From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Sam Steingold Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#11351: 24.1.50; marker does not point anywhere Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2012 11:31:15 -0400 Message-ID: <87397qh5mk.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87lilisjsu.fsf@gnu.org> <83ipgmioyr.fsf@gnu.org> Reply-To: sds@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1335454343 2966 80.91.229.3 (26 Apr 2012 15:32:23 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:32:23 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 11351@debbugs.gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Apr 26 17:32:21 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1SNQg6-0007Vk-Kb for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 26 Apr 2012 17:32:18 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:59905 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SNQg6-0001sh-0d for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 26 Apr 2012 11:32:18 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:49267) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SNQfy-0001rR-7k for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Apr 2012 11:32:16 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SNQfr-0003MC-V9 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Apr 2012 11:32:09 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:53386) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SNQfr-0003M5-PO for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Apr 2012 11:32:03 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SNQgo-0002b6-7M for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Apr 2012 11:33:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Sam Steingold Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:33:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 11351 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 11351-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B11351.13354543469934 (code B ref 11351); Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:33:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 11351) by debbugs.gnu.org; 26 Apr 2012 15:32:26 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:54420 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SNQgD-0002aB-9x for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 26 Apr 2012 11:32:25 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-qa0-f44.google.com ([209.85.216.44]:58699) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SNQgB-0002Zz-Bg for 11351@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 26 Apr 2012 11:32:24 -0400 Original-Received: by qadz3 with SMTP id z3so1661105qad.3 for <11351@debbugs.gnu.org>; Thu, 26 Apr 2012 08:31:17 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=sender:from:to:cc:subject:in-reply-to:references:user-agent :return-receipt-to:reply-to:x-attribution:x-disclaimer:date :message-id:mime-version:content-type; bh=RSijLB02jAON2aMjxYgMtBJhSseBFFFaoYAhKE/u2rU=; b=nidND370Ft2raeBmv1nOCyC55TGENEzvcteThrvVsad07999hcU7U219YPUKL2MPsu 6mzV01tKphixWsl4wWfGxBFZHO6K3IiMSSmN2tm8yDPw63InmGPxONFhwstbX6SxZxYm 8NEpiSytxw2wIANc2TwaKgWC5uUZsgKuLUH/La+7qA1IOF7nDOwLissHbRBj2HnRbCR+ Yh1O64k5+oiklWkXutbb65C4cPshEwf/UoGKQ1H/lcSDtr5Ui3c2Hr1/mMNOJ8VG9O46 mIVN/pwauRxAI2EHlYj1wMbFHWR2aT4GItCuU/iAlfbk+eRJdAhNwhYxPqR5Rrz2bLVS 2iHg== Original-Received: by 10.224.41.200 with SMTP id p8mr5944128qae.13.1335454277675; Thu, 26 Apr 2012 08:31:17 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from t520sds ([74.113.160.197]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id o7sm5607236qan.15.2012.04.26.08.31.16 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Thu, 26 Apr 2012 08:31:16 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <83ipgmioyr.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Thu, 26 Apr 2012 16:48:12 +0300") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.1.50 (gnu/linux) X-Attribution: Sam X-Disclaimer: You should not expect anyone to agree with me. X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 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.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:59522 Archived-At: > * Eli Zaretskii [2012-04-26 16:48:12 +0300]: > >> From: Sam Steingold >> Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2012 09:29:37 -0400 >> >> Lisp Backtrace: >> "recursive-edit" (0xffffb5c8) >> "debug" (0xffffb858) >> >> emacs displays the *Backtrace* buffer with a single line: >> >> debugger entered--lisp error: (error "Marker does not point anywhere") > > Is this error always shown when this happens? yes. > If so, what markers could be involved? I have no idea. I have not been able to make Emacs responsive after this happens. > what were you doing when this happens? it happened twice (or 3 times?) so far. the last time I was applying patches with C-c C-a in *vc-diff* buffer. it is quite possible that I was doing that the first time too, but I am not sure. > Do you have any guesses as to what that overlay might be? no, but if you tell me what C variable to examine (and how), I will gladly do that when this happens again. -- Sam Steingold (http://sds.podval.org/) on Ubuntu 11.10 (oneiric) X 11.0.11004000 http://www.childpsy.net/ http://www.memritv.org http://palestinefacts.org http://americancensorship.org http://jihadwatch.org http://honestreporting.com Genius is immortal, but morons live longer.