Hi, I have attached the .emacs and debug trace which i got when i started emacs with --debug-init option The debug trace is given below. > Debugger entered--Lisp error: (error "Font > `-sony-fixed-medium-r-normal--13-120-100-100-c-80-iso8859-1' is not > defined") > modify-frame-parameters(# > ((font . "-sony-fixed-medium-r-normal--13-120-100-100-c-80-iso8859-1"))) > set-default-font("-sony-fixed-medium-r-normal--13-120-100-100-c-80-iso8859-1") > byte-code("ÆÇ!\"\"\"\"\"\" \"\"\"\"\"!\"??!??!? > ?çèé!??!??!??!??!?ðñ\fBCòó#???\"?\f?)?ðñ BCò÷#???\"? > ?)ù=ðñ=BCòú#\"?=?)ëü!?" [emacs-version emacs-major-version > senator-minor-mode-name semantic-imenu-auto-rebuild-directory-indexes > tmp0 tmp0 set-default-font > "-sony-fixed-medium-r-normal--13-120-100-100-c-80-iso8859-1" > global-set-key [f1] save-buffer [f2] set-mark-command [f3] > kill-ring-save [f4] yank [f6] compile message "Hi! Greetings from GNU > Emacs %s! This is before key binding action." "Hi again! Another > greetings from %s! This is *after* key binding action." [f9] undo > [f10] other-window [f11] delete-other-windows [f12] kill-buffer > global-unset-key "" "ã" save-buffers-kill-emacs load-file > "~/tools/emacsAddOns/linum.el" "~/tools/cedet/common/cedet.el" > semantic-load-enable-excessive-code-helpers "SN" nil > global-srecode-minor-mode 1 global-semantic-mru-bookmark-mode require > semantic-decorate-include semantic-gcc semantic-ia (project unloaded > system recursive) mode-local-bind semanticdb-find-default-throttle ...] 4) > load("~/.emacs" t t) > #[nil "? KINDLY help to fix this. I am not getting from where ,it is trying to set the font to .`-sony-fixed-medium-r-normal--13-120-100-100-c-80-iso8859-1. because of this i am not able to start cedet tools. anand