bug#16849: 24.3.50; Error running timer `battery-update-handler': (wrong-type-argument number-or-marker-p N/A)

bug#16849: 24.3.50; Error running timer `battery-update-handler': (wrong-type-argument number-or-marker-p N/A)

[N. Jackson]

I have been getting the error message

    Error running timer `battery-update-handler': (wrong-type-argument number-or-marker-p N/A)

after resuming from suspend (possibly only when I've switched from mains
to battery power or vice versa).

I never had this message with previous versions of Emacs.


In GNU Emacs 24.3.50.1 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.8.8)
 of 2014-02-19 on moondust
Repository revision: 116484 lekktu@gmail.com-20140219210406-y2s7lx244ojfl5on
Windowing system distributor `Fedora Project', version 11.0.11404000
System Description:	Fedora release 19 (Schrödinger’s Cat)

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bug#16849: 24.3.50; Error running timer `battery-update-handler': (wrong-type-argument number-or-marker-p N/A)

[Stefan Monnier]

> I have been getting the error message
>     Error running timer `battery-update-handler': (wrong-type-argument number-or-marker-p N/A)

> after resuming from suspend (possibly only when I've switched from mains
> to battery power or vice versa).

> I never had this message with previous versions of Emacs.

Timers used to throw away such errors, so it's very likely you've always
had this error but it simply never was turned into a message.
IOW it's not something to worry about, but thanks for reporting it, and
hopefully someone can figure out how to fix the error.


        Stefan

bug#16849: 24.3.50; Error running timer `battery-update-handler': (wrong-type-argument number-or-marker-p N/A)

[N. Jackson]

I haven't seen this problem in a very long time (probably not in over a
year), whereas I used to see it almost daily.

Either the problem is fixed, or it has disappeared back into the
woodwork. I am closing the bug.

Thanks.