From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Live System User Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Does anybody know how to debug a live Emacs process? Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2016 02:37:17 -0400 Message-ID: <874mamutlu.fsf@aol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1461825494 9085 80.91.229.3 (28 Apr 2016 06:38:14 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2016 06:38:14 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Apr 28 08:38:05 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@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 1avfaO-0000eg-GR for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 28 Apr 2016 08:38:04 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:46780 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1avfaN-0005ly-PT for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 28 Apr 2016 02:38:03 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:35571) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1avfaI-0005h5-Dt for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Apr 2016 02:37:59 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1avfaE-0001f0-BB for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Apr 2016 02:37:58 -0400 Original-Received: from omr-m006e.mx.aol.com ([204.29.186.6]:51255) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1avfaE-0001eZ-5B for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Apr 2016 02:37:54 -0400 Original-Received: from mtaout-aao02.mx.aol.com (mtaout-aao02.mx.aol.com [172.27.21.14]) by omr-m006e.mx.aol.com (Outbound Mail Relay) with ESMTP id 274AD3800089 for ; Thu, 28 Apr 2016 02:37:52 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: from localhost.localdomain (c-50-163-96-131.hsd1.ma.comcast.net [50.163.96.131]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mtaout-aao02.mx.aol.com (MUA/Third Party Client Interface) with ESMTPSA id 171F838000081 for ; Thu, 28 Apr 2016 02:37:50 -0400 (EDT) User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.0.92 (gnu/linux) x-aol-global-disposition: G DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=mx.aol.com; s=20150623; t=1461825472; bh=A1E3gTiBzOQ7fun1SifrywKW0SCtyV+4apa28jDXQXw=; h=From:To:Subject:Message-ID:Date:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=8K/Aa40V9m1OYCR3LXUuqxJHDawl6rzXVy1zmGuQXpXeyRXvXlec6WyRN1EcMvQOc A44k+x38UNWZz3+J/JaofSU54q6Y08tkPwu/D6zf+KgP0KhDVZc0OgQ3kNnP6oUq1h o82IyuYKdNwM5L8tL6EdsLQG59u8SJ9fnG4Sjq/A= x-aol-sid: 3039ac1b150e5721afbe7f75 X-AOL-IP: 50.163.96.131 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.4.x-2.6.x [generic] X-Received-From: 204.29.186.6 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:203395 Archived-At: Hi, I have a live Emacs process that is stuck in a state which only displays: Invalid argument # in =E2=80=98get-device-terminal=E2= =80=99 in the echo area, including when trying to execute M-x. I was hoping to solicit assistance to help obtain information to help Emacs and opened Bug#23378 on Monday. If nothing can be done with gaining debug information with this process, I guess I will just have to kill the process externally. I am running GNU Emacs 25.0.92.1 on Gnu/Linux Thanks.