From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Tim X Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Too small fonts after Emacs-Snapshot update Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2008 18:38:27 +1100 Organization: Rapt Technologies Message-ID: <87fxve4znw.fsf@lion.rapttech.com.au> References: <873ari9kh7.fsf@kamaloka.dhatu> <874pbyjd84.fsf@thievol.homelinux.org> <87lk5am65o.fsf@kamaloka.dhatu> <871w72cb70.fsf@thievol.homelinux.org> <87oda43ysc.fsf@lion.rapttech.com.au> <87r6ezg3w9.fsf@elegiac.orebokech.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1204098073 23294 80.91.229.12 (27 Feb 2008 07:41:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2008 07:41:13 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Feb 27 08:41:39 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JUGv4-0005S6-Aa for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 27 Feb 2008 08:41:38 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JUGuY-00052K-C7 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 27 Feb 2008 02:41:06 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!newshub.sdsu.edu!nx01.iad01.newshosting.com!newshosting.com!140.99.99.194.MISMATCH!news-in-02.newsfeed.easynews.com!easynews.com!easynews!sn-xt-sjc-02!sn-xt-sjc-11!sn-xt-sjc-08!sn-post-sjc-01!supernews.com!corp.supernews.com!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:CrwAcSQ9zyd8m7/LS78dh5ArS1A= Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@supernews.com Original-Lines: 27 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:156533 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:51904 Archived-At: Romain Francoise writes: > Hi Tim, > > Tim X writes: > >> However, on the other machine I get weird errors about void >> function definitions, signal 11 segfaults, and other 'weirdness' >> in both the latest emacs-snapshot and emacs built from CVS. > > Running Emacs under gdb and getting debug traces would be a good > starting point. You can also install the apt-show-versions package > and compare the output on your two machines--you may have installed > an library package from a third party a few years ago and forgotten > about it. Also run 'debsums -ca', just in case: it will list the > files which have changed on your system compared to their pristine > packaged version. Thanks for the suggestions. It turns out I appear to have a memory error - the box is getting a bit long in the tooth and I actually have a replacement one - just haven't got around to migrating. Now migration is a higher priority! Tim -- tcross (at) rapttech dot com dot au