From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: jhd Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Bad Protocol request 77 Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2005 17:05:03 +0200 Message-ID: <8DCDF4A8-1124-4F34-8C44-68BD7A647A31@swipnet.se> References: <87fyv1d84x.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v730) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1120057329 25218 80.91.229.2 (29 Jun 2005 15:02:09 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2005 15:02:09 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jun 29 17:01:59 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Dne36-0007zF-6z for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 29 Jun 2005 17:00:24 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DneB7-0003DA-H9 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 29 Jun 2005 11:08:41 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DneAi-0003C7-Du for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 29 Jun 2005 11:08:16 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DneAe-00039e-AJ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 29 Jun 2005 11:08:16 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DneAe-00039b-6h for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 29 Jun 2005 11:08:12 -0400 Original-Received: from [195.54.107.73] (helo=mxfep02.bredband.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1DneCc-0000jS-OI for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 29 Jun 2005 11:10:15 -0400 Original-Received: from coolsville.localdomain ([83.226.180.210] [83.226.180.210]) by mxfep02.bredband.com with ESMTP id <20050629150521.BHPW12835.mxfep02.bredband.com@coolsville.localdomain>; Wed, 29 Jun 2005 17:05:21 +0200 In-Reply-To: <87fyv1d84x.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> Original-To: Stefan Monnier X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.730) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:39893 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:39893 > > My Emacs is crashing in Gnus when displaying some articles. > I haven't been able to get a reliable recipe yet, but basically I get > a backtrace as shown in the appended session. > The first backtrace is with x-synchronize turned off, the second is > with > x-synchronize turned on. > > Could give me some hint what I should be looking at? > In the mean time, I'll try to get a reliably reproducible recipe. > > > Stefan > > > (gdb) bt > #0 x_error_quitter (display=0xbfffce30, error=0xbfffcd00) at > xterm.c:7788 > #1 0x0810175c in x_error_handler (display=0x8714568, > error=0xbfffcd00) at xterm.c:7753 > #2 0xb7ddf624 in _XError () from /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6 Can you print out the error string (error parameter to x_error_handler)? 77 is just XDrawImageString16 which is in the second backtrace as expected. But it can generate different errors. I think it is a BadMatch, which usually indicates bad input to XDrawImageString16. You should be able to walk up to the stack frame that calls XDrawImageString16 and examine the input. Jan D.