then place mouse cursor in the blank area after the last line (let's say right under "(xxx)") and scroll down with the mouse (i.e. turn the wheel up). I usually get the crash immediately, or sometime after scroll-up then down again. Here's the gdb session : (gdb) r -Q ~/tmp/bug2.org -f visual-line-mode -f org-indent-mode -f end-of-buffer -f org-content Starting program: /home/youngfrog/sources/running-emacs/src/emacs -Q ~/tmp/bug2.org -f visual-line-mode -f org-indent-mode -f end-of-buffer -f org-content --eval '(sit-for 3)' -f scroll-down warning: Could not load shared library symbols for linux-gate.so.1. Do you need "set solib-search-path" or "set sysroot"? [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled] Using host libthread_db library "/lib/libthread_db.so.1". [New Thread 0xb632cb40 (LWP 12762)] [New Thread 0xb58e4b40 (LWP 12763)] [New Thread 0xb4e11b40 (LWP 12764)] xdisp.c:6184: Emacs fatal error: assertion failed: (BUFFERP (it->object) && IT_CHARPOS (*it) == it->bidi_it.charpos && IT_BYTEPOS (*it) == it->bidi_it.bytepos) || (STRINGP (it->object) && IT_STRING_CHARPOS (*it) == it->bidi_it.charpos && IT_STRING_BYTEPOS (*it) == it->bidi_it.bytepos) || (CONSP (it->object) && it->method == GET_FROM_STRETCH) Breakpoint 1, terminate_due_to_signal (sig=6, backtrace_limit=2147483647) at emacs.c:351 351 signal (sig, SIG_DFL); (gdb) frame 2 #2 0x08098ccf in pop_it (it=0xbfffc6b0) at xdisp.c:6178 6178 eassert ((BUFFERP (it->object) (gdb) p IT_CHARPOS (*it) $1 = 57215 (gdb) p it->bidi_it.charpos $2 = 57755 -- Nicolas Richard