From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: frederik@ugcs.caltech.edu Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: gnuserv doesn't give helpful error messages Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2003 00:03:50 -0700 Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1064560095 6265 80.91.224.253 (26 Sep 2003 07:08:15 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2003 07:08:15 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Sep 26 09:08:13 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1A2mi5-0006eJ-00 for ; Fri, 26 Sep 2003 09:08:13 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.22) id 1A2mf8-0004LY-Ja for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 26 Sep 2003 03:05:10 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.22) id 1A2mf6-0004LJ-HE for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 26 Sep 2003 03:05:08 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.22) id 1A2mf4-0004Kn-Ep for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 26 Sep 2003 03:05:06 -0400 Original-Received: from [68.121.234.214] (helo=a5.repetae.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.22) id 1A2mf4-0004Kg-03 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 26 Sep 2003 03:05:06 -0400 Original-Received: from frederik by a5.repetae.net with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1A2mdp-0003my-00 for ; Fri, 26 Sep 2003 00:03:50 -0700 Original-To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list 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.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:5860 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.bugs:5860 This bug report will be sent to the Free Software Foundation, not to your local site managers! Please write in English, because the Emacs maintainers do not have translators to read other languages for them. Your bug report will be posted to the bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org mailing list, and to the gnu.emacs.bug news group. In GNU Emacs 21.2.1 (powerpc-debian-linux-gnu, X toolkit, Xaw3d scroll bars) of 2002-03-26 on voltaire, modified by Debian configured using `configure powerpc-debian-linux-gnu --prefix=/usr --sharedstatedir=/var/lib --libexecdir=/usr/lib --localstatedir=/var/lib --infodir=/usr/share/info --mandir=/usr/share/man --with-pop=yes --with-x=yes --with-x-toolkit=athena --without-gif' Important settings: value of $LC_ALL: nil value of $LC_COLLATE: nil value of $LC_CTYPE: nil value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil value of $LC_MONETARY: nil value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil value of $LC_TIME: nil value of $LANG: C locale-coding-system: nil default-enable-multibyte-characters: t Please describe exactly what actions triggered the bug and the precise symptoms of the bug: When I try to run gnuserv (by typing "M-x gnuserv-start"), I get the following message: Gnuserv process exited; restart with `M-x gnuserv-start' This isn't enough to give me even a very basic hint as to what went wrong. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Recent input: ESC x g n u s e r TAB DEL TAB RET ESC x e m a c s - C-g ESC x ESC p RET C-x o C-x b * M TAB RET C-p C-@ C-e ESC w C-x C-x ESC x ESC p ESC p ESC x e m a DEL DEL DEL r e p TAB TAB o TAB r TAB RET Recent messages: call-interactively: Quit Restarting gnuserv Gnuserv process exited; restart with `M-x gnuserv-start' Mark set next-history-element: Beginning of history; no preceding item call-interactively: Quit Making completion list... Loading view...done Making completion list... Loading emacsbug...done