I've just tried to start emacs 24.3.90.1 without success, and it showed --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- Warning (initialization): An error occurred while loading `/home/boudiccas/.emacs': Symbol's function definition is void: function-put --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- I eventually tracked it down to lines 2248 and 2284 of "org-loaddefs.el" this is line 2248 ╭──── │(function-put 'org-export-to-buffer 'lisp-indent-function '2) ╰──── and this is line 2284 ╭──── │(function-put 'org-export-to-file 'lisp-indent-function '2) ╰──── It always shows up in 24.3.90.1 and stops it from fully loading, whereas in 24.4.50.x there is no problem. This is the backtrace/debugger for it --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- Debugger entered--Lisp error: (void-function function-put) (function-put (quote org-export-to-buffer) (quote lisp-indent-function) (quote 2)) eval-buffer(# nil "/home/boudiccas/.emacs.d/elpa/org-20140505/org-loaddefs.el" nil t) ; Reading at buffer position 84568 load-with-code-conversion("/home/boudiccas/.emacs.d/elpa/org-20140505/org-loaddefs.el" "/home/boudiccas/.emacs.d/elpa/org-20140505/org-loaddefs.el" t t) load("org-loaddefs.el" t t t) byte-code("\300\301!\210\302\303!\210\302\304!\210\302\305!\210\306\307\310\211\211$\210\302\311!\210\302\312!\207" [make-variable-buffer-local org-table-formula-constants-local require calendar find-func format-spec load "org-loaddefs.el" t org-macs org-compat] 5) autoload-do-load((autoload "org" "Show the org-mode version in the echo area.\nWith prefix argument HERE, insert it at point.\nWhen FULL is non-nil, use a verbose version string.\nWhen MESSAGE is non-nil, display a message with the version.\n\n(fn &optional HERE FULL MESSAGE)" t nil) org-version) command-execute(org-version record) execute-extended-command(nil "org-version") call-interactively(execute-extended-command nil nil) command-execute(execute-extended-command) --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- This is with Org-mode version 8.2.6 (8.2.6-14-g063c8b-elpa @ /home/boudiccas/.emacs.d/elpa/org-20140505/) Sharon. -- A taste of linux = http://www.sharons.org.uk my git repo = https://bitbucket.org/boudiccas/dots TGmeds = http://www.tgmeds.org.uk Debian testing, Fluxbox 1.3.5, emacs 24.4.50.21