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* bug#46607: 25.2; Emacs hangs with Error running timer 'blink-cursor-start'
@ 2021-02-17 23:09 Peter Flynn
  2021-02-18 11:51 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
  2021-02-18 14:05 ` Eli Zaretskii
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 18+ messages in thread
From: Peter Flynn @ 2021-02-17 23:09 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: 46607

For a blow-by-blow account, see
https://emacs.stackexchange.com/questions/36612/emacs-hung-with-error-running-timer-blink-cursor-start?noredirect=1#comment99937_36612

Summary:
====================================================================
The moment I start Emacs, I get the error message

Error running timer 'blink-cursor-start': (wrong-type-argument listp
0.5)

It then refuses all keyboard input; for example C-x d gets the error
message Wrong type argument: listp 10
====================================================================

I managed to run Emacs without the suggested -Q just enough to open the
messages buffer with the mouse and grab the contents. Then quit and run
again with -Q and paste the message contents into a file to save
it. This is what it says:

Loading 00debian-vars...done
Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50asymptote.el (source)...done
Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50autoconf.el (source)...done
Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50dictionaries-common.el (source)...
Loading debian-ispell...
Loading /var/cache/dictionaries-common/emacsen-ispell-default.el 
(source)...done
Loading debian-ispell...done
Loading /var/cache/dictionaries-common/emacsen-ispell-dicts.el 
(source)...done
Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50dictionaries-common.el (source)...done
Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50latex-cjk-common.el (source)...
Loading cjk-enc...done
Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50latex-cjk-common.el (source)...done
Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50latex-cjk-thai.el (source)...done
Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50texlive-lang-english.el (source)...done
For information about GNU Emacs and the GNU system, type C-h C-a.
setq: Wrong type argument: listp, 10
Error running timer ‘blink-cursor-start’: (wrong-type-argument listp 
0.5) [2 times]
setq: Wrong type argument: listp, 0.7
Error running timer ‘blink-cursor-start’: (wrong-type-argument listp 
0.5) [5 times]
Mark set
Error running timer ‘blink-cursor-start’: (wrong-type-argument listp 0.5)
setq: Wrong type argument: listp, 0.7 [2 times]
Error running timer ‘blink-cursor-start’: (wrong-type-argument listp 0.5)
setq: Wrong type argument: listp, 0.7
Error running timer ‘blink-cursor-start’: (wrong-type-argument listp 
0.5) [4 times]

But I don't know where blink-cursor-start is called, or why it's
failing, but from comments in the emacs.se discussion, frame.el may be
involved.

The error is evident in the recent Linuxes I have installed from Ubuntu
17 onwards (currently present in Mint 19 and 20).
It is NOT connected with my personal .emacs because the error is present
even when there is no .emacs in the user account (or anywhere else).

user31744 just posted a confirmation that they get the identical error:

> I don't have an answer, I'm just posting to add another piece to the
> puzzle. I just upgraded my MacBook Pro to Catalina. Before this, I've
> had no problems with emacs. Now, when I start it without -Q, I have
> the 'blink-cursor-start' issue. It doesn't matter whether I'm starting
> emacs-app or the emacs you get if you do port install emacs
> +x11. Doing a (set debug-on-error) as the first statement in my
> .emacs, I get the following traceback. Debugger entered--Lisp error:
> (wrong-type-argument listp 0.5) cdr(0.5) (setq time (cdr time)) (prog1
> time (setq time (cdr time))) (car-safe (prog1 time (setq t – user31744
> Feb 10 at 1:43

Update: I have managed to get around it temporarily with the following
Bash script which uses xdotool to open my .emacs and do an eval-buffer
(yes I know, gag).
> #! /bin/bash
> 
> /usr/bin/emacs -Q $1 $2 $3 &
> sleep 8
> EWIN=`xdotool search --class Emacs | tail -1`
> 
> xdotool windowactivate $EWIN
> #key ctrl+x ctrl+f type ~/.emacs key ctrl+j type yes
> 
> # xdotool key --window $EWIN "ctrl+x" "d" "ctrl+j"
> xdotool key "ctrl+x" "ctrl+f"
> xdotool type "~/.emacs"
> xdotool key "ctrl+j"
> xdotool type "yes"
> xdotool key "ctrl+j"
> xdotool key --delay 20 "Escape" "x"
> xdotool type "eval-buffer"
> xdotool key --delay 20 "ctrl+j"
> xdotool key --delay 20 "ctrl+x" "k" "ctrl+j"

Maybe there is a timing error somewhere in what Emacs is loading from
its own config.

Stay safe
Peter

=====================================================================

In GNU Emacs 25.2.2 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.22.21)
  of 2017-09-22, modified by Debian built on lgw01-amd64-050
Windowing system distributor 'The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.11906000
System Description:	Linux Mint 19.2 Tina

Configured using:
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  --localstatedir=/var/lib --infodir=/usr/share/info
  --mandir=/usr/share/man --with-pop=yes
 
--enable-locallisppath=/etc/emacs25:/etc/emacs:/usr/local/share/emacs/25.2/site-lisp:/usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp:/usr/share/emacs/25.2/site-lisp:/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp
  --with-sound=alsa --without-gconf --build x86_64-linux-gnu
  --prefix=/usr --sharedstatedir=/var/lib --libexecdir=/usr/lib
  --localstatedir=/var/lib --infodir=/usr/share/info
  --mandir=/usr/share/man --with-pop=yes
 
--enable-locallisppath=/etc/emacs25:/etc/emacs:/usr/local/share/emacs/25.2/site-lisp:/usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp:/usr/share/emacs/25.2/site-lisp:/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp
  --with-sound=alsa --without-gconf --with-x=yes --with-x-toolkit=gtk3
  --with-toolkit-scroll-bars 'CFLAGS=-g -O2
  -fdebug-prefix-map=/build/emacs25-jYekUr/emacs25-25.2+1=. 
-fstack-protector-strong
  -Wformat -Werror=format-security -Wall' 'CPPFLAGS=-Wdate-time
  -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2' 'LDFLAGS=-Wl,-Bsymbolic-functions -Wl,-z,relro''

Configured features:
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ACL LIBSELINUX GNUTLS LIBXML2 FREETYPE M17N_FLT LIBOTF XFT ZLIB
TOOLKIT_SCROLL_BARS GTK3 X11

Important settings:
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   locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix

Major mode: Dired by date

Minor modes in effect:
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Recent messages:
Setting up indent for shell type bash
Indentation variables are now local.
Indentation setup for shell type bash
Mark saved where search started [2 times]
Mark set
Mark saved where search started
Mark set [5 times]
scroll-up-command: End of buffer [5 times]
Saving file /home/peter/Downloads/packages...
Wrote /home/peter/Downloads/packages

Load-path shadows:
/usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp/css-mode hides 
/usr/share/emacs/25.2/lisp/textmodes/css-mode
/usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp/package hides 
/usr/share/emacs/25.2/lisp/emacs-lisp/package
/home/peter/.emacs.d/elpa/psgml-1.4.1/psgml-pkg hides 
/usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp/psgml/psgml-pkg
/home/peter/.emacs.d/elpa/psgml-1.4.1/psgml-sysdep hides 
/usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp/psgml/psgml-sysdep
/home/peter/.emacs.d/elpa/psgml-1.4.1/psgml-api hides 
/usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp/psgml/psgml-api
/home/peter/.emacs.d/elpa/psgml-1.4.1/psgml-lucid hides 
/usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp/psgml/psgml-lucid
/home/peter/.emacs.d/elpa/psgml-1.4.1/psgml-dtd hides 
/usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp/psgml/psgml-dtd
/home/peter/.emacs.d/elpa/psgml-1.4.1/psgml hides 
/usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp/psgml/psgml
/home/peter/.emacs.d/elpa/psgml-1.4.1/psgml-ids hides 
/usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp/psgml/psgml-ids
/home/peter/.emacs.d/elpa/psgml-1.4.1/psgml-other hides 
/usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp/psgml/psgml-other
/home/peter/.emacs.d/elpa/psgml-1.4.1/psgml-autoloads hides 
/usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp/psgml/psgml-autoloads
/home/peter/.emacs.d/elpa/psgml-1.4.1/psgml-parse hides 
/usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp/psgml/psgml-parse
/home/peter/.emacs.d/elpa/psgml-1.4.1/psgml-maint hides 
/usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp/psgml/psgml-maint
/home/peter/.emacs.d/elpa/psgml-1.4.1/psgml-fs hides 
/usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp/psgml/psgml-fs
/home/peter/.emacs.d/elpa/psgml-1.4.1/psgml-info hides 
/usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp/psgml/psgml-info
/home/peter/.emacs.d/elpa/psgml-1.4.1/psgml-debug hides 
/usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp/psgml/psgml-debug
/home/peter/.emacs.d/elpa/psgml-1.4.1/psgml-edit hides 
/usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp/psgml/psgml-edit
/home/peter/.emacs.d/elpa/psgml-1.4.1/psgml-charent hides 
/usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp/psgml/psgml-charent

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Memory information:
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-- 
Peter Flynn
Cork 🇮🇪 Ireland 🇪🇺





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2021-02-18 11:51 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-18 22:32   ` Peter Flynn
2021-02-18 23:03     ` Glenn Morris
2021-02-18 23:07       ` Peter Flynn
2021-02-18 23:31         ` Glenn Morris
2021-02-19 10:19           ` Peter Flynn
2021-02-19 16:33             ` Glenn Morris
2021-02-19 21:38               ` Peter Flynn
2021-02-20 12:28                 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-20 14:11                   ` Peter Flynn
2021-02-19 12:40     ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-19 14:14       ` Peter Flynn
2021-02-19 14:19         ` Peter Flynn
2021-02-20 12:28         ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
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