Emacs crashing on Windows XP

Emacs crashing on Windows XP

[StewDog]

Hi I have just moved to a new machine which has XP rather than Win2K
on it. I installed my old version which worked fine. I then installed
more software and Emacs started crashing at startup, displaying only
an XP dialog, nothing else. I downladed 21.3 from the GNU site and
that seemed to fix the problem, until I next rebooted the box and the
problem was back.

Anyone seen this before and got any fixes ? I really need Emacs
working on this box - I can't even contemplate going to a different
editor.

Am trying a different Emacs build right now.

Thanks in advance

Stew

Re: Emacs crashing on Windows XP

[Stewart Douglas]

sdouglas@snowgold.com (StewDog) wrote in news:a8ec9c28.0404291149.4ca89801
@posting.google.com:

> Hi I have just moved to a new machine which has XP rather than Win2K
> on it. I installed my old version which worked fine. I then installed
> more software and Emacs started crashing at startup, displaying only
> an XP dialog, nothing else. I downladed 21.3 from the GNU site and
> that seemed to fix the problem, until I next rebooted the box and the
> problem was back.

Have just tried a beta build which included a tool bar etc. On first 
install it worked fine but then started having the same problem later. Am 
going to build the source myself and see if I can debug it. This is driving 
me crazy - any help appreciated.

Stew

Re: Emacs crashing on Windows XP

[Stewart Douglas]

Stewart Douglas <sdouglas@snowgold.com> wrote in
news:Xns94DAE1CEF3AC2sdouglasatsnowgoldco@195.149.20.147: 

> sdouglas@snowgold.com (StewDog) wrote in
Problem solved - I have a dual head gfx card and that has the ability to 
save a windows position. For some reason Emacs crashed after it had been 
maximised. Installing to a different directory fixed the problem as the gfx 
card drivers think it is a different app...until it is maximised again.

Phew

Stew

Re: Emacs crashing on Windows XP

[Stefan Monnier]

> Problem solved - I have a dual head gfx card and that has the ability to 
> save a windows position. For some reason Emacs crashed after it had been 
> maximised. Installing to a different directory fixed the problem as the gfx 
> card drivers think it is a different app...until it is maximised again.

Please report this problem with M-x report-emacs-bug.


        Stefan