNS=80. Neither are define in the shell.
>
>> In emacs, path as the last element duplicated (/opt/real/RealPlayer)
>
>> and in shell, shlvl=2 and in emacs it's 3.
>
>> In otherwords, not much is different.
>
> Matt,
>
> Following up on your emailed suggestion (here so everyone knows and maybe
> JD will have an idea)...
>
> If I start emacs, M-x shell and run IDL from that shell, things *DO NOT*
> crash.
>
> Hopefully that's a big clue to someone far smarter than I am.
>
>

I can only suggest running it under gdb (gdb /usr/bin/emacs then "run"
at the prompt), to see if the segfault occurs anywhere interesting.
Crashing IDL should *not* bring down emacs (just as it does not bring
down a normal shell). So could be some problem with your Emacs, and
potentially X11.

JD

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		idlwave segfault By: Bruce Bowler on Tue, 05 January 2010 11:06
		Re: idlwave segfault By: JDS on Fri, 15 January 2010 14:26
		Re: idlwave segfault By: Bruce Bowler on Tue, 19 January 2010 08:17
		Re: idlwave segfault By: Bruce Bowler on Wed, 13 January 2010 13:23
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		Re: idlwave segfault By: Matt[2] on Wed, 13 January 2010 06:53
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