From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#46607: 25.2; Emacs hangs with Error running timer 'blink-cursor-start' Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2021 12:51:19 +0100 Message-ID: <87v9apwq4o.fsf@gnus.org> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="39362"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: 46607@debbugs.gnu.org To: Peter Flynn Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Thu Feb 18 12:52:27 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1lChr8-000A6o-Bb for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 18 Feb 2021 12:52:26 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:33300 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lChr7-0007JO-A0 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 18 Feb 2021 06:52:25 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:54436) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lChql-0007IZ-4x for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 18 Feb 2021 06:52:04 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:34723) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lChqk-0004kj-Gx for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 18 Feb 2021 06:52:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1lChqk-0008O7-Fw for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 18 Feb 2021 06:52:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2021 11:52:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 46607 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 46607-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B46607.161364909332195 (code B ref 46607); Thu, 18 Feb 2021 11:52:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 46607) by debbugs.gnu.org; 18 Feb 2021 11:51:33 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:46266 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1lChqH-0008NC-4n for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 18 Feb 2021 06:51:33 -0500 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([95.216.78.240]:46938) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1lChqF-0008Mz-94 for 46607@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 18 Feb 2021 06:51:32 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnus.org; s=20200322; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:Date: References:Subject:Cc:To:From:Sender:Reply-To:Content-Transfer-Encoding: Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender: Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=/h1GmzjaArF+iOp8FJuDG4YRANHulbVyDuKEtJ5+n5c=; b=VSmzpZ2hgr40xOK1sPILHS+2wU B5hwv16YW8WHnV3EDaMshYROZgzvrUriHiQfuPGYty8m9UC74HxOye6l3/JXgdfWjgrs4Q+3Psgwb 77av8iiNAPGcAPZpa3mmIlBkCnau56oeatU8sb3c50cG5+hPGDGxHzq/3gfWUB6DXiPQ=; Original-Received: from cm-84.212.202.86.getinternet.no ([84.212.202.86] helo=xo) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1lChq4-0005JC-C3; Thu, 18 Feb 2021 12:51:24 +0100 X-Now-Playing: Ove-naxx's _Firecamp Stories Remixes_: "OVNX Mash Habikino" In-Reply-To: (Peter Flynn's message of "Wed, 17 Feb 2021 23:09:25 +0000") X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:200246 Archived-At: Peter Flynn writes: > 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 > ==================================================================== [...] > 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. Could you put (setq debug-on-error t) in your .emacs file? That should give you a backtrace when the function fails, which should tell us more about where the error is. > 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 Emacs 25.2 is pretty old -- do you also see this in more recent Emacs versions? -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no