From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Michael M Mason Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: system freeze upon emacs exit Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 20:35:36 +0000 Organization: Cambridge Optical Group Ltd Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: Reply-To: admin@cambridge-optical.com NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1039725825 26577 80.91.224.249 (12 Dec 2002 20:43:45 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 20:43:45 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18MaB0-0006sZ-00 for ; Thu, 12 Dec 2002 21:43:22 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18Ma8H-0002y8-02 for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 12 Dec 2002 15:40:33 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!news-lond.gip.net!news.gsl.net!gip.net!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!newsfeed1.bredband.com!bredband!diablo.netcom.net.uk!netcom.net.uk!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 16 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: camopt.netcomuk.co.uk Original-X-Trace: taliesin2.netcom.net.uk 1039725336 15270 194.42.248.103 (12 Dec 2002 20:35:36 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@corp.netcom.net.uk Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 20:35:36 +0000 (UTC) X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.9/32.560 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:108059 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:4589 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:4589 On Wed, 11 Dec 2002 15:10:48 -0000, "Hansjoerg Neth" wrote: >I'm presently using emacs, Auc TeX, MiKTeX etc. on a Win98 machine and >have the following problem: Every now and then my entire system >freezes when I try to exit emacs (by C-x C-c or clicking on the 'x' in >the top right corner of the window) and then has to be rebooted. As >I've already upgraded to a more recent version (21.2.1) without >resolving the problem I was wondering whether anyone else has >experienced or solved this problem? Thanks & cheers, Hans Yes, I've had this with an earlier version of Emacs. In my case it was caused by an Iomega Zip drive; the fix is to uninstall the Zip drivers. -- Michael